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Stéphane Grappelli
(Stephane Grappelli)
One of jazz's most revered heroes, innovative French violinist Stéphane
Grappelli firmly established the violin as a jazz instrument in partnership with
gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt. Styling a new kind of string music born of the
streets, the pair brought a different form of swing to jazz in the Quintette du
Hot Club de Paris and Grappelli's free-form playing came to influence many
younger artists from different musical genres, even playing on Pink Floyd's
'Wish You Were Here' album.
Born in Paris to a French mother and an Italian father, he studied dance with
Isadora Du...
The Nearness of You
Stéphane Grappelli (Stephane Grappelli)Violinspiration
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Honeysuckle RoseOscar Peterson, Stéphane Grappelli, Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and Mickey Roker (Stephane Grappelli)
Tracks
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SolitudeStéphane Grappelli and The Diz Disley Trio (Stephane Grappelli)
Violinspiration
4:15
Lover, Come Back to MeStéphane Grappelli (Stephane Grappelli)
Violinspiration
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Oh, Lady Be GoodStéphane Grappelli (Stephane Grappelli)
Forst Recordings!
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DinahStéphane Grappelli and Yehudi Menuhin (Stephane Grappelli)
Planet Jazz: Django Reinhardt
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