Release Date: 02 April 2021
Label: Sunset Blvd Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 3
Barcode: 708535799429
Genres: Jazz Early Jazz
Description
57 Tracks - 30 Songs Never Before on CD. Including 17 previously unreleased tracks. An outstanding new collection including 22 tracks from the last sessions with Django Reinhardt. Considered the father of modern jazz violinists, Stéphane Grappelli 1908 ' 1997 was a French violinist who had a long, prolific career spanning into his late 80's, and founded one of the first all-string jazz groups, the Quintette du Hot Club de France. Throughout his career, Grappelli played on hundreds of recordings, including sessions with Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Claude Bolling, Jean-Luc Ponty, Paul Simon, Yo-Yo Ma and Pink Floyd. Grappelli continued performing concerts around the world well into his 80s. On his 85th birthday, he was asked if he was considering retirement. Grappelli replied, "Retirement! There isn't a word that is more painful to my ears. Music keeps me going. It has given me everything. It's my fountain of youth.
Tracklisting
Carmen McRae
Robert Pete Williams
Bob Neuwirth
Lead Belly
Art Tatum
Fastball
The Dandy Warhols
Memphis Slim
