At age 78–and, you should pardon the expression, looking fit as a fiddle –Stephane Grappelli is the sole survivor of the first and greatest generation of jazz violinists. Joe Venuti, Eddie South and ...
His hair is white and his step is slow, but 80-year-old violinist Stephane Grappelli played with the exuberance of a young man Friday night at George`s on West Kinzie Street. Grappelli, who is to the ...
The late Stephane Grappelli is perhaps the best-known jazz violinist in history. His collaborations with guitarist Django Reinhardt have influenced countless musicians. A comparison to Grappelli is ...
American musicians Eddie South, Stuff Smith, Claude Williams and Joe Venuti tucked the instrument under their chins in the very early days of jazz. But it was a European, Stephane Grappelli, who ...
Ben Powell has been playing the violin for a very long time. “Really in the womb my mother was teaching and I started playing when I was two," Powell said. "But I didn’t really start reading music ...
Stéphane Grappelli (26 January 1908 – 1 December 1997, born Stefano Grappelli) was a French jazz violinist. He is best known as a founder of the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django ...
Violin always seems to be thought of in a classical context first, in spite of the considerable contributions of jazz violinists over the past eight decades. Two recordings, one by a relative newcomer ...
European jazz starts with Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club of France Quintet. The violinist along with guitarist Django Reinhardt added Louis Vola on bass and Joseph Reinhardt and Roger Chaput on ...
The violinist chose the steps of Georgetown’s golden-domed PNC bank as his stage. He placed a plastic jug in his open violin case and set a music stand nearby. He plugged his iPod into an amp to ...
The late Stephane Grappelli is perhaps the best-known jazz violinist in history. His collaborations with guitarist Django Reinhardt have influenced countless musicians. A comparison to Grappelli is ...
The young Berklee-trained violinist dedicates his new album to the late legend Stephane Grappelli. Ben Powell: In The Footsteps Of Jazz Fiddle Royalty The late Stephane Grappelli is perhaps the ...
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