[78-L] Grappelly.

[DanK]

Hardly.

 I much prefer Venuti's habit of staying somewhere near the written melody, 
while GrapeJelly wanders all over the place in self-indulgent trills and 
tricks.
Even in old age, Venuti tended NOT to pretend he knew better than the 
composer - he embellished & stretched & 'swung' the piece, without trying to 
make up his own tune.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Friedman" <hsf318 at comcast.net>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 12:00 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Grappelly.


> Sorry, Earl,
>
> Joe Venuti is to the jazz violin what Lord Menuhin is to the classical 
> violin!!!!  Stephan is still the top of that line!
>
> Howard