Stephane Grappelli 1908-1997 was a French jazz violinist. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
I know an Acadian fiddler named Ray Legere who can do a mean Grappelli. From Wordnik.com. [They Were Collaborators #328] Reference
Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club of France, unknown track (. mov). From Wordnik.com. [Link love: jazz] Reference
(Soundbite of music) LYDEN: What did Grappelli tell you about how Reinhardt used to work?. From Wordnik.com. [Jazz Guitar Legend Bucky Pizzarelli Still Swings] Reference
Here, Ellington pitted Mr. Asmussen against two fellow fiddle legends, Grappelli and Ray Nance, and the Dane more than held his own. From Wordnik.com. [This Working Musician Is 94] Reference
"Swing Guitars" opens with a full-bodied solo by Grappelli — Reinhardt's longtime musical partner — stating the melody (credited to the two of them). From Wordnik.com. [Django Reinhardt, Omnipresent Icon] Reference
Around that same year, the young violinist heard the Quintet of the Hot Club of France for the first time, featuring the European innovators of guitar and violin, Reinhardt and Grappelli. From Wordnik.com. [This Working Musician Is 94] Reference
In his 10th decade, Mr. Asmussen is not only one of the major survivors of the swing era and the prewar European jazz scene, but probably the only living musician who played, whether formally or just jamming after hours, with Fats Waller, Django Reinhardt, St phane Grappelli and Duke Ellington. From Wordnik.com. [This Working Musician Is 94] Reference
Talking about his earlier career advice, when he was being reprimanded at Juilliard for trying to improvise jazz in his spare time – with, let's remember, Menuhin (Kennedy recalled his "raging saintliness", what a perfect phrase) and Grappelli: oh, those words, and even Juilliard, what a grand, soaring life the 53-year-old boy has had!. From Wordnik.com. [Glee; Imagine; Storyville; Peckham Finishing School for Girls] Reference
On this date in Music history-Dec. 1st/Grappelli died. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to That's just the way it is with Bruce Hornsby] Reference
The group was on tour in London in 1939, and Grappelli decided to stay. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
The Quintette du Hot Club de France was formed by Reinhardt and Grappelli. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
When my musician daughter lived in Brussels in the early 90s she saw Toots with Grappelli. From Wordnik.com. [small dead animals] Reference
I first came across them in the Grappelli theme, and having tried them, there 'no going back. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Smith's: theOTHERblog] Reference
But in particular, when he says that while playing with Grappelli he felt that "every note was an event, that every note had a meaning.". From Wordnik.com. [Violinist.com] Reference
In 1973 Ken Woollard, who ran the Cambridge folk festival, suggested that Grappelli might make a suitable guest to top the bill that summer. From Wordnik.com. [Top stories from Times Online]
On the live album Grisman did with Grappelli, for example, Tiny Moore plays 'electric mandolin' on one track, which sounds quite nice to me. From Wordnik.com. [Mandolin Cafe News] Reference
Covey and Martin were once quartetmates in a group devoted to Belgian-gypsy guitar icon Django Reinhardt, who often played alongside Grappelli. From Wordnik.com. [London Free Press] Reference
It's not a performance shot but rather a moment when Grappelli placed a bottle of wine in Peterson's hands during a break at a recording session. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
"Grappelli used to say to me, 'You know, it's a wonder you don't break your strings,' the way I play and the way he was playing," Pizzarelli says. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
At Cherry Hinton, where the Cambridge Festival was staged, Grappelli was rapturously received by more than 6,000 listeners and his new career was born. From Wordnik.com. [Top stories from Times Online]
Once a student of hot-jazz progenitor Stephane Grappelli, O'Connor has always preserved and innovated within the jazz manouche traditions set by Grappelli and Django Reinhardt. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
Once a student of gypsy swing progenitor Stephane Grappelli, O'Connor has always preserved and innovated within the jazz manouche traditions set by Grappelli and Django Reinhardt. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News]
Refusing to be restricted is something he has been doing well before he became one of the best-known violinists in the world, most notably when Grappelli offered him the chance to play at Carnegie Hall. From Wordnik.com. [The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines] Reference
Django Grappelli project, which adds a shade more visual pzazz to the Django Admin screens because it requires me to alter files in the Django Admin application (I have a cludge that fixes this though). From Wordnik.com. [Tom Smith's: theOTHERblog] Reference
To rehearse for the festival, Disley took Grappelli on the road, playing at various low-key clubs, including Jasper Carrott's Boggery Folk Club in Solihull, where they were joined for the evening by the 16-year-old Nigel Kennedy. From Wordnik.com. [Top stories from Times Online]
O'Connor will join Kennedy Center's Grappelli and Reinhardt Tribute Jan. 16th. From Wordnik.com. [Cybergrass Bluegrass Music News] Reference
The musical interlude is "Autumn in New York," performed by Stephane Grappelli and Yehudi Menuhin from the album Menuhin And Grappelli Play "Jealousy" And Other Great Standards (EMI/Angel, ASIN B000002SDS). From Wordnik.com. [WNYC New York Public Radio] Reference
A year later he visited Grappelli in Paris. From Wordnik.com. [This Working Musician Is 94] Reference
"I realize it's quite a jump from Ricky Scaggs to Grappelli," she adds, "but that's the way we think. From Wordnik.com. [Articles - JazzTimes] Reference
Grappelli, the violinist. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
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