Stéphane Grappelli
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Stéphane Grappelli was a French
jazz
violin
ist who founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France
with guitar
ist Django Reinhardt
in 1934. It was one of the first all-string jazz bands.
For the first three decades of his career, he was billed using a gallicised spelling of his last name, Grappelly, reverting to "Grappelli" in 1969. The "Grappelli" spelling is now used almost universally when referring to the violinist – even on reissues of his early work.
, France, to Italian
/French
parents: his Italian father, marquess
Ernesto Grappelli, was born in Alatri
, Lazio. His French mother died when he was four, and his father left to fight in World War I
. As a result, at six, he was accepted into Isadora Duncan
's dance school, where he learnt to love French Impressionist music
. Grappelli started his musical career busking
on the streets of Paris and Montmartre
with a violin. He began playing the violin at age 12 and attended the Conservatoire de Paris
studying music theory (1924-28). He made a living busking on the side until he gained fame in Paris as a violin virtuoso
. He also worked as a silent film
pianist
while at the conservatory and played the saxophone
and accordion
. Grappelli called his piano "My Other Love" and (many years later) released an album of solo piano of the same name.
For the first three decades of his musical career, Grappelli was billed as Stéphane Grappelly. Grappelli's own explanation for the changed spelling was that he was tired of people mispronouncing his last name as "Grappell-eye". It has also been suggested that Grappelli had changed his name in order to avoid military service in Italy, although this claim has been greeted with skepticism by his biographers.
His early fame came playing with the Quintette du Hot Club de France with Django Reinhardt
, which disbanded in 1939 at the outbreak of World War II
. In 1940, a little-known jazz pianist by the name of George Shearing
made his debut as a sideman
in Grappelli's band. Shearing went on to a enjoy long career.
After the war he appeared on hundreds of recordings including sessions with Duke Ellington
, jazz pianists Oscar Peterson
, Michel Petrucciani
and Claude Bolling
, jazz violinist Jean-Luc Ponty
, jazz violinist Stuff Smith
, Indian classical violinist L. Subramaniam
, vibraphonist Gary Burton
, pop singer Paul Simon
, mandolin player David Grisman
, classical violinist Yehudi Menuhin
, orchestral conductor André Previn
, guitar player Bucky Pizzarelli
, guitar player Joe Pass
, cello player Yo Yo Ma, harmonica and jazz guitar player Toots Thielemans
, jazz guitarist Henri Crolla
, bassist Jon Burr and fiddler Mark O'Connor
. He also collaborated extensively with the British guitarist and graphic designer Diz Disley
, recording 13 record albums with him and his trio (which included Denny Wright
in its early years), and with now renowned British guitarist Martin Taylor
. His Parisian trio of many years included guitarist Marc Fosset and bassist Patrice Carratini.
During the 1960s he played for cocktail hour at the Paris Hilton.
Grappelli recorded a solo for the title track of Pink Floyd's
1975 album Wish You Were Here. This was made almost inaudible in the mix, and so the violinist was not credited, according to Roger Waters
, as it would be "a bit of an insult".
Grappelli made a cameo appearance in the 1978 film King of the Gypsies
, along with noted mandolinist David Grisman
. Three years later they performed together in concert, which was recorded live and released to critical acclaim.
In the 1980s he gave several concerts with the young British cellist Julian Lloyd Webber
.
In 1997, Grappelli received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
.
He is an inductee of the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame
.
He died in Paris after undergoing a hernia operation. He is buried in the city's famous Père Lachaise Cemetery.
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
ist who founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France
Quintette du Hot Club de France
Quintette du Hot Club de France was a jazz group founded in France in 1934 by guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stéphane Grappelli, and active in one form or another until 1948....
with guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
ist Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt was a pioneering virtuoso jazz guitarist and composer who invented an entirely new style of jazz guitar technique that has since become a living musical tradition within French gypsy culture...
in 1934. It was one of the first all-string jazz bands.
For the first three decades of his career, he was billed using a gallicised spelling of his last name, Grappelly, reverting to "Grappelli" in 1969. The "Grappelli" spelling is now used almost universally when referring to the violinist – even on reissues of his early work.
Early years
Grappelli was born in ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France, to Italian
Italian people
The Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...
/French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
parents: his Italian father, marquess
Marquess
A marquess or marquis is a nobleman of hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The term is also used to translate equivalent oriental styles, as in imperial China, Japan, and Vietnam...
Ernesto Grappelli, was born in Alatri
Alatri
Alatri is a town and comune of province of Frosinone in the Italian region of the Lazio, with c. 30,000 inhabitants. A part of the traditional region of Ciociaria, it is famous for its megalithic acropolis.-History:...
, Lazio. His French mother died when he was four, and his father left to fight in World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. As a result, at six, he was accepted into Isadora Duncan
Isadora Duncan
Isadora Duncan was a dancer, considered by many to be the creator of modern dance. Born in the United States, she lived in Western Europe and the Soviet Union from the age of 22 until her death at age 50. In the United States she was popular only in New York, and only later in her life...
's dance school, where he learnt to love French Impressionist music
Impressionist music
Impressionism in music was a tendency in European classical music, mainly in France, which appeared in the late nineteenth century and continued into the middle of the twentieth century. Similarly to its precursor in the visual arts, musical impressionism focuses on a suggestion and an atmosphere...
. Grappelli started his musical career busking
Busking
Street performance or busking is the practice of performing in public places, for gratuities, which are generally in the form of money and edibles...
on the streets of Paris and Montmartre
Montmartre
Montmartre is a hill which is 130 metres high, giving its name to the surrounding district, in the north of Paris in the 18th arrondissement, a part of the Right Bank. Montmartre is primarily known for the white-domed Basilica of the Sacré Cœur on its summit and as a nightclub district...
with a violin. He began playing the violin at age 12 and attended the Conservatoire de Paris
Conservatoire de Paris
The Conservatoire de Paris is a college of music and dance founded in 1795, now situated in the avenue Jean Jaurès in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France...
studying music theory (1924-28). He made a living busking on the side until he gained fame in Paris as a violin virtuoso
Virtuoso
A virtuoso is an individual who possesses outstanding technical ability in the fine arts, at singing or playing a musical instrument. The plural form is either virtuosi or the Anglicisation, virtuosos, and the feminine form sometimes used is virtuosa...
. He also worked as a silent film
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
while at the conservatory and played the saxophone
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
and accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
. Grappelli called his piano "My Other Love" and (many years later) released an album of solo piano of the same name.
For the first three decades of his musical career, Grappelli was billed as Stéphane Grappelly. Grappelli's own explanation for the changed spelling was that he was tired of people mispronouncing his last name as "Grappell-eye". It has also been suggested that Grappelli had changed his name in order to avoid military service in Italy, although this claim has been greeted with skepticism by his biographers.
His early fame came playing with the Quintette du Hot Club de France with Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt was a pioneering virtuoso jazz guitarist and composer who invented an entirely new style of jazz guitar technique that has since become a living musical tradition within French gypsy culture...
, which disbanded in 1939 at the outbreak of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. In 1940, a little-known jazz pianist by the name of George Shearing
George Shearing
Sir George Shearing, OBE was an Anglo-American jazz pianist who for many years led a popular jazz group that recorded for MGM Records and Capitol Records. The composer of over 300 titles, he had multiple albums on the Billboard charts during the 1950s, 1960s, 1980s and 1990s...
made his debut as a sideman
Sideman
A sideman is a professional musician who is hired to perform or record with a group of which he or she is not a regular member. They often tour with solo acts as well as bands and jazz ensembles. Sidemen are generally required to be adaptable to many different styles of music, and so able to fit...
in Grappelli's band. Shearing went on to a enjoy long career.
Post-war
Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...
, jazz pianists Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. He was called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington, "O.P." by his friends. He released over 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards, and received other numerous awards and honours over the course of his career...
, Michel Petrucciani
Michel Petrucciani
Michel Petrucciani was a French jazz pianist.-Biography:...
and Claude Bolling
Claude Bolling
Claude Bolling , is a renowned French jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and occasional actor.He was born in Cannes, studied at the Nice Conservatory, then in Paris. A child prodigy, by age 14 he was playing jazz piano professionally, with Lionel Hampton, Roy Eldridge, and Kenny Clarke...
, jazz violinist Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty is a French virtuoso violinist and jazz composer.- Early years:Ponty was born into a family of classical musicians on 29 September 1942 in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano...
, jazz violinist Stuff Smith
Stuff Smith
Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith , better known as Stuff Smith, was a jazz violinist. He is known well for the song "If You're a Viper".-Biography:...
, Indian classical violinist L. Subramaniam
L. Subramaniam
Dr. Lakshminarayana Subramaniam is an acclaimed Indian violinist, composer and conductor, trained in the classical Carnatic music tradition and Western classical music, and renowned for his virtuoso playing techniques and compositions in orchestral fusion.-Early years:Subramaniam was born to V...
, vibraphonist Gary Burton
Gary Burton
Gary Burton is an American jazz vibraphonist.A true original on the vibraphone, Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the usual two-mallets. This approach caused Burton to be heralded as an innovator and his sound and technique are widely imitated...
, pop singer Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.Simon is best known for his success, beginning in 1965, as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles...
, mandolin player David Grisman
David Grisman
David Grisman is an American bluegrass/newgrass mandolinist and composer of acoustic music. In the early 1990s, he started the Acoustic Disc record label in an effort to preserve and spread acoustic or instrumental music.-Biography:Grisman grew up in Hackensack, New Jersey...
, classical violinist Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE was a Russian Jewish American violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom. He was born to Russian Jewish parents in the United States, but became a citizen of Switzerland in 1970, and of the United Kingdom in 1985...
, orchestral conductor André Previn
André Previn
André George Previn, KBE is an American pianist, conductor, and composer. He is considered one of the most versatile musicians in the world, and is the winner of four Academy Awards for his film work and ten Grammy Awards for his recordings. -Early Life:Previn was born in...
, guitar player Bucky Pizzarelli
Bucky Pizzarelli
John Paul "Bucky" Pizzarelli is an American Jazz guitarist and banjoist, and the father of jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli and upright bassist Martin Pizzarelli. Pizzarelli has also worked for NBC as a staffman for Dick Cavett and also ABC with Bobby Rosengarden in...
, guitar player Joe Pass
Joe Pass
Joe Pass was an Italian-American jazz guitarist of Sicilian descent. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century...
, cello player Yo Yo Ma, harmonica and jazz guitar player Toots Thielemans
Toots Thielemans
Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans , known as Toots Thielemans, is a Belgian jazz musician well known for his guitar and harmonica playing as well as his whistling. Thielemans is credited as one of the greatest harmonica players of the 20th century...
, jazz guitarist Henri Crolla
Henri Crolla
Henri Crolla was a French jazz guitarist and film composer.Born in Naples, Campania, Italy, to a family of itinerant Neapolitan musicians, he moved with his family to Porte de Choisy in France in 1922 following the rise of fascism in Italy...
, bassist Jon Burr and fiddler Mark O'Connor
Mark O'Connor
Mark O'Connor is an American bluegrass, jazz, country and classical violinist fiddler, composer and music teacher. O'Connor's music is wide-ranging, critically acclaimed, and he has received numerous awards for both his playing and his composition...
. He also collaborated extensively with the British guitarist and graphic designer Diz Disley
Diz Disley
Diz Disley was an Anglo-Canadian jazz guitarist and graphic designer. He is best known for his jazz guitar playing, strongly influenced by Django Reinhardt, and for his collaborations with the violinist Stéphane Grappelli....
, recording 13 record albums with him and his trio (which included Denny Wright
Denny Wright
Denny Wright was a jazz and skiffle guitarist, who performed with Stephane Grappelli, Lonnie Donegan, Johnny Duncan , Digby Fairweather, Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Eckstine, Fapy Lafertin and many other musicians, including young rising stars such as Bireli Lagrene and Nigel Kennedy...
in its early years), and with now renowned British guitarist Martin Taylor
Martin Taylor
Martin Taylor, MBE is a British jazz guitarist who has performed in groups, guitar ensembles and as an accompanist to many of the world’s most famous musicians...
. His Parisian trio of many years included guitarist Marc Fosset and bassist Patrice Carratini.
During the 1960s he played for cocktail hour at the Paris Hilton.
Grappelli recorded a solo for the title track of Pink Floyd's
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...
1975 album Wish You Were Here. This was made almost inaudible in the mix, and so the violinist was not credited, according to Roger Waters
Roger Waters
George Roger Waters is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. He was a founding member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd, serving as bassist and co-lead vocalist. Following the departure of bandmate Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became the band's lyricist, principal songwriter...
, as it would be "a bit of an insult".
Grappelli made a cameo appearance in the 1978 film King of the Gypsies
King of the Gypsies (film)
King of the Gypsies is a 1978 Paramount motion picture drama starringEric Roberts, Sterling Hayden, Shelley Winters, Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields, Annette O'Toole, and Judd Hirsch....
, along with noted mandolinist David Grisman
David Grisman
David Grisman is an American bluegrass/newgrass mandolinist and composer of acoustic music. In the early 1990s, he started the Acoustic Disc record label in an effort to preserve and spread acoustic or instrumental music.-Biography:Grisman grew up in Hackensack, New Jersey...
. Three years later they performed together in concert, which was recorded live and released to critical acclaim.
In the 1980s he gave several concerts with the young British cellist Julian Lloyd Webber
Julian Lloyd Webber
Julian Lloyd Webber is a British solo cellist who has been described as the "doyen of British cellists".-Early life:Julian Lloyd Webber is the second son of the composer William Lloyd Webber and his wife Jean Johnstone . He is the younger brother of the composer Andrew Lloyd Webber...
.
In 1997, Grappelli received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded by the Recording Academy to "performers who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording."...
.
He is an inductee of the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame
Down Beat
Down Beat is an American magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond" to indicate its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois...
.
He died in Paris after undergoing a hernia operation. He is buried in the city's famous Père Lachaise Cemetery.
Albums
This list does not include all compilation releases.- Djangology: Django Reinhardt, the Gypsy Genius (1936 to 1940)
- Stephane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt the Gold Edition (1934 to 1937, copyright 1998)
- Bill Coleman with Django and Stephane Grappelli 1936 to 1938 (released 1985, DRG Records)
- Unique Piano Session Paris 1955 (1955, Jazz Anthology)
- ImprovisationsImprovisations (Stéphane Grappelli album)Improvisations is a jazz album recorded in 1956, in Paris, by Stéphane Grappelli , Maurice Vander , Pierre Michelot and Baptist "Mac Kac" Reiles...
(Paris, 1956) - Paris EncounterParis EncounterParis Encounter is an album by vibraphonist Gary Burton and violinist Stéphane Grappelli recorded in 1969 and released on the Atlantic label.-Reception:...
(Atlantic, 1969) with Gary BurtonGary BurtonGary Burton is an American jazz vibraphonist.A true original on the vibraphone, Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the usual two-mallets. This approach caused Burton to be heralded as an innovator and his sound and technique are widely imitated... - Afternoon in Paris (1971, MPS)
- Manoir de Mes Reves (1972, Musidisc)
- Homage To Django (1972, released 1976 Classic Jazz)
- Just one of those things! (1973 Black Lion RecordsBlack Lion RecordsBlack Lion Records was a jazz record label based in London, England.Black Lion was founded by Alan Bates in 1968. The label had two series of releases, one for British jazz musicians and one for international musicians...
) Recorded at the 1973 Montreaux Jazz festival - Stephane Grappelli - I Got Rhythm! (1974 Black Lion RecordsBlack Lion RecordsBlack Lion Records was a jazz record label based in London, England.Black Lion was founded by Alan Bates in 1968. The label had two series of releases, one for British jazz musicians and one for international musicians...
) with Diz DisleyDiz DisleyDiz Disley was an Anglo-Canadian jazz guitarist and graphic designer. He is best known for his jazz guitar playing, strongly influenced by Django Reinhardt, and for his collaborations with the violinist Stéphane Grappelli....
, Denny WrightDenny WrightDenny Wright was a jazz and skiffle guitarist, who performed with Stephane Grappelli, Lonnie Donegan, Johnny Duncan , Digby Fairweather, Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Eckstine, Fapy Lafertin and many other musicians, including young rising stars such as Bireli Lagrene and Nigel Kennedy...
and Len SkeatLen SkeatLen Skeat is an English jazz double-bassist born in east London, perhaps best-known for his work with the Ted Heath band and younger brother of Bill Skeat ....
recorded at the Queen Elizabeth HallQueen Elizabeth HallThe Queen Elizabeth Hall is a music venue on the South Bank in London, United Kingdom that hosts daily classical, jazz, and avant-garde music and dance performances. The QEH forms part of Southbank Centre arts complex and stands alongside the Royal Festival Hall, which was built for the Festival...
, London, 5 November 1973 - Shades of Django (1975, MPS)
- Satin Doll (1975, Vanguard)
- The Rock Peter and the WolfThe Rock Peter and the WolfThe Rock Peter and the Wolf was an arrangement of songs of the classic Peter and the Wolf story, in an album released in 1975. Gary Brooker, Bill Bruford, Phil Collins, Julie Driscoll, Stephane Grappelli, Jack Lancaster, Jon Hiseman, Brian Eno, Alvin Lee, Gary Moore, Cozy Powell, Manfred Mann,...
(1976 RSO Records) (2007 CD Verdant Records) with Jack LancasterJack LancasterJack Lancaster is a British composer, record producer and musician.In the late 1960s, Lancaster co-founded the British rock group Blodwyn Pig with Jethro Tull guitarist Mick Abrahams...
, Phil CollinsPhil CollinsPhilip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
, Brian EnoBrian EnoBrian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...
, Keith TippettKeith TippettKeith Tippett is a British jazz pianist and composer.Tippett, the son of a local police officer, went to Greenway Boys Secondary Modern school in Southmead, Bristol. He formed his first jazz band called The KT7 whilst still at school and they performed numbers popular at the time by The Temperance...
, Julie Tippetts, Gary BrookerGary BrookerGary Brooker, MBE, is an English singer, songwriter, pianist and founder of the rock band Procol Harum. Brooker was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours on 14 June 2003, in recognition of his charitable services.-Early life:Brooker was born in...
, Gary MooreGary MooreRobert William Gary Moore , better known simply as Gary Moore, was a Northern Irish musician from Belfast, best recognised as a blues rock guitarist and singer....
, Alvin LeeAlvin LeeAlvin Lee is an English rock guitarist and singer. He began playing guitar at the age of 13, and with Leo Lyons formed the core of the band Ten Years After in 1960...
, Manfred MannManfred MannManfred Mann was a British beat, rhythm and blues and pop band of the 1960s, named after their South African keyboardist, Manfred Mann, who later led the successful 1970s group Manfred Mann's Earth Band...
etc. - Stephane Grappelli and Cordes (1977, Musidisc)
- Live at Carnegie Hall (1978, Signature)
- Stephane Grappelli and Joe Venuti: Venupelli Blues (1979, Affinity)
- Oscar Peterson Skol (1979, released 1990 Pablo)
- Young Django (1979, MPS)
- Sonny Lester Collection (1980, LRC)
- Stephane Grappelli `80 (1980 Happy Bird)
- Stephane Grappelli/David Grisman Live at Berklee (recorded Sept. 20th 1979, Boston, Massachusetts)
- Stephane Grappelli (Pye)
- Diz DisleyDiz DisleyDiz Disley was an Anglo-Canadian jazz guitarist and graphic designer. He is best known for his jazz guitar playing, strongly influenced by Django Reinhardt, and for his collaborations with the violinist Stéphane Grappelli....
Live at Carnegie HallCarnegie HallCarnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
(1983, Dr Jazz) - Vintage 1981 (1981, Concord)
- Just One Of Those Things (1984, EMI Studios)
- Grappelli Plays George Gershwin (1984, Musidisc)
- Martin Taylor: We've Got The World on a String (1984, EMI)
- Stuff Smith: Violins No End (1984, Pablo)
- Fascinating Rhythm (1986, Jazz Life)
- Live in San Francisco (1986, Blackhawk)
- Classic Sessions: Stephane Grappelli, with Phil Woods and Louie Bellson (1987, RTV Communications Group)
- Stephane Grappelli Plays Jerome Kern (1987, GRP)
- The Intimate Grappelli (1988, Jazz Life)
- How Can You Miss, with Louie Bellson and Phil Woods (1989, Rushmore)
- Jean-Luc Ponty - Violin Summit (1989, Jazz Life)
- Jazz 'Round Midnight (1989, Verve)
- Stephane Grappelli in Tokyo (1991, A & M records)
- Bach to the Beatles (1991, Academy Sound)
- Stephane Grappelli 1992 Live (1992, Verve)
- Michel Legrand (1992, Verve)
- Martin Taylor Reunion (1993, Linn Records)
- Jazz Masters (20+-year compilation, 1994, Verve)
- 85 and Still Swinging (1993, Angel)
- Stephane Grappelli Live at the Blue Note (1996, Telarc Jazz)
- Crazy Rhythm (1996/2000, Pulse)
- Parisian Thoroughfare (1997, Laserlight)
Collaborations
- Violin Summit: Stephane Grappelli, Stuff Smith, Svend Asmussen, Jean-Luc Ponty (1967, Polygram)
- Stephane Grappelli and Earl Hines: Stephane Grappelli meets Earl Hines
- Stephane Grappelli and Hubert Clavecin: Dansez Sur Vos Souvenirs (Musidisc)
- Stephane Grappelli and Barney Kessel: Remember Django (1969, Black Lion)
- Stephane Grappelli and Barney Kessel: Limehouse BluesLimehouse BluesLimehouse Blues is a world famous jazz standard , as well as a 1934 crime film is set in London's Chinese district and starring George Raft and Anna May Wong. The film is named after the tune...
(1972, Black Lion) - Stephane Grappelli and Gary Burton: Paris Encounter (1972, Atlantic)
- Stephane Grapellli and Paul Simon: Paul Simon (9) 1972 Hobo's Blues (Columbia 1972)
- Menuhin and Grappelli Play Berlin, Kern, Porter and Rodgers & Hart (1973 to 1985, EMI)
- Stéphane Grappelli and Baden Powell: La Grande Reunion (1974, Accord)
- Stephane Grappelli and Yehudi MenuhinYehudi MenuhinYehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE was a Russian Jewish American violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom. He was born to Russian Jewish parents in the United States, but became a citizen of Switzerland in 1970, and of the United Kingdom in 1985...
: Jalousie (1975, EMI) - Stephane Grappelli and Oscar Peterson (1973, Musicdisc)
- Stephane Grappelli and The George Shearing Trio: The Reunion (1977, MPS)
- Stephane Grappelli and Martial Solal (1980, MPO)
- Stephane Grappelli and David GrismanDavid GrismanDavid Grisman is an American bluegrass/newgrass mandolinist and composer of acoustic music. In the early 1990s, he started the Acoustic Disc record label in an effort to preserve and spread acoustic or instrumental music.-Biography:Grisman grew up in Hackensack, New Jersey...
Live (1981, Warner Brothers) - Stephane Grappelli with Marc Fosset Stephanova (Concord Jazz, 1983)
- Stephane Grappelli and Toots Thielemans: Bringing it Together (1984, Cymekob)
- Stephane Grappelli and Helen Merrill (1986, Music Makers)
- Stephane Grappelli and Jean-Luc Ponty: Compact Jazz (1988, MPS)
- Stephane Grappelli and Martial Solal: Olympia 1988 (1988, Atlantic)
- Stephane Grappelli and Joe Venuti: Best of Jazz Violins (1989, LRC)
- Stephane Grappelli and Yo Yo Ma: Anything GoesAnything Goes: Stephane Grappelli & Yo-Yo Ma Play (Mostly) Cole PorterAnything Goes: Stephane Grappelli & Yo-Yo Ma Play Cole Porter is a 1989 album primarily consisting of Cole Porter songs performed by Stéphane Grappelli and Yo-Yo Ma.- Track Listing :All songs written by Cole Porter unless otherwise noted....
(1989) - Stephane Grappelli and McCoy TynerMcCoy TynerMcCoy Tyner is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet and a long solo career.-Early life:...
; One on OneOne on One (Stephane Grappelli & McCoy Tyner album)One on One is a 1990 album by Stéphane Grappelli and McCoy Tyner released on the Milestone label. It was recorded in April 1990 and features ten duo performances by Tyner and Grappelli...
(1990, Milestone) - Stephane Grappelli and Dr. L. Subramaniam: Conversations (1992, Milestone)
- Stephane Grappelli and Claude BollingClaude BollingClaude Bolling , is a renowned French jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and occasional actor.He was born in Cannes, studied at the Nice Conservatory, then in Paris. A child prodigy, by age 14 he was playing jazz piano professionally, with Lionel Hampton, Roy Eldridge, and Kenny Clarke...
: First Class (1992, Milan) - Stephane Grappelli and Vassar ClementsVassar ClementsVassar Clements was a Grammy Award- winning American jazz, swing, and bluegrass fiddler. Clements has been dubbed the Father of Hillbilly Jazz, an improvisational style that blends and borrows from swing, hot jazz, and bluegrass along with roots also in country and other musical...
: Together at Last (1992, Flying Fish) - Stephane Grappelli and Michel Petrucciani: Flamingo (Dreyfus 1996)
- Stephane Grappelli, Carl Hession, Frankie GavinFrankie GavinFrankie Gavin, b.1956, Corrandulla, County Galway, is a fiddle player of traditional Irish music.Frankie Gavin is from a musical family; parents and siblings being players of the fiddle and accordion. As a child he played the tin whistle and, later, the flute. He received some formal training in...
, Marc Fosset: Frankie Gavin 2003-2004 Collection/The Grappelli Era (2003)
External links
- Obituary
- Information on biography DVD
- "Twelve Essential Stéphane Grappelli Recordings" by Scott Albin at jazz.com.
- "The Improviser " - 3-part series on Jazz Violinist Stéphane Grappelli on AdventuresInMusic.biz, 2004
- Stéphane Grappelli TV appearance