George Duvivier during The Magnificent Thad Jones session, Hackensack NJ, February 2 1957 (photo by Francis Wolff)
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Sonny Clark - Nica (1960)
From Sam Stephenson’s Tin House article on Sonny Clark:
“Bewitching” is the word New York Times jazz critic Ben Ratliff used to describe Clark’s performance of “Nica” on a 1960 trio recording with Max Roach on drums and George Duvivier on bass.
“It’s funky and clean and has the tension of changing tonality,” writes Ratliff, “so that within four bars it keeps changing from easy and secure to full of dread.”
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Oliver Nelson - Six and Four (1961)
A swinging cut, alternating in 6/4 and 4/4 time, with the inimitable Eric Dolphy exercising his distinctive “outside” sensibilities.
