clifford_thornton Posted July 22, 2016 Report Posted July 22, 2016 (edited) Bassist Dominic Duval, who worked extensively with Joe McPhee and Cecil Taylor, among others, is sadly in his final stages of life after a battle with lymphoma. He is in hospital but the family are taking him to hospice care. There is a gofundme page here if you would like to donate towards making his last weeks more restful. I always liked his playing and this is such a bummer. Update: just got word from the family that he has passed. Edited July 22, 2016 by clifford_thornton Quote
alankin Posted July 22, 2016 Report Posted July 22, 2016 That's very sad to hear. He's only 71. Quote
Justin V Posted July 22, 2016 Report Posted July 22, 2016 I saw Trio X in Rochester in 2014, and Dominic Duval, Jr., who is a heck of a bassist himself, filled in for his father. There was a get-well card at the gig, but I had hoped that he just had the flu or something. Thank you for the music, Mr. Duval, and rest in peace. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted July 22, 2016 Author Report Posted July 22, 2016 Yeah, his son is very good from what little I've heard. There was a board member who went by the name "jazz kat" and I believe he was/is good friends with Duval Jr. Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted July 23, 2016 Report Posted July 23, 2016 Horrible news was lucky to see him with Cecil Taylor back ~ 1997 or so with the quartet. I was still very new to that sort of thing and I recollect that he was strumming and bowing very seriously. I must have seen him again once or twice and I did have one conversation with him at the bar at The Knitting Factory back in the very late 90's. He was playing with Ivo Perelman upstairs or downstairs and a few of us from the old Jazz Central Station were getting ready for Dave Holland's band with Steve Nelson, Chris Potter and Billy Kilson. I might have mentioned seeing him with Cecil a couple of years before and I noted that Abdullah Ibrahim had played the first set with his trio - which to this day is one of the oddest combinations - and Dominic then said that Cecil referred to Ibrahim as "Half-Dollar"'as he wasn't a big fan!! Dominic came across as a passionate learned guy and he urged us to blow off the Holland band for the trio with him, Ivo and I think Michael Wimberly or Jay Rosen but we didn't - I believe Mr. Ducal had a bit of Internet correspondence at the time and he sent me a solo CD recording some time later. I havn't kept up - been meaning to pick up some Trio X stuff, etc. I didn't know he was sick. Brings back a flood of incredible memories. What experiences he must have had playing with those that he did - from Cecil to Ivo to Joe McPhee - and all the others RIP, sir Quote
OliverM Posted July 23, 2016 Report Posted July 23, 2016 This is very sad, condolences to his family. There is an interesting interview of him here covering different moments of his life and carrier: https://www.allaboutjazz.com/dominic-duval-follow-your-melody-dominic-duval-by-maxim-micheliov.php?pg=1 Quote
paul secor Posted July 23, 2016 Report Posted July 23, 2016 Good interview. Thanks for posting it. Quote
jazzulov Posted August 2, 2016 Report Posted August 2, 2016 an interesting story with the two different albums of similar Monk material in a sax/bass duo setting, looking forward to find Monkinus to check out and compare. Quote
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