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Stéphane Grappelli
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French jazz violinist (1908–1997)
Film & TV
Paris, France
Stéphane Grappelli (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…
Known for
- Parkinson — Self - Guest / Performer (archive footage)2004
- Stephane Grappelli - In New Orleans 1989 — Violin2001
- Le monde est à vous — Self1987
- Tady Paříž, dobrý den1982
- Champs-Elysées — Self1982
- Private Benjamin — Wedding Violinist (uncredited)1980
- King of the Gypsies1978
- Fan School — Self1977
- Le Grand Échiquier — Self1972
- Le Grand Échiquier — Self - Main Guest1972
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1908-01-26 ) 26 January 1908, Paris , France
- Died
- 1 December 1997 (1997-12-01) (aged 89), Paris, France
- Genres
- Swing , continental jazz , gypsy jazz
- Occupation
- Musician
- Instruments
- Violin, piano, saxophone, accordion
- Formerly of
- Django Reinhardt , Quintette du Hot Club de France , Yehudi Menuhin , Oscar Peterson , David Grisman
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Stéphane
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- French
- Genre
- Gypsy jazz
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- MPS Records
- Image
- Stephane Grappelli Allan Warren.jpg
- Significant event
- funeral
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- Commons category
- Stéphane Grappelli
- date of birth
- 1908-01-26
- date of death
- 1997-12-01
- name in native language
- Stéphane Grappelli
- member of
- Quintette du Hot Club de France
- copyright representative
- SACEM
- P8168
- John R. McBride
- social media followers
- 7760
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Encyclopedic overview
Stéphane Grappelli ( French pronunciation: [stefan ɡʁapɛli]; 26 January 1908 – 1 December 1997) 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 the Italian spelling Grappelli in 1969. The latter is used when referring to the violinist, including reissues of his early work.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stéphane Grappelli” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.