Didier Levallet

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Didier Levallet (born 19 July 1944, in Arcy-sur-Cure, France) is a French jazz double bassist, composer, arranger and leader.^[1]

A self-taught bassist, Levallet made his professional debut in Paris in 1969,^[2] working with such artists as Ted Curson, Johnny Griffin, Kenny Clarke, Mal Waldron, Hank Mobley, Archie Shepp, Tony Oxley, Steve Lacy, Harry Beckett and Didier Lockwood.^[1]

Levallet was director of the French National Jazz Orchestra from 1997 to 2000^[3] He has also served as an educator at the L’École Nationale de Musique in Angoulême, and regularly hold workshops and music concerts in Cluny, France.