Melvin Lee Davis

Melvin Lee Davis is an electric and acoustic bassist, keyboardist, vocalist, composer, producer, and bandleader with a deep session catalog.

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Career Overview

About Melvin Lee Davis

Davis's official biography documents work across electric basses, acoustic bass, synth bass, keyboards, and lead and backing vocals. Its dated touring history includes extended periods with Chaka Khan, Lee Ritenour, the Pointer Sisters, Bryan Ferry, and Jeff Kashiwa's Coastal Access.[1]

His artist discography separates an extensive session and touring résumé from a leader catalog beginning with Variations in Time. The accompanying audio archive offers artist-hosted tracks from that album, Tomorrow's Yesterdays, Nature's Serenade, and Homeland.[2][3]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Leader, bassist, composer, keyboardist, and vocalist

Melvin Lee Davis leader catalog

The official discography traces his albums from Variations in Time through Homeland, Genre: Music, Kindred Spirits, and later chapters.[2]

Bassist and touring collaborator

Lee Ritenour ensembles

Davis's dated biography and discography document repeated tours, projects, and recording work with Ritenour across several decades.[1][2]

Bassist, vocalist, and ensemble musician

Chaka Khan and Coastal Access

The artist history records a long Chaka Khan association and recurring work in Jeff Kashiwa's Coastal Access band.[1]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

1998

Variations in Time

Leader, bassist, and composer

Davis's first listed leader album pairs his bass and compositions with a large studio cast documented in the artist discography.[2]

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2003

Nature's Serenade

Leader, bassist, and composer

The artist-hosted audio archive provides track samples while the discography supplies the album's broad ensemble personnel.[2][3]

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2006

Homeland

Leader, bassist, and composer

Homeland extends Davis's leader catalog with a rhythm section and guest lineup drawn from his touring and studio network.[2][3]

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Artist-Authorized Destinations

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Official audio archive

Hear artist-hosted samples from four leader albums, with composition credits listed track by track.

Official discography

Browse Davis's leader albums and a wide selection of session, touring, production, and composition credits.

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