Stéphane Grappelli
Sound
Born: 1908-01-26 · Paris, France
Died: 1997-12-01
Biography
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 the first three decades of his career, he was billed using a gallicised spelling of his last name, Gra
🎬 Movies (12)
Stephane Grappelli - In New Orleans 1989
2001
Violin
May Fools
1990
Original Music Composer
Videoviolín
1985
Music
Tady Paříž, dobrý den
1982
Private Benjamin
1980
Wedding Violinist (uncredited)
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses
1979
Music
King of the Gypsies
1978
Going Places
1974
Original Music Composer
Lacombe, Lucien
1974
Musician
Django Reinhardt
1957
Self
Time Flies
1944
A Troubadour
Jazz Hot
1939
Self
