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Stéphane Grappelli
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Stéphane Grappelli grew up in Paris and taught himself to play the violin. As a young musician he played in cinemas and dance orchestras. In 1934 he founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France with Django Reinhardt, in which his elegant, swinging violin counterbalanced Reinhardt's guitar. He was one of the first to make the violin sound like a fully fledged jazz instrument. When war broke out, he stayed in London, where he played with the young pianist George Shearing. After the war he occasionally played with Reinhardt again. In the 1970s he had a second career and made records with the classical violinist Yehudi Menuhin. He kept performing until shortly before his death in 1997.
Listening
Tiger Rag · Stéphane Grappelli, 1934
Jealousy · Stéphane Grappelli, 1973
Daphne · Stéphane Grappelli, 1937
Discography
Studio albums
- 1948Star Eyes / That Old Black Magic / Blue Skies / Heavenly Music / I Cried For You / Confessin
- 1960Vous Qui Passez Sans Me Voir
- 1965Two of a Kind
- 1969Le toit de Paris
- 1970I Remember Django
- 1971Afternoon in Paris
- 1971Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelly
- 1972Hommage à Django Reinhardt
- 1972Paris Encounter
- 1974Les Valseuses (soundtrack)
- 1974Ponty & Grappelli
- 1974Satin Doll
- 1975Fascinating Rhythm (Music Of The Thirties, Album 2)
- 1975La Grande Reunion
- 1975Stephane Grappelli Meets the Rhythm Section
- 1975Violinspiration
- 1976Jazz in Paris: Stéphane Grappelli Plays Cole Porter
- 1976Stephane Grappelli With Bill Coleman
- 1977Grappelli Plays Grappelli
- 1978Tea for Two
- 1978The Reunion
- 1978Uptown Dance
- 1979Young Django
- 1980Happy Reunion
- 1980Tribute to Django
- 1981Top Hat (Songs Made Famous By Fred Astaire)
- 1983On the Road Again
- 1984Conversations
- 1984Just One of Those Things
- 1984Looking At You
- 1984Stéphane Grappelli joue George Gershwin et Cole Porter
- 1984Violins No End
- 1985For All Seasons
- 1986Music Makers
- 1987Stéphane Grappelli Plays Jerome Kern
- 1987To Django
- 1987Together at Last
- 1988All Of Me - Enregistrements 88
- 1988Master of Violin
- 1988Menuhin & Grappelli Play Berlin, Kern, Porter & Rodgers and Hart
- 1988Menuhin and Grappelli Play “Jealousy” and Other Great Standards
- 1988Stardust
- 1989Anything Goes: Stéphane Grappelli & Yo‐Yo Ma play (mostly) Cole Porter
- 1989La Grande Réunion - Vol. 2
- 1989Stephanova
- 1990Grappelli Meets Kessel
- 1990Milou en Mai (soundtrack)
- 1990My Other Love
- 1990One on One
- 1991It's Only a Paper Moon
- 1991Limehouse Blues
- 1992Michel Legrand & Stephane Grappelli
- 1992Stephane Grappelli Meets Earl Hines
- 1993Anything Goes
- 1993Feeling + Finesse = Jazz
- 1993First Class
- 1993Jazz Classics: Stephane Grappelli
- 1993Réunion
- 1994I Hear Music
- 1995Bringing it Together
- 1995Le retour des P'tits loups du Jazz
- 1995Stephane Grappelli
- 1996Aquarius
- 1996Douce France
- 1996Flamingo
- 1996The Jazz Masters - 100 anos de Swing
- 1997I Got Rhythm
- 1998Pent Up House
- 1998Sweet Chorus
- 1999Duet
- 1999Puttin’ On the Ritz
- 2000Jazz in Paris: Improvisations
- 2000Stephane Grappelli
- 2000Stephane Grappelli
- 2000Warsaw Jazz Jamboree
- 2001Les Valseuses / Calmos (soundtrack)
- 2001Moonlight in Vermont
- 2002Jazz in Paris: Django
- 2002Jazz in Paris: Stuff and Steff
- 2002Venuppelli Blues
- 2003A Froggy Plays in London Town
- 2003Grappelli Plays Grappelli
- 2005Rhythm for Two
- 2006Bach to The Beatles
- 2008Jazz in Paris: The Nearness of You
- 2008The First Session
- 2020Weep No More, My Lady
- 2020You're the Cream in My Coffee
- 2023Mon Ami Django
- ?Stephane Grappelli
- ?Autour de minuit
- ?Extensions
- ?Fascinatin' Rhythm
- ?Fascinating Rhythm
- ?Fine and Dandy
- ?Meets The Rhythm Section
- ?Menuhin & Grappelli Play Gershwin
- ?Nuages
- ?Priceless Jazz
- ?Shades of Django
- ?Stephane Grappelli
- ?Stephane Grappelli
- ?Strictly for the Birds
Other work
- 1934–1939Quintette du Hot Club de France
- 1949Djangology · with Django Reinhardt
- 1973Jalousie · with Yehudi Menuhin
In School of Rock
The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.
- Jazz MapNL Map
- After Hours: Session 1NL Reader
- After Hours: Session 4NL Reader
- Magazine: Wish You Were HereNL Magazine
Mentioned in other articles
- Gypsy jazz (jazz manouche) Genre
In 1934 the guitarist Django Reinhardt and the violinist Stéphane Grappelli founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France in Paris.