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. 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. 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 Adams With Manny Albam With Joe Albany With Gene Ammons With Mildred Anderson With The Arbors With Louis Armstrong With Count Basie With Louis Bellson With George Benson, Al Harewood and Mickey Tucker With Bob Brookmeyer With Ruth Brown With Ray Bryant With Kenny Burrell With Benny Carter With Betty Carter With Ron Carter With Sonny Clark and Max Roach With Arnett Cobb With Al Cohn With Sam Cooke With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis With Buddy DeFranco With Eric Dolphy With Art Farmer With Jimmy Forrest With Ronnie Foster With Aretha Franklin With Bud Freeman With Stan Getz With Dizzy Gillespie With Paul Gonsalves With Honi Gordon With Gigi Gryce With Chico Hamilton With Roland Hanna With Wilbur Harden With Barry Harris With Coleman Hawkins With Donna Hightower With Johnny Hodges With Lena Horne With Bobbi Humphrey With Janis Ian With Milt Jackson With Illinois Jacquet With Budd Johnson With Etta Jones With Hank Jones With Eric Kaz With Ben E. King With Jeanne Lee and Ran Blake With John Lennon With John Lewis With Mundell Lowe With Johnny Lytle With Mary Ann McCall With Junior Mance With Barry Manilow With Shelly Manne With Don McLean With Gil Mellé With Helen Merrill With Wes Montgomery With Moondog With Gerry Mulligan With Mark Murphy With Oliver Nelson With Phineas Newborn, Jr. With Herbie Nichols With Anita O'Day With Chico O'Farrill With Jackie Paris With Houston Person With Esther Phillips With Dave Pike With Bucky Pizzarelli With Bud Powell With Freddie Redd With Red Rodney With Jimmy Rushing With A. K. Salim With Lalo Schifrin With Gunther Schuller With Shirley Scott With Frank Sinatra With Carrie Smith With Derek Smith With Jimmy Smith With Johnny Smith With Leon Spencer With Sonny Stitt With Buddy Tate With Billy Taylor With Clark Terry With Joe Thomas and Jay McShann With Cal Tjader With Stanley Turrentine With Sarah Vaughan With Warren Vaché Jr. With Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson With Mal Waldron With Walter Wanderley With Julius Watkins With Chuck Wayne With Ben Webster With Frank Wess With Randy Weston With Bob Wilber & Kenny Davern With Joe Wilder With Joe Williams With Lem Winchester With Lester Young