George Duvivier


George Duvivier was an American jazz double-bassist.

Biography

Duvivier was born in New York City, the son of Leon V. Duvivier and Ismay Blakely Duvivier. He attended the Conservatory of Music and Art, where he studied violin. At age sixteen, he worked as assistant concertmaster for the Central Manhattan Symphony Orchestra. He began playing double bass and concentrated on composition at New York University. In the early 1940s, he accompanied Coleman Hawkins, Lucky Millinder, and Eddie Barefield. After serving in the U.S. Army, he worked as an arranger for Jimmie Lunceford, then as arranger and bassist for Sy Oliver.
In the 1950s, he accompanied Lena Horne on her tour in Europe. He recorded for commercials, television shows, and movie soundtracks. Although he spent most of his career as a sideman, he recorded as a leader in 1956 with Martial Solal for Coronet. For four years beginning in 1953, he worked steadily with Bud Powell. He also worked with Count Basie, Benny Carter, Benny Goodman, Chico Hamilton, Hank Jones, Shelly Manne, Oliver Nelson, Frank Sinatra, Clark Terry, Ben Webster, and Bob Wilber. As well as Tom Waits
He died of cancer in New York, aged 64. 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 AdamsThe Cool Sound of Pepper Adams
With Manny AlbamJazz Goes to the Movies
With Joe AlbanyPortrait of an Artist
With Gene AmmonsUp Tight! Boss Soul! Soul Summit Vol. 2 The Soulful Moods of Gene Ammons Late Hour Special Sock! Night Lights
With Mildred AndersonPerson to Person
With The ArborsThe Arbors
With Louis Armstrong
With Count BasieString Along with Basie Basie Swingin' Voices Singin' High Voltage
With Louis BellsonLouis Bellson Quintet Drummer's Holiday
With Tony BennettI've Gotta Be Me
With George Benson, Al Harewood and Mickey TuckerJazz on a Sunday Afternoon, Volume 1 Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon, Volume 2 Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon, Volume 3
With Bob BrookmeyerPortrait of the Artist Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments
With Oscar BrownSin & Soul
With Ruth Brown Ruth Brown
With Ray BryantHere's Ray Bryant
With Kenny BurrellBlue Bash! Bluesin' Around
With Benny CarterBenny Carter Plays Pretty New Jazz Sounds 'Live and Well in Japan!
With Betty Carter'Round Midnight
With Ron CarterWhere?
With Sonny Clark and Max RoachSonny Clark Trio
With Arnett CobbBlow Arnett, Blow – with Eddie "Lockjaw" DavisSmooth Sailing Live at Sandy's! Keep On Pushin'
With Al CohnSon of Drum Suite Body and Soul
With Sam CookeMy Kind of Blues
With Eddie "Lockjaw" DavisCount Basie Presents Eddie Davis Trio + Joe Newman Eddie Davis Trio Featuring Shirley Scott, Organ The Eddie Davis Trio Featuring Shirley Scott The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook Jaws The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook, Vol. 2 The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook Volume 3 Smokin' – released 1964Very Saxy Jaws in Orbit Bacalao Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with Shirley Scott I Only Have Eyes for You Trackin' Misty The Heavy Hitter
With Buddy DeFrancoLike Someone in Love
With Eric DolphyOut There
With Art FarmerListen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra Baroque Sketches
With Jimmy ForrestSoul Street
With Ronnie FosterTwo Headed Freap
With Aretha FranklinUnforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington
With Bud FreemanThe Bud Freeman All-Stars featuring Shorty Baker with Shorty Baker
With Stan GetzStan Getz With Guest Artist Laurindo Almeida Reflections
With Dizzy GillespieA Portrait of Duke Ellington Perceptions Giants
With Paul GonsalvesCleopatra Feelin' Jazzy
With Honi GordonHoni Gordon Sings
With Gigi GryceReminiscin'
With Chico HamiltonChico Hamilton Trio
With Roland HannaDestry Rides Again
With Wilbur HardenThe King and I
With Barry HarrisVicissitudes Barry Harris Plays Barry Harris
With Coleman HawkinsColeman Hawkins and Confrères Hawk Eyes Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra The Hawk Swings
With Donna HightowerTake One
With Johnny Hodges Con-Soul & Sax with Wild Bill DavisBlue Notes
With Lena HorneStormy Weather Lena on the Blue Side
With Bobbi HumphreyFlute-In
With Janis IanStars Between the Lines
With Milt JacksonVibrations
With Illinois JacquetSpectrum Illinois Jacquet Quartet Live at Schaffhausen, Switzerland, March 18, 1978
With Budd JohnsonLet's Swing! Ya! Ya! Off the Wall
With Etta JonesSomething Nice So Warm Lonely and Blue Save Your Love for Me
With Hank JonesBop Redux I Remember You Compassion Bluesette
With Eric KazIf You're Lonely
With Ben E. KingSpanish Harlem Don't Play That Song! Young Boy Blues
With Jeanne Lee and Ran BlakeThe Newest Sound Around
With John LennonImagine
With John LewisThe Golden Striker The Wonderful World of Jazz Essence
With Mundell LowePorgy & Bess Themes from Mr. Lucky, the Untouchables and Other TV Action Jazz Satan in High Heels (soundtrack)
With Johnny LytleThe Loop New and Groovy Everything Must Change
With Mary Ann McCallDetour to the Moon
With Junior ManceThe Soul of Hollywood
With Barry Manilow2:00 AM Paradise Cafe
With Shelly Manne2-3-4
With Don McLeanHomeless Brother
With Gil MelléQuadrama
With Helen Merrill
With Wes MontgomeryGoin' Out of My Head
With MoondogMoondog
With Gerry MulliganIdol Gossip
With Mark MurphyRah
With Oliver NelsonSoul Battle – with Jimmy ForrestScreamin' the Blues Straight Ahead (Oliver Nelson album) Impressions of Phaedra Happenings The Spirit of '67 The Kennedy Dream
With Phineas Newborn, Jr.Phineas Newborn, Jr. Plays Harold Arlen's Music from Jamaica
With Herbie NicholsLove, Gloom, Cash, Love
With Anita O'DayAll the Sad Young Men
With Chico O'FarrillSpanish Rice Nine Flags
With Jackie ParisThe Song Is Paris
With Houston PersonSweet Buns & Barbeque
With Esther PhillipsEsther Phillips Sings
With Dave PikeLimbo Carnival
With Bucky PizzarelliSongs for New Lovers
With Bud PowellThe Amazing Bud Powell Vol. 2 Piano Interpretations by Bud Powell
With Freddie ReddLonely City
With Red RodneyHome Free The 3R's
With Jimmy Rushing Every Day I Have the Blues
With A. K. SalimStable Mates Blues Suite
With Lalo SchifrinBetween Broadway & Hollywood New Fantasy
With Gunther SchullerJazz Abstractions
With Shirley ScottGreat Scott! Scottie The Shirley Scott Trio Scottie Plays the Duke Soul Sister Like Cozy Shirley's Sounds Great Scott!! Roll 'Em: Shirley Scott Plays the Big Bands Soul Duo – with Clark TerryGirl Talk Now's the Time
With Frank SinatraTrilogy: Past Present Future
With Carrie SmithDo Your Duty Carrie Smith
With Derek SmithLove for Sale
With Jimmy SmithGot My Mojo Workin'
With Johnny SmithJohnny Smith
With Leon SpencerWhere I'm Coming From
With Sonny StittWhat's New!!! I Keep Comin' Back! Parallel-a-Stitt Goin' Down Slow In Style The Last Sessions
With Buddy TateLive at Sandy's Hard Blowin'
With Billy TaylorKwamina
With Clark TerryMumbles It's What's Happenin'
With Joe Thomas and Jay McShannBlowin' in from K.C.
With Cal TjaderSeveral Shades of Jade Breeze from the East Warm Wave El Sonido Nuevo with Eddie Palmieri Last Bolero in Berkeley
With Stanley TurrentineStan "The Man" Turrentine
With Sarah VaughanDreamy After Hours ¡Viva! Vaughan
With Warren Vaché Jr.Iridescence
With Eddie "Cleanhead" VinsonLive at Sandy's Hold It Right There!
With Mal WaldronSweet Love, Bitter
With Walter WanderleyMoondreams
With Julius WatkinsFrench Horns for My Lady
With Chuck WayneThe Jazz Guitarist
With Ben WebsterMusic for Loving Wanted to Do One Together with "Sweets" Edison
With Frank WessSouthern Comfort
With Randy WestonUhuru Afrika
With Bob Wilber & Kenny DavernSoprano Summit
With Joe WilderThe Pretty Sound
With Joe WilliamsMemories Ad-Lib Having the Blues Under European Sky
With Lem WinchesterLem Winchester with Feeling
With Lester Young