[78-L] Grappelly.

[Julian Vein]

>> 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
> 
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I don't have the hostility towards Steph, at least with his early work, 
as some other on this list. He seems to be the first jazz musician to 
"improvise by the yard". Awhile back I suggested that Wardell Gray was 
another one. I agree that Steph tended to slurp and scoop in later years.

      Julian Vein