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Stephane Grappelli may have given up standing during concerts late in life as a concession to his health, but at the age of 82, he still swung like mad with the best of them, as heard in this 1990 concert recorded in Tokyo. Accompanied by guitarist Marc Fosset and bassist Jean-Philippe Viret, with the addition of accordion player Marcel Azzola on a few selections, the violinist devotes a good part of his show to the expected standards from the 1930s and 1940s. Highlights include a swinging "Just One of Those Things," a delightful "Honeysuckle Rose" and a loping "Ol' Man River," the latter which adds ripples supplied by Azzola's accordion, until the dam breaks and the second half of the song comes on like a spring flood. The inevitable tribute to his late partner Django Reinhardt comes in the form of a cooking medley of the guitarist's "Nuages" and "Daphne." But Grappelli was also open to exploring newer works. He treats the audience to a bossa nova flavored take of Stevie Wonder's "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (opening with a bit of pizzicato violin) and a fleet interpretation of Sonny Rollins' "Pentup House," featuring a great series of trade-offs between the violinist and Azzola. This is easily one of the better Stephane Grappelli CDs from late in his career.
© Ken Dryden /TiVo
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Stephane Grappelli, MainArtist - Donald Heywood, ComposerLyricist - Will Marion Cook, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music
Stephane Grappelli, MainArtist - Andy Razaf, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music
Stephane Grappelli, MainArtist - Louis Alter, ComposerLyricist - Edgar DeLange, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Stephane Grappelli, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music
Jacques Larue, ComposerLyricist - Django Reinhardt, ComposerLyricist - Stephane Grappelli, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music
Stephane Grappelli, MainArtist - Herman Hupfeld, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music
George Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ira Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Stephane Grappelli, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music
Stephane Grappelli, MainArtist - Maceo Pinkard, ComposerLyricist - DORIS TAUBER, ComposerLyricist - William Tracey, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music
Stephane Grappelli, MainArtist - Stevie Wonder, Composer
℗ 1993 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music
Duke Ellington, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Stephane Grappelli, MainArtist - Jule Styne, ComposerLyricist - Sammy Cahn, ComposerLyricist - Billy Strayhorn, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music
Stephane Grappelli, MainArtist - Marcel Azzola, ComposerLyricist - Pascal Groffe, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music
Stephane Grappelli, MainArtist - Sonny Rollins, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music
Stephane Grappelli, MainArtist - Jerome Kern, Composer - Oscar Hammerstein II , Author
℗ 1993 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music
Stephane Grappelli, Composer, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music
Stephane Grappelli, MainArtist - Ben Bernie, ComposerLyricist - Kenneth Casey, ComposerLyricist - Maceo Pinkard, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music
George Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ira Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Stephane Grappelli, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music
Fred Fisher, ComposerLyricist - Stephane Grappelli, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music
Album review
Stephane Grappelli may have given up standing during concerts late in life as a concession to his health, but at the age of 82, he still swung like mad with the best of them, as heard in this 1990 concert recorded in Tokyo. Accompanied by guitarist Marc Fosset and bassist Jean-Philippe Viret, with the addition of accordion player Marcel Azzola on a few selections, the violinist devotes a good part of his show to the expected standards from the 1930s and 1940s. Highlights include a swinging "Just One of Those Things," a delightful "Honeysuckle Rose" and a loping "Ol' Man River," the latter which adds ripples supplied by Azzola's accordion, until the dam breaks and the second half of the song comes on like a spring flood. The inevitable tribute to his late partner Django Reinhardt comes in the form of a cooking medley of the guitarist's "Nuages" and "Daphne." But Grappelli was also open to exploring newer works. He treats the audience to a bossa nova flavored take of Stevie Wonder's "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (opening with a bit of pizzicato violin) and a fleet interpretation of Sonny Rollins' "Pentup House," featuring a great series of trade-offs between the violinist and Azzola. This is easily one of the better Stephane Grappelli CDs from late in his career.
© Ken Dryden /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:31
- Main artists: Stéphane Grappelli
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Savoy
- Genre: Jazz
© 1993 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. ℗ 1993 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
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