[78-L] Jazz Violinists.

[David Sanderson]

soundthink at aol.com wrote:
> Yes indeedy! Some of his records inexplicably got shunted to the Decca Hillbilly 5000 series.
> 
> Cary Ginell
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> From: Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
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> Spats wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> apart from all the violinists mentioned, one mustn't forget the 
>> recordings that Django Reinhardt made himself on violin, during WW2, 
>> I think, off the top of my head.

> Earl.

There's quite a nice bio of Grapelly available via Netflix, worth 
seeing.  One thing mentioned is that Reinhardt was a violinist before 
the fire trashed his left hand and forced him to shift to guitar.  I 
didn't know about the later violin recordings, and would be interested 
in finding out where I can hear them.

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      David Sanderson
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