George Duvivier
George Duvivier (August 17, 1920 – July 11, 1985) was an American jazz double-bass player.
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Duvivier was born in New York City and took up the cello and also the violin while in high school before settling on the bass. He also learned composition and scoring before going out on the road with Lucky Millinder and then with the Cab Calloway bands of the early 1940s after a stint in the army. He was an excellent composer and scored many tunes for those two big bands. He was a freelance bassist for most of his life, never belonging to any one particular group for any extended period of time, but played with some of jazz's greatest. He was Bud Powell's bassist in 1953, during the sessions for The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2, for which he contributed arrangements. He was a member of Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis' quartet with organist Shirley Scott and drummer Arthur Edgehill from 1957 to 1959 and continued playing with Scott through the 1960s. In 1956, Duvivier played in the orchestra in the movie The Benny Goodman Story.
During the 1970s he was a member of Soprano Summit.
One of his last performances was on Late Night with David Letterman in 1983, accompanying singer-songwriter Tom Waits.
Duvivier died of cancer in his Manhattan home. He never recorded as a session leader.
Discography
With Pepper Adams
- The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams (Regent, 1957)
With Manny Albam
- Jazz Goes to the Movies (Impulse!, 1962)
With Joe Albany
- Portrait of an Artist (Elektra/Musicia, 1982)
With Gene Ammons
- Up Tight! (Prestige, 1961)
- Boss Soul! (Prestige, 1961)
- Soul Summit Vol. 2 (Prestige, 1962)
- The Soulful Moods of Gene Ammons (Moodsville, 1962)
- Late Hour Special (Prestige, 1962 [1964])
- Sock! (Prestige, 1962 [1965])
- Night Lights (Prestige, 1970 [1985])
With Mildred Anderson
- Person to Person (Bluesville, 1960)
With George Benson, Al Harewood and Mickey Tucker
- Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon, Volume 1 (Accord, 1973)
- Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon, Volume 2 (Accord, 1973)
- Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon, Volume 3 (Accord, 1973)
With Count Basie
- Memories Ad-Lib (Roulette, 1958) – with Joe Williams
- String Along with Basie (Roulette, 1960)
- Basie Swingin' Voices Singin' (ABC-Paramount, 1966) with the Alan Copeland Singers
- High Voltage (MPS, 1970)
With Louis Bellson
- Louis Bellson Quintet (Norgran, 1954)
- Drummer's Holiday (Verve, 1958)
With Bob Brookmeyer
- Portrait of the Artist (Atlantic, 1960)
- Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (Verve, 1961)
With Ruth Brown
- Ruth Brown (Atlantic, 1957)
With Kenny Burrell
- Bluesin' Around (Columbia, 1962 [1983])
- Blue Bash! (Verve, 1963) – with Jimmy Smith
With Benny Carter
- Benny Carter Plays Pretty (Norgran, 1954)
- New Jazz Sounds (Norgran, 1954)
With Ron Carter
- Where? (New Jazz, 1961)
With Sonny Clark and Max Roach
- Sonny Clark Trio (Time Records, 1960)
With Arnett Cobb
- Blow Arnett, Blow (Prestige, 1959) – with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
- Smooth Sailing (Prestige, 1959)
- Live at Sandy's! (Muse, 1978)
- Keep On Pushin' (Bee Hive, 1984)
With Al Cohn
- Son of Drum Suite (RCA Victor, 1960)
- Body and Soul (Muse, 1973) with Zoot Sims
- Count Basie Presents Eddie Davis Trio + Joe Newman (Roulette, 1958) with Count Basie and Joe Newman
- Eddie Davis Trio Featuring Shirley Scott, Organ (Roulette, 1959)
- The Eddie Davis Trio Featuring Shirley Scott (Roost, 1958)
- The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook (Prestige, 1958)
- Jaws (Prestige, 1958)
- The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook, Vol. 2 (Prestige, 1958)
- The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook Volume 3 (Prestige, 1958)
- Smokin' (Prestige, 1958) – released 1964
- Very Saxy (Prestige, 1959)
- Jaws in Orbit (Prestige, 1959)
- Bacalao (Prestige, 1959)
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with Shirley Scott (Moodsville, 1960)
- Misty (Moodsville, 1960) – released 1963
- I Only Have Eyes for You (Prestige, 1962)
- Trackin' (Prestige, 1962)
- The Heavy Hitter (Muse, 1979)
With Anita O'Day
- All the Sad Young Men (Verve, 1962)
With Buddy DeFranco
- Like Someone in Love (1977)
With Eric Dolphy
- Out There (Prestige, 1960)
With Art Farmer
- Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (Mercury, 1962)
- Baroque Sketches (Columbia, 1967)
With Jimmy Forrest
- Soul Street (New Jazz, 1960)
With Ronnie Foster
- Two Headed Freap (Blue Note, 1972)
With Stan Getz
- Stan Getz With Guest Artist Laurindo Almeida (Verve, 1963) with Laurindo Almeida
- Reflections (Verve, 1963)
With Paul Gonsalves
- Cleopatra Feelin' Jazzy (Impulse!, 1963)
With Dizzy Gillespie
- A Portrait of Duke Ellington (Verve, 1960)
- Perceptions (Verve, 1961)
- Giants (Perception, 1971) – with Bobby Hackett and Mary Lou Williams
With Honi Gordon
- Honi Gordon Sings (1962)
With Gigi Gryce
- Reminiscin' (Mercury, 1960)
With Chico Hamilton
- Chico Hamilton Trio (Pacific Jazz, 1956)
With Wilbur Harden
- The King and I (1958)
With Barry Harris
- Vicissitudes (MPS, 1972)
- Barry Harris Plays Barry Harris (Xanadu, 1978)
- With Coleman Hawkins
- Coleman Hawkins and Confrères (Verve, 1958)
- Hawk Eyes (Prestige, 1959)
- Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra (Crown, 1960)
- The Hawk Swings (Crown, 1960)
With Donna Hightower
- Take One (Capitol, 1959)
With Johnny Hodges
- Con-Soul & Sax (RCA Victor, 1965) with Wild Bill Davis
- Blue Notes (Verve, 1966)
With Bobbi Humphrey
- Flute In (Blue Note, 1971)
With Janis Ian
- Janis Ian (Verve, 1967) – upright bass on "Society's Child"
With Illinois Jacquet
- Spectrum (Argo, 1965)
- Illinois Jacquet Quartet Live at Schaffhausen, Switzerland, March 18, 1978
With Milt Jackson
- Vibrations (Atlantic, 1960–61)
- With Budd Johnson
- Let's Swing! (Swingville, 1960)
- Ya! Ya! (Argo, 1964)
- Off the Wall (Argo, 1964) with Joe Newman
With Etta Jones
- Something Nice (Prestige, 1961)
- So Warm (Prestige, 1961)
- Lonely and Blue (Prestige, 1962)
- Save Your Love for Me (Muse, 1980)
With Hank Jones
- Bop Redux (Muse, 1977)
- I Remember You (Black & Blue, 1977)
- Compassion (Black & Blue, 1978)
- Bluesette (Black & Blue, 1979)
With Jeanne Lee and Ran Blake
- The Newest Sound Around (1962)
With John Lewis
- The Golden Striker (Atlantic, 1960)
- The Wonderful World of Jazz (Atlantic, 1960)
- Essence (Atlantic, 1962)
With Mundell Lowe
- Porgy & Bess (RCA Camden, 1958)
- Themes from Mr. Lucky, the Untouchables and Other TV Action Jazz (RCA Camden, 1960)
- Satan in High Heels (soundtrack) (Charlie Parker, 1961)
With Johnny Lytle
- The Loop (Tuba, 1965)
- New and Groovy (Tuba, 1966)
- Everything Must Change (Muse, 1977)
With Junior Mance
- The Soul of Hollywood (Jazzland, 1962)
With Barry Manilow
- 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe (Arista, 1984)
With Shelly Manne
- 2-3-4 (Impulse!, 1962)
With Gil Mellé
- Quadrama (Prestige, 1957)
With Moondog
- Moondog (Columbia, 1969)
With Gerry Mulligan
- Idol Gossip (Chiaroscuro, 1976)
With Oliver Nelson
- Soul Battle (Prestige, 1960) – with Jimmy Forrest
- Screamin' the Blues (New Jazz Records, 1961)
- Impressions of Phaedra (United Artists Jazz, 1962)
- Happenings – with Hank Jones (Impulse!, 1966)
- The Spirit of '67 – with Pee Wee Russell (Impulse!, 1967)
- The Kennedy Dream – Oliver Nelson (Impulse!, 1967)
With Phineas Newborn, Jr.
- Phineas Newborn, Jr. Plays Harold Arlen's Music from Jamaica (RCA Victor, 1957)
With Herbie Nichols
- Love, Gloom, Cash, Love (Bethlehem, 1957)
With Chico O'Farrill
- Spanish Rice – with Clark Terry (Impulse!, 1966)
- Nine Flags (Impulse!, 1966)
With Jackie Paris
- The Song Is Paris (Impulse!, 1962)
With Houston Person
- Sweet Buns & Barbeque (Prestige, 1972)
With Dave Pike
- Limbo Carnival (New Jazz, 1962)
With Bucky Pizzarelli
- Songs for New Lovers (1978)
With Bud Powell
- The Amazing Bud Powell Vol. 2 (Blue Note, 1953)
With Red Rodney
With A. K. Salim
- Stable Mates (Savoy, 1957)
- Blues Suite (Savoy, 1958)
With Lalo Schifrin
- Between Broadway & Hollywood (MGM, 1963)
- New Fantasy (Verve, 1964)
With Gunther Schuller
- Jazz Abstractions (Atlantic, 1960)
With Shirley Scott
- Great Scott! (Prestige, 1958)
- Scottie (Prestige, 1958)
- The Shirley Scott Trio (Moodsville, 1958)
- Scottie Plays the Duke (Prestige, 1959)
- Shirley's Sounds (Prestige, 1958–60)
- Soul Sister (Prestige 1960)
- Like Cozy (Moodsville, 1960)
- Now's the Time (Prestige, 1958–64)
- Great Scott!! (Impulse!, 1964)
- Roll 'Em: Shirley Scott Plays the Big Bands (Impulse!, 1966)
- Soul Duo (Impulse!, 1966) – with Clark Terry
- Girl Talk (Impulse!, 1967)
With Derek Smith
- Love for Sale (Progressive, 1978)
With Jimmy Smith
- Got My Mojo Workin' (Verve, 1966)
With Johnny Smith
- Johnny Smith (Verve, 1967)
With Leon Spencer
- Where I'm Coming From (Prestige, 1973)
With Sonny Stitt
- What's New!!! (Roulette, 1966)
- I Keep Comin' Back! (Roulette, 1966)
- Parallel-a-Stitt (Roulette, 1967)
- Goin' Down Slow (Prestige, 1972)
- Last Sessions (1982)
With Buddy Tate
- Live at Sandy's (Muse, 1978 [1980])
- Hard Blowin' (Muse, 1978 [1984])
With Billy Taylor
- Kwamina (Mercury, 1961)
With Clark Terry
- Mumbles (Mainstream, 1966)
- It's What's Happenin' (Impulse!, 1967)
- With Cal Tjader
- Warm Wave (Verve, 1964)
With Stanley Turrentine
- Stan "The Man" Turrentine (Time, 1960 [1963])
With Sarah Vaughan
- Dreamy (Roulette, 1960)
- After Hours (Roulette, 1961)
With Mal Waldron
- Sweet Love, Bitter (Impulse!, 1967)
With Walter Wanderley
- Moondreams (A&M/CTI, 1969)
With Julius Watkins
- French Horns for My Lady (Philips, 1962)
With Chuck Wayne
- Tasty Pudding (1954)
With Ben Webster and Harry "Sweets" Edison
- Ben and "Sweets" (CBS, 1962)
With Frank Wess
- Southern Comfort (Prestige, 1962)
With Randy Weston
- Uhuru Afrika (Roulette, 1960)
With Bob Wilber & Kenny Davern
- Soprano Summit (Chiaroscuro, 1977)
With Joe Wilder
- The Pretty Sound (Columbia, 1959)
With Lester Young
- Laughin' to Keep from Cryin' (Verve, 1958)
References
External links
- George Duvivier at Verve Records
- George Duvivier on www.answers.com
- The New York Times: "George Duvivier Dies; Bassist for Top Bands", July 13, 1985.