Stéphane Grappelli
One of the all-time great jazz violinists (ranking with Joe Venuti and Stuff Smith as one of the big three of pre-bop), Stéphane Grappelli's longevity and consistently enthusiastic playing did a great deal to establish the violin as a jazz instrument. He was originally self-taught as both a violinist and a pianist, although during 1924-28 he studied at the Paris Conservatoire. Grappelli played in movie theaters and dance bands before meeting guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1933. They hit it off musically from the start even though their lifestyles (Grappelli was sophisticated while Django was a gypsy) were very different. Together as Quintet of the Hot Club of France (comprised of violin, three acoustic guitars and bass) during 1933-39 they produced a sensational series of recordings and performances. During a London engagement in 1939, World War II broke out. Reinhardt rashly decided to return to France but Grappelli stayed in England, effectively ending the group. The violinist soon teamed up with the young pianist George Shearing in a new band that worked steadily through the war. In 1946, Grappelli and Reinhardt had the first of several reunions although they never worked together again on a regular basis (despite many new recordings). Grappelli performed throughout the 1950s and '60s in clubs throughout Europe and, other than recordings with Duke Ellington (Violin Summit) and Joe Venuti, he remained somewhat obscure in the U.S. until he began regularly touring the world in the early '70s. Since then Grappelli has been a constant traveler and a consistent poll-winner, remaining very open-minded without altering his swing style; he has recorded with David Grisman, Earl Hines, Bill Coleman, Larry Coryell, Oscar Peterson, Jean Luc Ponty and McCoy Tyner among many others. Active up until near the end, the increasingly frail Grappelli remained at the top of his field even when he was 89. His early recordings are all available on Classics CDs and he recorded quite extensively during his final three decades.
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Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses ! (Bande originale du film d'Edouard Molinaro, scénario de Francis Veber, avec Annie Girardot, Jean-Pierre Marielle)
Vladimir Cosma, Stéphane Grappelli
Film Soundtracks - Released by Larghetto on Feb 17, 2023
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The Very Best Of
Jazz - Released by Vintage Masters Inc. on Jun 1, 2012
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Piano à gogo
Jazz - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on Jun 12, 1954
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Live in Paris
Jazz - Released by Vintage Masters Inc. on Jul 1, 2012
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Timeless: Stéphane Grappelli (Live)
Jazz - Released by Savoy on Jan 14, 2003
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Parisian Thoroughfare (Stephane Grappelli)
Jazz - Released by 1201 MUSIC on Jul 31, 1986
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Stéphane Grappelli on Piano and Violin
Jazz - Released by Editions Audiovisuel Beulah on Sep 30, 2022
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As Time Goes By (Live (Remastered))
Folk - Released by Musique de la Foret - Gramophone Discs on Jul 7, 2023
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Minor Swing
Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt
Jazz - Released by Quadrifoglio on Jan 17, 1992
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Live In Dublin, Ohio
Jazz - Released by Synergie OMP on Dec 12, 2006
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The Cosmopolite Concert
Stéphane Grappelli, Marc Fosset
Jazz - Released by Hot Club Records on Sep 1, 1994
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1949 - 1950 (Collector Sound)
Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli
Gypsy Jazz - Released by Tsk Music on Jul 25, 2011
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La Mer - Beyond the Sea (Quintet Version)
Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli
Folk - Released by One Riverside Drive on Jan 22, 2021
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My Blue Heaven
Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt
Folk - Released by Musique de la Foret - Gramophone - Discs on Jul 19, 2021
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Improvisations
Miscellaneous - Released by Vinyle Numérique on Mar 15, 2023
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The Great Stéphane Grappelli, Vol. 5 (Digitally Remastered)
Gypsy - Released by Old Europe on Apr 20, 2018
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It's Only a Paper Moon (Live)
Jazz - Released by Phoenix USA on Nov 1, 1991
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