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One
of
the
all-time
great
jazz
violinists
(ranking
with
Joe
Venuti
and
Stuff
Smith
as
one
of
the
big
three
of
pre-bop),
Stéphane
Grappelli's
longevity
and
consistently
enthusiastic
playing
did
a
great
deal
to
establish
the
violin
as
a
jazz
instrument.
He
was
originally
self-taught
as
both
a
violinist
and
a
pianist,
although
during
1924-28
he
studied
at
the
Paris
Conservatoire.
Grappelli
played
in
movie
theaters
and
dance
bands
before
meeting
guitarist
Django
Reinhardt
in
1933.
They
hit
it
off
musically
from
the
start
even
though
their
lifestyles
(Grappelli
was
sophisticated
while
Django
was
a
gypsy)
were
very
different.
Together
as
Qunitet
of
the
Hot
Club
of
France
(comprised
of
violin,
three
acoustic
guitars
and
bass)
during
1933-39
they
produced
a
sensational
series
of
recordings
and
performances.
During
a
London
engagement
in
1939,
World
War
II
broke
out.
Reinhardt
rashly
decided
to
return
to
France
but
Grappelli
stayed
in
England,
effectively
ending
the
group.
The
violinist
soon
teamed
up
with
the
young
pianist
George
Shearing
in
a
new
band
that
worked
steadily
through
the
war.
In
1946,
Grappelli
and
Reinhardt
had
the
first
of
several
reunions
although
they
never
worked
together
again
on
a
regular
basis
(despite
many
new
recordings).
Grappelli
performed
throughout
the
1950s
and
'60s
in
clubs
throughout
Europe
and,
other
than
recordings
with
Duke
Ellington
(Violin
Summit)
and
Joe
Venuti,
he
remained
somewhat
obscure
in
the
U.S.
until
he
began
regularly
touring
the
world
in
the
early
'70s.
Since
then
Grappelli
has
been
a
constant
traveler
and
a
consistent
poll-winner,
remaining
very
open-minded
without
altering
his
swing
style;
he
has
recorded
with
David
Grisman,
Earl
Hines,
Bill
Coleman,
Larry
Coryell,
Oscar
Peterson,
Jean
Luc
Ponty
and
McCoy
Tyner
among
many
others.
Active
up
until
near
the
end,
the
increasingly
frail
Grappelli
remained
at
the
top
of
his
field
even
when
he
was
89.
His
early
recordings
are
all
available
on
Classics
CDs
and
he
recorded
quite
extensively
during
his
final
three
decades.
~
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Yanow,
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