George Duvivier

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George Duvivier (Aug 17, 1920 - Jul 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 40s after a stint in the army. He was an excellent composer and scored many tunes for those two big bands. He was a free lance bassist for most of his life, never belonging to any one particular group for any extended period of time, but has played with some of jazz's greatest. He was Bud Powell's bassist in the year of 1953, during the monumental 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 1957–59 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.

Discography
With Manny Albam With Gene Ammons With Mildred Anderson With George Benson, Al Harewood and Mickey Tucker With Kenny Burrell With Arnett Cobb With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis With Buddy DeFranco With Eric Dolphy With Art Farmer With Jimmy Forrest With Ronnie Foster With Paul Gonsalves With Dizzy Gillespie With Wilbur Harden With Barry Harris With Coleman Hawkins With Bobbi Humphrey With Janis Ian With Illinois Jacquet With Milt Jackson With Etta Jones With Mundell Lowe With Johnny Lytle With Junior Mance With Barry Manilow With Shelly Manne With Gil Mellé With Moondog With Oliver Nelson With Phineas Newborn, Jr. With Herbie Nichols With Chico O'Farrill With Jackie Paris With Houston Person With Bucky Pizzarelli With Bud Powell With Lalo Schifrin With Shirley Scott With Derek Smith With Sonny Stitt With Billy Taylor With Clark Terry With Sarah Vaughan With Mal Waldron  With Walter Wanderley With Chuck Wayne With Frank Wess With Randy Weston
 * Jazz Goes to the Movies (Impulse!, 1962)
 * 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])
 * Person to Person (Bluesville, 1960)
 * 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)
 * Bluesin' Around (Columbia, 1962 [1983])
 * Blue Bash! (Verve, 1963) - with Jimmy Smith
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Like Someone in Love (1977)
 * Out There (Prestige, 1960)
 * Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (Mercury, 1962)
 * Soul Street (New Jazz, 1960)
 * The Two Headed Freap (Blue Note, 1972)
 * Cleopatra Feelin' Jazzy (Impulse!, 1963)
 * A Portrait of Duke Ellington (Verve, 1960)
 * Perceptions (Verve, 1961)
 * Giants (Perception, 1971) - with Bobby Hackett and Mary Lou Williams
 * The King and I (1958)
 * Vicissitudes (MPS, 1972)
 * Hawk Eyes (Prestige, 1959)
 * Flute In (Blue Note, 1971)
 * Janis Ian (Verve, 1967) - upright bass on "Society's Child"
 * Spectrum (Argo, 1965)
 * Illinois Jacquet Quartet Live at Schaffhausen, Switzerland, March 18, 1978
 * Vibrations (Atlantic, 1960–61)
 * Something Nice (Prestige, 1961)
 * So Warm (Prestige, 1961)
 * Lonely and Blue (Prestige, 1962)
 * 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)
 * The Loop (Tuba, 1965)
 * New and Groovy (Tuba, 1966)
 * The Soul of Hollywood (Jazzland, 1962)
 * 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe (Arista, 1984)
 * 2-3-4 (Impulse!, 1962)
 * Quadrama (Prestige, 1957)
 * Moondog (Columbia, 1969)
 * Soul Battle (Prestige, 1960) - with Jimmy Forrest
 * Happenings - with Hank Jones (Impulse!, 1966)
 * The Spirit of '67 - with Pee Wee Russell (Impulse!, 1967)
 * The Kennedy Dream - Oliver Nelson (Impulse!, 1967)
 * Phineas Newborn Plays Jamaica (RCA Victor, 1957)
 * Love, Gloom, Cash, Love (Bethlehem, 1957)
 * Spanish Rice - with Clark Terry (Impulse!, 1966)
 * Nine Flags (Impulse!, 1966)
 * The Song Is Paris (Impulse!, 1962)
 * Sweet Buns & Barbeque (Prestige, 1972)
 * Songs for New Lovers (1978)
 * The Amazing Bud Powell Vol. 2 (Blue Note, 1953)
 * Between Broadway & Hollywood (MGM, 1963)
 * New Fantasy (Verve, 1964)
 * 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)
 * Love for Sale (Progressive, 1978)
 * What's New!!! (Roulette, 1966)
 * I Keep Comin' Back! (Roulette, 1966)
 * Parallel-a-Stitt (Roulette, 1967)
 * Goin' Down Slow (Prestige, 1972)
 * Last Sessions (1982)
 * Kwamina (Mercury, 1961)
 * It's What's Happenin' (Impulse!, 1967)
 * Dreamy (Roulette, 1960)
 * After Hours (Roulette, 1961)
 * Sweet Love, Bitter (Impulse!, 1967)
 * Moondreams (A&M/CTI, 1969)
 * Tasty Pudding (1954)
 * Southern Comfort (Prestige, 1962)
 * Uhuru Afrika (Roulette, 1960)