Stephane grappelli was born on january 26, 1908 in paris, france. Stephane s tune is a collection of grappelli memorabilia recorded between 1938 and 1942 with reinhardt, arthur young and hatchetts swingtet. I discovered stephane before django when he appeared on paul simons second solo album in 1972. Stephane grappelli stephane blues by thecosmickitchen. To most of the public, stephane grappelli defines jazz violin. Taylor and the legendary violinist stephane grappelli briefly joined forces to make this remarkable. Echoes of france inspired by the duet recordings of jazz legends stephane grappelli and django reinhardt, echoes of france recreate. In the mid20s he played in dance bands in paris, gradually turning more to jazz. The french jazz violinist, born 26 january 1908 in paris, france, died 1 december 1997 in paris, france. Stephane grappelli and friendsswing with django reinhardt and george shearing stephane grappelli to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on. Stephane grappelli music, videos, stats, and photos. Jeanluc ponty biography born 29 september 1942 avranches, france jeanluc ponty isnt only a virtuoso violinist but also one of the greatest fusion composers who blended different genres with great success and a pioneer of the electric violin, his solo works include very different albums as the brilliant and almost symphonic aurora or the less inspired afro jazz oriented tchokola, in. Grappelli plays jerome kern stephane grappelli allmusic. Stephane grappelli born stefano grappelli, was a frenchitalian jazz violinist who founded the.
The late stephane grappelli was not unique among jazz performances in the length of his career see also benny waters, his choice of instrument and virtuosity thereon see also eddie south, or his native land see also django reinhardt, his most famous partner, but offhand i cant think of another octogenarian french jazz violinist. In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we have temporarily suspended operations. Stream featuring stephane grappelli by django reinhardt. Born in 1908 to an italian father and parisian mother. Grappelli recorded a solo for the title track of pink floyds 1975 album wish you were. Check out stephane grappelli 6 original albums by stephane grappelli on amazon music. It was recorded in april 1990 and features ten duo performances by tyner and grappelli. While the leader and his pianist play rather well, the rest of the rhythm section is burdened by ovios rather hackneyed accompaniment. Print instantly, or sync to our free pc, web and mobile apps. June 27, 2008 in an archival show from 1990, piano jazz celebrates the centennial of stephane grappelli, one of the jazz worlds greatest violinists. Six original albums recorded between 1937 and 1962 by stephane grappelli, the most influential jazz violinist of all time. Pent up housepersonnelstephane grappelli violinpierre cavalli guitar solosleo petit guitar. These little known studio sessions captured a grappelli in one of his best periods.
This french maverick met the perfect foil when he teamed up with gypsy guitarist django reinhardt in the 1930s and 40s. Complete your stephane grappelli david grisman collection. A profile of stephane grappelli violin and details of their recordings available to browse. He was born in paris, france to a french mother and italian father. These recordings were culled from the decca catalog and recorded at 11 separate recording dates. Django reinhardt greatest hits full album greatest. Album stephanes tune vintage grappelli by stephane grappelli. Stephane grappelli and friendsswing with django reinhardt and. Download legal mp3 albums from stephane grappelli at emusic. Stephane grappelli stephane grappelli 19081997, violin.
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Django reinhardt telecharger et ecouter les albums. Stephane grappelli 26 january 1908 1 december 1997 was a french jazz violinist. He has been called the grandfather of jazz violinists and continued playing concerts around the world well into his 80s. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. His name was originally stephane grappelly but was. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Grappelli, who is joined by his regular collaborators on guitars martin taylor and marc fossett and bassist jack sewing, along with a rotating cast of three drummers, focuses exclusively on the works of jerome kern with orchestrations by laurie holloway, daniel freiberg, or jorge calandrelli with ettore stratta conducting. View all records by stephane grappelli for sale on cdandlp in lp, cd, 12inch, 7inch format. One on one stephane grappelli and mccoy tyner album wikipedia. Albums include wish you were here, djangology ultra fox, and wish you were here. Choose from stephane grappelli sheet music for such popular songs as minor swing, au revoir jattendrai, and djangology. Stephane grapelli stephane grapelli in tokyo 1990 flac.
Jul 18, 2017 legendary french jazz violinist stephane grappelli 19081997 plays the jazz standard i got rhythm in this 1984 live performance in new orleans. After djangos death, grappelli spent the 50s and 60s as a respected european musician before reemerging as a global superstar in the. High quality stephane grappelli mp3 downloads from 7digital united states. Stephane grappelli buy recordings presto classical. Django reinhardt was the first hugely influential jazz figure to emerge from europe and he remains the most influential european to this day, with possible competition from joe zawinul, george shearing, john mclaughlin, his old cohort stephane grappelli and a bare handful of others.