Stéphane Grappelli
Stéphane Grappelli (French pronunciation: [stefan ɡʁapɛli]; 26 January 1908 – 1 December 1997, born Stefano 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 bands. He has been called "the grandfather of jazz violinists" and continued playing concerts around the world well into his eighties. 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, including reissues of his early work. |
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Gramophone | 0LA1059 | 10-in. | 5/4/1936 | Oriental shuffle | Quintette du Hot Club de France | Jazz/dance sextet | instrumentalist, violin, composer | |
Gramophone | 0LA1060 | 10-in. | 5/4/1936 | After you've gone | Stephane Grappelli ; Hot Club de France. Quintette ; Django Reinhardt ; Freddy Taylor | Jazz/dance ensemble, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
Gramophone | 0LA1061 | 10-in. | 5/4/1936 | Are you in the mood? | Quintette du Hot Club de France | Jazz/dance sextet | instrumentalist, violin, composer | |
Gramophone | 0LA1062 | 10-in. | 5/4/1936 | Limehouse blues | Stephane Grappelli ; Quintette du Hot Club de France ; Django Reinhardt | Jazz/dance sextet | instrumentalist, violin | |
Gramophone | 0LA1290 | 10-in. | 10/15/1936 | Nagasaki | Stephane Grappelli ; Quintette du Hot Club de France ; Django Reinhardt | Jazz/dance sextet | instrumentalist, violin | |
Gramophone | 0LA1291 | 10-in. | 10/15/1936 | Swing guitars | Stephane Grappelli ; Quintette du Hot Club de France ; Django Reinhardt | Jazz/dance sextet | instrumentalist, violin, composer | |
Gramophone | 0LA1292 | 10-in. | 10/15/1936 | Georgia on my mind | Quintette du Hot Club de France ; Freddy Taylor | Jazz/dance ensemble, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
Gramophone | 0LA1293 | 10-in. | 10/15/1936 | Shine | Stephane Grappelli ; Quintette du Hot Club de France ; Django Reinhardt ; Freddy Taylor | Jazz/dance sextet, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
Gramophone | 0LA1294 | 10-in. | 10/15/1936 | In the still of the night | Quintette du Hot Club de France | Jazz/dance sextet | instrumentalist, violin | |
Gramophone | 0LA1702 | 10-in. | 4/21/1937 | Exactly like you | Quintette du Hot Club de France | Jazz/dance quintet | instrumentalist, violin | |
Gramophone | 0LA1704 | 10-in. | 4/21/1937 | You're driving me crazy | Quintette du Hot Club de France | Jazz/dance quintet | instrumentalist, violin | |
Gramophone | 0LA1982 | 10-in. | 11/12/1937 | Swing guitars | Bill Coleman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Gramophone | 0LA1990 | 10-in. | 11/25/1937 | Minor's swing | Quintette du Hot Club de France | Jazz/dance quintet | composer, instrumentalist, violin | |
Gramophone | 0LA1991 | 10-in. | 11/25/1937 | Viper's dream | Quintette du Hot Club de France | Jazz/dance quintet | instrumentalist, violin | |
Gramophone | 0LA1994 | 10-in. | 12/7/1937 | Paramount stomp | Quintette du Hot Club de France | Jazz/dance ensemble | instrumentalist, violin, composer | |
Gramophone | 0LA1995 | 10-in. | 12/7/1937 | Swinging with Django | Quintette du Hot Club de France | Jazz/dance ensemble | instrumentalist, violin | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL4661 | 10-in. | 1/15/1934 | Le jour ou je te vis | André Ekyan Orchestre Jazz ; André Ekyan ; Jean Sablon | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL4663 | 10-in. | 1/15/1934 | Prenez garde au grand méchant loup | André Ekyan Orchestre Jazz ; André Ekyan ; Jean Sablon | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL5487 | 10-in. | 10/18/1935 | Cette chanson est pour vous | Jean Sablon | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL5518 | 10-in. | 12/7/1935 | Rendez-vous sous la pluie | Jean Sablon | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL6533 | 10-in. | 1/19/1938 | C'est le début d'une aventure | Stephane Grappelli ; Pills et Tabet ; Georges Tabet ; Louis Vola | Male vocal duet, with piano, violin and bass | instrumentalist, violin | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL6534 | 10-in. | 1/19/1938 | Quand on a mal aux dents | Stephane Grappelli ; Pills et Tabet ; Georges Tabet ; Louis Vola | Male vocal duet, with piano, violin and bass | instrumentalist, violin | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL6727 | 10-in. | 6/8/1938 | Qu'est-ce qu'on attend | Pills et Tabet | Vocal duet with piano and violin | instrumentalist, violin | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL6728 | 10-in. | 6/8/1938 | On n'a pas besoin de la lune | Pills et Tabet | Vocal duet with piano and violin | instrumentalist, violin | |
Decca | 2009HPP | 10-in. | 9/30/1935 | St. Louis blues | Stephane Grappelli ; Django Reinhardt | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 2035HPP | 10-in. | October 1935 | Limehouse blues | Stephane Grappelli ; Django Reinhardt | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 2079HPP | 10-in. | 10/21/1935 | I've found a new baby | Stephane Grappelli ; Django Reinhardt | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 2081HPP | 10-in. | 10/21/1935 | China boy | Stephane Grappelli ; Django Reinhardt | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 2082HPP | 10-in. | 10/21/1935 | Moonglow | Stephane Grappelli ; Django Reinhardt | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 2083HPP | 10-in. | 10/21/1935 | It don't mean a thing | Stephane Grappelli ; Django Reinhardt | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | DR 2879 | 10-in. | 8/20/1938 | Lambeth walk | Quintette du Hot Club de France | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | DR 2880 | 10-in. | 8/20/1938 | Why shouldn't I care? | Quintette du Hot Club de France | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | DTB 3523 | 10-in. | 1/31/1938 | Honeysuckle rose | Quintette du Hot Club de France | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | DTB 3524 | 10-in. | 1/31/1938 | Sweet Georgia Brown | Quintette du Hot Club de France | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | DTB 3525 | 10-in. | 1/31/1938 | Night and day | Quintette du Hot Club de France | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | DTB 3527 | 10-in. | 1/31/1938 | Souvenirs | Quintette du Hot Club de France | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | DTB 3528 | 10-in. | 1/31/1938 | Daphne | Quintette du Hot Club de France | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | DTB 3529 | 10-in. | 1/31/1938 | Black and white | Quintette du Hot Club de France | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | DTB 3530 | 10-in. | 1/31/1938 | Stompin' at Decca | Quintette du Hot Club de France | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | DTB 3531 | 10-in. | 2/1/1938 | Tornerai | Stephane Grappelli | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | DTB 3532 | 10-in. | 2/1/1938 | If I had you | Stephane Grappelli | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | DTB 3533 | 10-in. | 2/1/1938 | It had to be you-1 | Stephane Grappelli | instrumentalist, violin, piano | ||
Decca | DTB 3534 | 10-in. | 2/1/1938 | Nocturne | Stephane Grappelli | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 4209 | 10-in. | 6/14/1938 | Billet doux | Quintette du Hot Club de France | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 4211 | 10-in. | 6/14/1938 | Them there eyes | Quintette du Hot Club de France | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 4212 | 10-in. | 6/14/1938 | Three little words | Quintette du Hot Club de France | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 4213 | 10-in. | 6/14/1938 | Appel indirect | Quintette du Hot Club de France | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 4969 | 10-in. | 3/21/1939 | Swing 39 | Quintette du Hot Club de France | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 4970 | 10-in. | 3/21/1939 | Japanese sandman | Quintette du Hot Club de France | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 4971 | 10-in. | 3/21/1939 | I wonder where my baby is tonight | Quintette du Hot Club de France | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 4973 | 10-in. | 3/22/1939 | My melancholy baby | Quintette du Hot Club de France | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 4975 | 10-in. | 3/22/1939 | Twelfth year | Quintette du Hot Club de France | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | P 77240 | 10-in. | March 1935 | Lilly belle | Quintette du Hot Club de France | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | P 77354 | 10-in. | April 1935 | Ultra fox | Quintette du Hot Club de France | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | P 77434 | 10-in. | July 1935 | Avalon | Quintette du Hot Club de France | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | P 77440 | 10-in. | July 1935 | Clouds | Quintette du Hot Club de France | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | P 77539 | 10-in. | September 1935 | Some of these days | Quintette du Hot Club de France | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | P 77540 | 10-in. | September 1935 | Djangology | Quintette du Hot Club de France | instrumentalist, violin |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Grappelli, Stéphane," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103073.
Grappelli, Stéphane. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103073.
"Grappelli, Stéphane." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.
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