[78-L] Grappelly.

[Bertrand CHAUMELLE]

Let's not forget Svend Asmussen and Jean-Luc Ponty.

BC


Le 22 oct. 08, à 00:37, Spats a écrit :

>
> Hi!
>
> I was lucky enough to share the stage with Stephane Grappelly once.
> There were four of us in the front line and I'm the only survivor now.
> The other two were Larry Adler and my old friend, Adelaide Hall.
> (Diz Disley was in the accompanying band).
>
> I think that he was spelling his name Grappelli by then, by the way,
> for some reason.
>
> He was indeed a fine player of Jazz violin, but not the only one.
> Let's not forget Eddie South, Stuff Smith and Ray Nance, not to
> mention the daddy of them all...Joe Venuti!
>
> That said, have you ever heard the violin solos that DJANGO himself 
> recorded!?
>
> Earl.
>
>
>
> "Now, now, David,
>
> I happen to think Stephane Grappelly was one of the, if not the ONLY,
> good, if not great jazz violinists.  Together he and Django made some
> great recordings.
>
> Glad you agree with me on the Manure - uh, Menuhin bit.  He really
> was a bore, wasnt he?  The least one can say about him is, he wasn't
> no Heifetz!
>
> Howard"
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