mjzee Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 Best I can tell, there isn't yet a thread here devoted to the great bassist, George Duvivier. I want to start with an interesting bit of trivia I learned from The Youngbloods compilation on BGO: On Jesse Colin Young's second album, Young Blood (Mercury, 1965), he's backed by George Duvivier and Osie Johnson! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 Recently picked up a Euro box of Mundell Lowe recordings. On the three or so albums in that compilation with Duvivier, he is magnificent -- and very well recorded, too.https://www.amazon.com/7-Classic-Albums-LOWE-MUNDELL/dp/B018WS9ILI/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1494623193&sr=1-1&keywords=mundell+lowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 yeah, I first became aware of him on Out There with Mr. Dolphy. One can be assured that his tone and time will shine through on any session he took part in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 Don't miss him here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 One of George Duvivier's last recording sessions, according to the posthumous discography published by The Scarecrow Press, was a duo recording with James Williams which was never released. I asked the pianist about that date and he told me in so many words that he wasn't satisfied with his playing, though Duvivier was great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 The man got around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 Here's another bit of trivia. George Duvivier's bass is played on this date by Jay Leonhart, who acquired it after Mr. Duvivier passed away. And the title tune is a beautiful ballad written by George Duvivier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 He is on a lot of east coast space age bachelor pad albums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 Here are a few of my Duvivier favorites. All of these happen to be from the 1970s: - Gene Ammons - Night Lights (Prestige) - Ray Bryant - Here's Ray Bryant (Pablo) - Buddy DeFranco - Like Someone in Love (Progressive) - Lockjaw Davis - The Heavy Hitter (Muse) - Hank Jones - Bluesette (Black & Blue) - Joe Newman - I Love My Woman (Black & Blue) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 9 hours ago, paul secor said: Both outstanding .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 (edited) I tend to buy any album Duvivier plays on, never heard him uninspired. His tone and drive, along with a very personal sense of melodic imgination makes him one of the outstanding bass players in jazz history, IMHO. There is a priceless video, Jazz Studio '61 where you can see him in an all star band with Ben Webster, Jo Jones etc.- the other band was the Ahmad Jamal Trio with Israel Crosby and Vernel Fournier. Just to see how much Duviver digs the way the trio plays is worth the price of admission. He must have been a very open minded guy, no matter what context he played in. Eric Dolphy dates on Prestige or Verve studio recordings involving writen parts, he had it down. I remember another video where he accompanied Benny Carter shortly before his passing - so much swing and elegance! I could list any session he played on, here's just one that caught my attention: Blues shouter Wynonie Harris belting out 'Quiet Whiskey' - Sir Charles Thomspon, Mickey Baker, Duvivier, and Specs Powell behind him rock the house! Edited May 13, 2017 by mikeweil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted May 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 Here is the last 20 minutes of an interview with George Duvivier that was broadcast on WBGO (NY - NJ area) 10/28/84. The backstory is: I was driving home after an evening in Manhattan, and started listening to this great interview on my car radio. When I got home, I managed to record the end of it. Wish/hope the entire interview exists in the WBGO archives. Enjoy. http://picosong.com/MjBX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 9 hours ago, mikeweil said: I tend to buy any album Duvivier plays on, never heard him uninspired. His tone and drive, along with a very personal sense of melodic imgination makes him one of the outstanding bass players in jazz history, IMHO. Fully agreed .... some more George Duvivier recordings (dear to my heart) .... : just to name a few .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jlhoots Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 16 hours ago, soulpope said: Both outstanding .... Yep - just played both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 I think Duvivier was one of the most recorded bass players in the 50´s and very much active until his death. He is also on most of Bud Powell´s records from 1953 on. In july 1985 I was at the Hollabrunn Festival and Woody Herman was on schedule with an allstar band with Scott Hamilton, Buddy Tate and others, and George Duvivier should be the bass player and I was looking forward to finally see him live, but it was reported he is sick and some young bass player played instead of him. Later I found out Duvivier had died only a few days later..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 1 hour ago, Gheorghe said: I think Duvivier was one of the most recorded bass players in the 50´s and very much active until his death. He is also on most of Bud Powell´s records from 1953 on. In july 1985 I was at the Hollabrunn Festival and Woody Herman was on schedule with an allstar band with Scott Hamilton, Buddy Tate and others, and George Duvivier should be the bass player and I was looking forward to finally see him live, but it was reported he is sick and some young bass player played instead of him. Later I found out Duvivier had died only a few days later..... I believe to have seen Duvivier around 1980 as part of the Hank Jones Trio .... can't remember neither the drummer nor the location though .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mikeweil Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 (edited) That Ronnie Foster record is nice - Gordon Edwards keeping the groove on electric bass, while Duvivier colors the thing with carefully selected plucks and bowings - I really listened to him on that album and learned to appreciate waht he was doing. Edited May 14, 2017 by mikeweil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JSngry Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 I've actually played with George Duvivier on numerous occasions! https://www.discogs.com/Bob-Wilber-For-Saxes-Only/release/7669185 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgcim Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 There's a great you tube video of the Master live with his old buddy Johnny Smith, plus Ray Pizzi, Alan Dawson, Bobby Shew, and Larry Lappin. Just enter Johnny Smith Live, and look for the 27 minute version of a great jazz clinic concert they had, back when Wynton didn't have to approve you to teach jazz... Twenty minutes into it, George is featured playing a composition of his called 'E.K.E's Blues, written for Duke, and originally played by Harry Carney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 Mosaic's Sunday Jazz Gazette included the great news that the video I mentioned above can now be seen online: http://www.jazzwax.com/2017/04/ben-webster-ahmad-jamal.html The hand seen plucking bass strings at the video's start is Duvivier's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 One of jazz great duos is the Duvivier-Scott LaFaro encounter on Django on the John Lewis 'Abstractions' album on Atlantic. A masterpiece! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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