Stéphane Grappelli
Swing music, Composer
1908 – 1997
Who was Stéphane Grappelli?
Stéphane Grappelli was a French jazz violinist who founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1934. It was one of the first all-string jazz bands. He has been called "the grandfather of jazz violinists" and continued playing concerts around the world well into his 80s.
For the first three decades of his career, he was billed using a gallicised spelling of his last name, Grappelly, reverting to "Grappelli" in 1969. The latter, Italian, spelling is now used almost universally when referring to the violinist – even on reissues of his early work.
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- Born
- Jan 26, 1908
Paris - Also known as
- Stephanie Grapelli
- Stephane Grappelli
- Stephane Grapelli
- Stepane Grappelli
- Stephanie Grappelli
- Stéphane Grappelly
- Stéfano Grappelli
- Parents
- Nationality
- France
- Italy
- Profession
- Education
- Conservatoire de Paris
- Lived in
- Paris
- Died
- Dec 1, 1997
Paris - Resting place
- Père Lachaise Cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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