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George Duvivier

1920 – 1985

American musician

Jazz musician Composer Double-bassist
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About George Duvivier

Lived 1920 – 1985 (aged 64). George Duvivier was an American jazz musician, composer, double-bassist and musician.

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

Biography Duvivier was born in New York City, the son of Leon V. Duvivier and Ismay Blakely Duvivier.

In the 1950s, he accompanied Lena Horne on her tour in Europe.

Personal life Duvivier was Catholic.

Legacy His mother Ismay Duvivier, once a dancer, donated a large collection of papers, including letters and scrapbooks of her career and his, to the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University.

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, 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, 1964) Sock! (Prestige, 1965) Night Lights (Prestige, 1985)

With Mildred Anderson Person to Person (Bluesville, 1960)

With The Arbors The Arbors (Vanguard, 1962)

With Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong and His Friends (Flying Dutchman, 1970)

With Count Basie String Along with Basie (Roulette, 1960) Basie Swingin' Voices Singin' (ABC-Paramount, 1966) High Voltage (MPS, 1970)

With Louis Bellson Louis Bellson Quintet (Norgran, 1954) Drummer's Holiday (Verve, 1958)

With Tony Bennett I've Gotta Be Me (Columbia, 1969)

With George Benson, Al Harewood and Mickey Tucker Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon, Volume 1 (Accord, 1981, rec. 1973) Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon, Volume 2 (Accord, 1981) Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon, Volume 3 (Accord, 1982)

With Bob Brookmeyer Portrait of the Artist (Atlantic, 1960) Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (Verve, 1961)

With Oscar Brown Sin & Soul (Columbia, 1960)

With Ruth Brown Ruth Brown (Atlantic, 1957)

With Ray Bryant Here's Ray Bryant (Pablo, 1976)

With Kenny Burrell Blue Bash! (Verve, 1963) Bluesin' Around (Columbia, 1983)

With Benny Carter Benny Carter Plays Pretty (Norgran, 1954) New Jazz Sounds (Norgran, 1954) 'Live and Well in Japan! (Pablo Live, 1978)

With Betty Carter 'Round Midnight (Atco, 1963)

With Ron Carter Where? (New Jazz, 1961)

With Sonny Clark and Max Roach Sonny Clark Trio (Time, 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 Sam Cooke My Kind of Blues (RCA Victor, 1961)

With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Count Basie Presents Eddie Davis Trio + Joe Newman (Roulette, 1958) 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) I Only Have Eyes for You (Prestige, 1962) Trackin' (Prestige, 1962) Misty (Moodsville, 1963) The Heavy Hitter (Muse, 1979)

With Buddy DeFranco Like Someone in Love (Progressive, 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 Aretha Franklin Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington (Columbia Records, 1964)

With Bud Freeman The Bud Freeman All-Stars featuring Shorty Baker (Swingville, 1960) with Shorty Baker

With Stan Getz Stan Getz With Guest Artist Laurindo Almeida (Verve, 1963) Reflections (Verve, 1963)

With Dizzy Gillespie A Portrait of Duke Ellington (Verve, 1960) Perceptions (Verve, 1961) Giants (Perception, 1971)

With Paul Gonsalves Cleopatra Feelin' Jazzy (Impulse!, 1963)

With Honi Gordon Honi Gordon Sings (Prestige, 1962)

With Gigi Gryce Reminiscin' (Mercury, 1960)

With Chico Hamilton Chico Hamilton Trio (Pacific Jazz, 1956)

With Roland Hanna Destry Rides Again (Atco, 1959)

With Wilbur Harden The King and I (Savoy, 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 Lena Horne Stormy Weather (RCA Victor, 1957) Lena on the Blue Side (RCA Victor, 1962)

With Bobbi Humphrey Flute-In (Blue Note, 1971)

With Janis Ian Stars (Columbia Records, 1974) Between the Lines (Columbia Records, 1975)

With Milt Jackson Vibrations (Atlantic, 1964)

With Illinois Jacquet Spectrum (Argo, 1965) Illinois Jacquet Quartet Live at Schaffhausen, Switzerland, March 18, 1978

With Budd Johnson Let's Swing! (Swingville, 1960) Ya! Ya! (Argo, 1964) Off the Wall (Argo, 1964)

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 Eric Kaz If You're Lonely (Atlantic Records, 1972)

With Ben E. King Spanish Harlem (Atco Records, 1961) Don't Play That Song! (Atco Records, 1962) Young Boy Blues (Atco Records, 1964)

With Jeanne Lee and Ran Blake The Newest Sound Around (RCA Victor, 1962)

With John Lennon Imagine (Apple Records, 1971)

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 Mary Ann McCall Detour to the Moon (Jubilee, 1958)

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 Don McLean Homeless Brother (United Artists Records, 1974)

With Gil Mellé Quadrama (Prestige, 1957)

With Helen Merrill American Country Songs (Atco, 1959)

With Wes Montgomery Goin' Out of My Head (Verve, 1966)

With Moondog Moondog (Columbia, 1969)

With Gerry Mulligan Idol Gossip (Chiaroscuro, 1976)

With Mark Murphy Rah (Riverside, 1961)

With Oliver Nelson Soul Battle (Prestige, 1960) – with Jimmy Forrest Screamin' the Blues (New Jazz Records, 1961) Straight Ahead (Oliver Nelson album) (New Jazz Records, 1961) Impressions of Phaedra (United Artists Jazz, 1962) Happenings (Impulse!, 1966) The Spirit of '67 (Impulse!, 1967) The Kennedy Dream (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 Anita O'Day All the Sad Young Men (Verve, 1962)

With Chico O'Farrill Spanish Rice (Impulse!, 1966) Nine Flags (Impulse!, 1966)

With Jackie Paris The Song Is Paris (Impulse!, 1962)

With Houston Person Sweet Buns & Barbeque (Prestige, 1972)

With Esther Phillips Esther Phillips Sings (Atlantic, 1966)

With Dave Pike Limbo Carnival (New Jazz, 1962)

With Bucky Pizzarelli Songs for New Lovers (Stash, 1978)

With Bud Powell The Amazing Bud Powell Vol. 2 (Blue Note, 1953) Piano Interpretations by Bud Powell (Verve, 1956)

With Freddie Redd Lonely City (Uptown, 1989)

With Red Rodney Home Free (Muse, 1979) The 3R's (Muse, 1982)

With Jimmy Rushing Every Day I Have the Blues (BluesWay, 1967)

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) Soul Sister (Prestige 1960) Like Cozy (Moodsville, 1960) Shirley's Sounds (Prestige, 1961) 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) Now's the Time (Prestige, 1967)

With Frank Sinatra Trilogy: Past Present Future (Reprise, 1980)

With Carrie Smith Do Your Duty (Black & Blue, 1976) Carrie Smith (West 54, 1979)

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) In Style (Muse, 1982) The Last Sessions (Muse, 1982)

With Buddy Tate Live at Sandy's (Muse, 1980) Hard Blowin' (Muse, 1984)

With Billy Taylor Kwamina (Mercury, 1961)

With Clark Terry Mumbles (Mainstream, 1966) It's What's Happenin' (Impulse!, 1967)

With Joe Thomas and Jay McShann Blowin' in from K.C. (Uptown, 1983)

With Cal Tjader Several Shades of Jade (Verve, 1963) Breeze from the East (Verve, 1963) Warm Wave (Verve, 1964) El Sonido Nuevo (Verve, 1967) with Eddie Palmieri Last Bolero in Berkeley (Fantasy, 1973)

With Stanley Turrentine Stan "The Man" Turrentine (Time, 1963)

With Sarah Vaughan Dreamy (Roulette, 1960) After Hours (Roulette, 1961) ¡Viva! Vaughan (Mercury Records, 1965)

With Warren Vaché Jr. Iridescence (Concord Jazz, 1999)

With Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson Live at Sandy's (Muse, 1981) Hold It Right There! (Muse, 1984)

With Mal Waldron Sweet Love, Bitter (Impulse!, 1967)

With Walter Wanderley Moondreams (CTI, 1969)

With Julius Watkins French Horns for My Lady (Philips, 1962)

With Chuck Wayne The Jazz Guitarist (Savoy, 1956)

With Ben Webster Music for Loving (Norgran, 1954) Wanted to Do One Together (Columbia, 1962) with "Sweets" Edison

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 Joe Williams Memories Ad-Lib (Roulette, 1959) Having the Blues Under European Sky (Denon, 1985)

With Lem Winchester Lem Winchester with Feeling (Moodsville, 1961)

With Lester Young Laughin' to Keep from Cryin' (Verve, 1958)

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Important facts

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Education
DeWitt Clinton High School

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Frequently asked questions

Who was George Duvivier?

American musician (1920–1985)

When was George Duvivier born?

George Duvivier was born on 17 August 1920 in New York City.

When did George Duvivier die?

George Duvivier died on 11 July 1985 in New York City.

What was George Duvivier's occupation?

George Duvivier was a jazz musician, composer, double-bassist and musician.

What nationality was George Duvivier?

George Duvivier was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: George Duvivier

· Wikidata: Q1370288

· DBpedia: George Duvivier

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