What is Stéphane Grappelli?
[[File:Stephane Grappelli Allan Warren.jpg|thumb|Stéphane Grappelli.]] '''Stéphane Grappelli''' (26 January 1908 – 1 December 1997) was a [[France|French]] [[jazz]] [[violinist]]. He was born in [[Paris]], France to a French mother and [[Italy|Italian]] father. He got into [[music]] at a young age. When he was 12 years old, he got his own violin. Later, he met [[Django Reinhardt]]. Reinhardt was a [[guitarist]]. Together, they founded the [[Quintette du Hot Club de France]].<ref name=jazz>{{cite web |url=http://www.jazzreview.com/articledetails.cfm?ID=165 |title=Stephane Grappelli |author=Agha, Yasir |accessdate=25 March 2010 |archive-date=10 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110234416/http://www.jazzreview.com/articledetails.cfm?ID=165 |url-status=dead }}</ref> == Discography == ===Albums=== * 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) * Improvisations (Stéphane Grappelli album)|Improvisations (Paris, 1956) * Paris Encounter (Atlantic, 1969) mit [[Gary Burton]] * Afternoon in Paris (1971, MPS) * Manoir de Mes Reves (1972, Musidisc) * Homage To Django (1972, released 1976 Classic Jazz) * Black Lion at Montreux with the Black Lion Allstars (Black Lion Records BL-213, Recorded July 4, 1973) * Just one of those things! (1973 Black Lion Records) * Stephane Grappelli - I Got Rhythm! (1974 Black Lion Records with [[Diz Disley]], [[Denny Wright]] and [[Len Skeat]] * Shades of Django (1975, MPS) * Satin Doll (1975, Vanguard) * Parisian Thoroughfare (with Roland Hanna, Mel Lewis & George Mraz, Arista/Freedom Records 1975) * The Rock Peter and the Wolf (1976 RSO Records) (2007 CD Verdant Records) with [[Jack Lancaster]], [[Phil Collins]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Keith Tippett]], [[Julie Tippetts]], [[Gary Brooker]], [[Gary Moore]], [[Alvin Lee]],