Dominic Duval is an American

United States

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 free jazz

Free jazz

Free jazz is an approach to jazz music that was first developed in the 1950s and 1960s. Though the music produced by free jazz pioneers varied widely, the common feature was a dissatisfaction with the limitations of bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz, which had developed in the 1940s and 1950s...

 bassist.

Since the 1990s, Duval has been active principally on the New York City

New York City

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 jazz scene. He did not begin recording regularly until the 1990s, but since then has appeared on a very large number of albums, particularly on the labels CIMP, Cadence Jazz, and Leo Records

Leo Records

Leo Records is an English jazz record label, which releases Russian jazz in addition to material from American and British musicians.Leo Records was founded in 1979 by Leo Feigin , a Russian immigrant to Britain...

. As a result, Duval was described by Allmusic as "unquestionably...one of the most-recorded free jazz bassists on the planet". Todd Jenkins describes Duval and drummer Jay Rosen as the "house rhythm section

Rhythm section

A rhythm section is a collection of musicians who make up a section of instruments which provides the accompaniment section of the music, giving the music its rhythmic texture and pulse, also serving as a rhythmic reference for the rest of the band...

" for CIMP, given the number of recordings on which they have jointly appeared. Duval's freedom of expression is paramount in his playing. Duval plays his Hutchings bass more often like a violin, guitar or lead saxophone. He displays fast lines and rich textures. Seldom does he play the bass in a traditional role low pitch rhythmic role. Instead he freely interacts with other members within the ensemble.

Discography

• The Wedding Band (CIMP, 1997)
• State of the Art (CIMP, 1997)
• Nightbird Inventions (Cadence Jazz, 1997)
• Live in Concert (Cadence, 1998)
• The Navigator (Leo Records
  Leo Records
  Leo Records is an English jazz record label, which releases Russian jazz in addition to material from American and British musicians.Leo Records was founded in 1979 by Leo Feigin , a Russian immigrant to Britain...
  
  , 1998)
• Equinox (Leo, 1999)
• Under the Pyramid (Leo, 2000)
• The Experiment (Blue Jackel, 2000)
• Undersound (Leo, 2000)
• Asylum (Leo, 2001)
• Cries & Whispers (Cadence, 2001)
• American Scrapbook (CIMP, 2002)
• Undersound II (Leo, 2003)
• No Respect (Acoustics Records, 2003)
• Rules of Engagement Vol. I (Drimala Records, 2003)
• Coming From Us (Quixotic Records, 2004)
• Rules of Engagement Vol. II (Drimala, 2004)
• Monkinus (CIMP, 2006)
• Mountain Air (CIMP, 2006)
• Nowhere to Hide (NotTwo, 2008)
• The Spirit of Things (CIMP, 2008)
• For the Children (Cadence Jazz, 2008)
• The Last Dance Volumes 1 and 2 (Cadence Jazz, 2009)
• Monk Dreams (No Business, 2009)
• Magic (NotTwo, 2010)