1. Grappelli, Stephane
Grappelli, Stephane Grappelli, Stephane (1908-1997), French violinist, one of the few musicians to adapt the violin successfully to jazz. ... By the 1930s Grappelli was giving concerts and recording with the great Belgian jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt as part of the Quintette du Hot Club de France. Their quintet was one of the most popular attractions in France, occasionally performing with Josephine Baker, George Gershwin, and Louis Armstrong. ... He returned to France in the late 1940s. Grappelli spent the 1950s and 1960s playing nightclubs in France and E...
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