Mark O'Connor, a disciple and protege of the late Parisian jazz fiddler Stephane Grappelli, keeps the flame alive, playing the music of the legendary Hot Club of France and re-creating the master's ...

The British audiophile record label Linn has a sub-imprint called Echo. This imprint is dedicated to the re-release of older label titles. It is from this considerable loam of music that these two ...

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 ...

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 ...

In an archival show from 1990, Piano Jazz celebrates the centennial of Stephane Grappelli, one of the jazz world's greatest violinists. Grappelli... Stephane Grappelli On Piano Jazz Piano Jazz ...

Django Reinhardt's 1940 recording of 'Nuages' with the Quintette du Hot Club de France showcases his lyrical dexterity and understated beauty. Despite a hand injury, Reinhardt's fluid phrasing and ...

Grappelli was a French swing violinist who formed the Quintette du Hot Club de France in the 1930s. ByJohn Wilson BBC Radio 4's Front Row A long-lost recording of virtuoso jazz violinist Stephane ...

Alyn Shipton is joined by Martin Taylor, who played with the great French violinist for several years, to discuss the long recording career of Stephane Grappelli. Show more Looking back on the long ...

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Manouche Jazz, commonly known as "Gypsy Jazz," is a blend of traditional Roma music and swing jazz. Originating in Paris in the early 1930s, it was first popularized by the Quintette du Hot Club de ...

Guitarists inspired by the gypsy jazz playing of the legendary Django Reinhardt are ten-a-penny but violinists emulating the jaunty, joie-de-vivre-oozing, style of Stephane Grappelli, the other star ...

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 ...