Stéphane Grappelli
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Stéphane Grappelli was a French jazz violinist. He is best known as a founder of the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1934. It was one of the first all-string jazz ba
Grappelli in 1976, by Allan Warren
Stéphane Grappelli in London
Grappelli's final resting place in crypt 417 of Division 87 (Columbarium) at Pere Lachaise Cemetery
Gypsy jazz
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Gypsy jazz is a musical idiom inspired by the Romani jazz guitarist Jean "Django" Reinhardt, in conjunction with the French jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli, as expressed by their group the Quintette
Stéphane Grappelli
…band reunited as a jazz ensemble under the leadership of pianist Alain Romans and saxophonist André Ekyan. While playing with this band, Grappelli met gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1931. Looking for a violinist interested in jazz, he invited Grappelli to play with him in his caravan. Although the two…
Tchavolo Schmitt (left) with Steeve Laffont, playing their brand of gypsy jazz at la Chope des Puces, Paris, in 2016
Django Reinhardt, "originator" of gypsy jazz, presides over the Hot Club de Norvège at Djangofestivalen 2018.
Original 78 release by the Quintette du Hot Club de France
Selmer-Maccaferri–type guitars, with distinctive sound holes and "floating" wooden bridges