Stéphane Grappelli - Live In Paris 1992 (2002) MP3-320 Kbps [LAMB]

Stéphane Grappelli - Live In Paris 1992 (2002)


Quality/Bitrate: 320 Kbps
Size: 121MB
Length: 53min 06s
Genre: Jazz


1. Minor Swing
2. Galerie des Princes
3. Ballade
4. Tears
5. Blues For Django And Stéphane
6. Stella By Starlight
7. Sweet Chorus
8. Oh, Lady, Be Good!
9. Someone to Watch Over Me / I Got Rhythm


Artists

Stephane Grappelli - Violin
Philip Catherine - Electric and Acoustic Guitars
Marc Fosset - Electric and Acoustic Guitars
Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen - Bass


Review by Rick Anderson

At age 84, Stephane Grappelli was continuing to amaze and delight with his energy, invention, enthusiasm, and the sheer swinging joy of his playing. Having almost singlehandedly defined an entire style of jazz violin with guitarist Django Reinhardt in the 1930s, he has never departed from that admittedly archaic but never less than captivating style, and with guitarists Philip Catherine and Marc Fosset and bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, he lays claim to the gypsy-jazz mantle all over again, playing tunes both old ("Stella By Starlight," "Oh Lady Be Good," the inevitable "Minor Swing") and new (Catherine's "Galerie des Princes," Larry Coryell's "Blues for Django and Stephane") and egging both Catherine and Fosset on to flights of adrenaline-driven virtuosity that leave the audience yelling for more. Particular highlights include Grappelli's own very lovely composition titled "Ballade," and a fine medley consisting of "Someone to Watch Over Me" and "I Got Rhythm." And don't miss his wonderful solo introduction on "Oh Lady Be Good." Excellent.