Didier Levallet

{{Short description|French musician}}

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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.{{cite book|title=The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Guinness Publishing|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-580-8|page=256}}

A self-taught bassist, Levallet made his professional debut in Paris in 1969,{{cite book| first1=Ian| last1=Carr| first2=Digby| last2=Fairweather| first3=Brian| last3=Priestley| title=The rough guide to jazz| publisher=Rough Guides Ltd| isbn=1-84353-256-5| year=2004| page=[https://archive.org/details/roughguidetojazz00carr/page/472 472]| url-access=registration| url=https://archive.org/details/roughguidetojazz00carr/page/472}} 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.

Levallet was director of the French National Jazz Orchestra from 1997 to 2000{{cite web |title=ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE JAZZ |url=http://www.onj.org/fr/onj-daniel-yvinec |accessdate=2010-08-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709005429/http://www.onj.org/fr/onj-daniel-yvinec/ |archivedate=2010-07-09 }} 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.