George Duvivier

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Name George Duvivier

Died July 11, 1985, New York City, New York, United States Albums The Chico Hamilton Trio Similar People Hank Jones, Art Taylor, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Sonny Clark, Eddie Costa

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George Duvivier (August 17, 1920 – July 11, 1985) was an American jazz double-bass player.

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.

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Discography

With Pepper Adams

The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams (Regent, 1957)

With Manny Albam

Jazz Goes to the Movies (Impulse!, 1962)

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 Arnett Cobb

Blow Arnett, Blow (Prestige, 1959) – with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

Smooth Sailing (Prestige, 1959)

Arnett Cobb and the Muse All Stars: Live at Sandy's (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

With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

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

The 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)

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 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 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 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 Lester Young

Laughin' to Keep from Cryin' (Verve, 1958)

With Bob Wilber & Kenny Davern

Soprano Summit (Chiaroscuro, 1977)

With Gerry Mulligan

Idol Gossip (Chiaroscuro, 1976)

References

George Duvivier Wikipedia

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Contents

Arnett Cobb Ft. Red Garland / George Duvivier - Ballads By Cobb - Remastered 2016

Discography

References