All About Jazz is celebrating Stephane Grappelli's birthday today! Stephane Grappelli (originally surname was spelled with a 'Y') would have earned himself a place in Jazz History books if only for ...
Reinhardt, whose virtuosic guitar playing defied losing the use of two fingers in a fire, died prematurely, at 43, in 1953, while Grappelli lived to almost 90. Through recordings and direct lineage, ...
Few jazz musicians are as exuberant at their advanced age as Stéphane Grappelli in this concert. In this program, the old master plays in an ensemble reminiscent of the famous Hot Club de France, the ...
The music is inspired by the first celebrated European jazz musician, guitarist Django Reinhardt, who, along with violinist Stephane Grappelli and their Quintette of the Hot Club of France, played ...
Avec son projet “Revisiting Grappelli”, le violoniste Mathias Lévy rend un hommage vibrant et audacieux à l’un des géants du jazz : Stéphane Grappelli. Il est entouré de deux complices de haut vol : ...
In the final months of his life, the transcendent Romani guitarist Django Reinhardt despaired that he’d been forgotten, and that his singular contributions to jazz would go unrecognized. Only 43 when ...