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Stéphane Grappelli
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Pianists · 1908–1997

Stéphane Grappelli

French jazz violinist (1908–1997)

Born
26 January 1908
Paris
Died
1 December 1997
Paris
Country
France
Record labels
MPS Records
Discography
103 albums

Biography

Stéphane Grappelli was a jazz musician who played piano and violin. Stéphane Grappelli was born on 26 January 1908 in Paris and died on 1 December 1997 in Paris. The music is usually filed under swing and Gypsy jazz. Record labels: MPS Records. The discography here lists 103 albums, from “Vous Qui Passez Sans Me Voir” (1960) to “Mon Ami Django” (2023). Honours include Officer of Arts and Letters (1981), Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1997) and Paul Acket Award.

Stéphane Grappelli was a French jazz violinist. He is best known as a founder of the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1934. It was one of the first all-string jazz bands. He has been called "the grandfather of jazz violinists" and continued playing concerts around the world well into his eighties. For the first three decades of his career, he was billed using a gallicised spelling of his last name, Grappelly, reverting to the Italian spelling Grappelli in 1969. The latter is used when referring to the violinist, including reissues of his early work.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Vous Qui Passez Sans Me Voir 1960
Le toit de Paris 1969
I Remember Django 1970
Afternoon in Paris 1971
Hommage à Django Reinhardt 1972
Les Valseuses 1974
Ponty & Grappelli 1974
Satin Doll 1974
La Grande Reunion 1975
Stephane Grappelli Meets the Rhythm Section 1975
Violinspiration 1975
Jazz in Paris: Stéphane Grappelli Plays Cole Porter 1976
Stephane Grappelli With Bill Coleman 1976
Grappelli Plays Grappelli 1977
The Reunion 1978
Uptown Dance 1978
Young Django 1979
Happy Reunion 1980
Tribute to Django 1980
Live 1981 · Live
On the Road Again 1983
Anniversary Concert 1984 · Live
Conversations 1984
Just One of Those Things 1984
Looking At You 1984
Stéphane Grappelli joue George Gershwin et Cole Porter 1984
Violins No End 1984
Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark 1985 · Live
Stephane Grappelli Live In San Francisco 1986 · Live
At the Winery 1987 · Live
Stéphane Grappelli Plays Jerome Kern 1987
The Masters Sessions - Who's Who in Jazz 1987
To Django 1987
Together at Last 1987
All Of Me - Enregistrements 88 1988
Master of Violin 1988
Stardust 1988
Anything Goes: Stéphane Grappelli & Yo‐Yo Ma play (mostly) Cole Porter 1989
La Grande Réunion - Vol. 2 1989
Stephanova 1989
Grappelli Meets Kessel 1990
Live in London 1990 · Live
Milou en Mai 1990
My Other Love 1990
One on One 1990
In Tokyo 1991 · Live
It's Only a Paper Moon 1991
Limehouse Blues 1991
Just One of Those Things: Recorded Live at the Montreux Festival 1992 · Live
Live 1992 1992 · Live
Stephane Grappelli Meets Earl Hines 1992
85 and Still Swinging… 1993 · Live
Anything Goes 1993
Feeling + Finesse = Jazz 1993
First Class 1993
Jazz Classics: Stephane Grappelli 1993
Réunion 1993
I Hear Music 1994
Bringing it Together 1995
Le retour des P'tits loups du Jazz 1995
Stephane Grappelli 1995
Aquarius 1996
Flamingo 1996
Live at the Blue Note 1996 · Live
Live in Warsaw 1996 · Live
The Jazz Masters - 100 anos de Swing 1996
I Got Rhythm 1997
Live In San Francisco 1998 · Live
Olympia 1988 1998 · Live
Pent Up House 1998
Sweet Chorus 1998
Duet 1999
Jazz in Paris: Improvisations 2000
Warsaw Jazz Jamboree 2000
Les Valseuses / Calmos 2001
Live in Warsaw 2001 · Live
Moonlight in Vermont 2001
Jazz in Paris: Django 2002
Jazz in Paris: Stuff and Steff 2002
Venuppelli Blues 2002
A Froggy Plays in London Town 2003
Grappelli Plays Grappelli 2003
Live at Corby Festival Hall, May, 1975 2003 · Live
Rhythm for Two 2005
Jazz in Paris: The Nearness of You 2008
The First Session 2008
The Master (Live) 2018 · Live
Weep No More, My Lady 2020
You're the Cream in My Coffee 2020
Mon Ami Django 2023
A Portrait of Stéphane Grappelli
Autour de minuit
Extensions
Fascinating Rhythm
Fine and Dandy
Live at Carnegie Hall · Live
Meets The Rhythm Section
Nuages
Priceless Jazz
Shades of Django
Special Stéphane Grappelli
Stephane Grappelli 1973
The Best of Stéphane Grappelli

Also plays on

Albums where Stéphane Grappelli is credited as a sideman

1973 Jealousy: Hits of the Thirties — Yehudi Menuhin & Stéphane Grappelli violin, piano
1975 Fascinating Rhythm (Music Of The Thirties, Album 2) — Yehudi Menuhin, Stéphane Grappelli violin, electric piano
1976 Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session — Duke Ellington violin
1978 Tea for Two — Yehudi Menuhin & Stéphane Grappelli violin, piano
1981 Top Hat (Songs Made Famous By Fred Astaire) — Yehudi Menuhin & Stéphane Grappelli - Arranged And Conducted By Nelson Riddle violin
1985 For All Seasons — Yehudi Menuhin & Stephane Grappelli violin, piano
1988 Menuhin & Grappelli Play Berlin, Kern, Porter & Rodgers and Hart — Yehudi Menuhin & Stéphane Grappelli violin
1988 Menuhin and Grappelli Play “Jealousy” and Other Great Standards — Yehudi Menuhin & Stéphane Grappelli violin
1999 Legends of the 20th Century: Yehudi Menuhin — Yehudi Menuhin violin
1999 Puttin’ On the Ritz — Yehudi Menuhin & Stéphane Grappelli violin
— Fascinatin' Rhythm — Yehudi Menuhin, Stephane Grappelly violin, electric piano

Member of

Quintette du Hot Club de France 1934– · band

Awards

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Frequently asked questions

What instrument did Stéphane Grappelli play?

Stéphane Grappelli is known for playing piano and violin.

When and where was Stéphane Grappelli born?

Stéphane Grappelli was born 26 January 1908 in Paris.

What are Stéphane Grappelli's best-known albums?

Albums in our database include Vous Qui Passez Sans Me Voir (1960), Le toit de Paris (1969), I Remember Django (1970), Afternoon in Paris (1971) and Hommage à Django Reinhardt (1972).

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