David Grisman, Stephane Grappelli - Live
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Artist: David Grisman, Stephane GrappelliEdition: Music CD
Format: Live
CD Release Date: 1994-04-12
Music Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Shine
- Pent-Up House
- Misty
- Sweet Georgia Brown
- Tiger Rag (Hold That Tiger)
- Satin Doll
- Swing
- Medley: Tzigani/Fisztorza/Fulginiti
Free Music Notes for Live
Free Music Review: Five Jazz Monsters Push Each Other to Unreachable Heights
Hit: 5 Stars
If you don't already know about Stephane Grappelli and his position in the history of Jazz - you should. A formally trained musician in Paris, his interests were in the Hot Jazz that in the 1930s was little practiced outside of the United States. A legendary meeting with a group of Gypsy musicians led to the formation of the Quintette Du Hot Club De France and a legendary partnership with Django Reinhardt - probably the most famous Jazz partnership outside of the United States, and the most famous Jazz String Band in the World.
David Grisman grew up in New York with a trombonist father, but listening to the mandolin recordings of Bill Monroe as well. He blended his diverse musical interests to create "Dawg" Music - a string-band Bluegrass-flavored jazz.
The Grisman band circa 1981 included the still teenaged prodigy Mark O'Conner on guitar (although Mark breaks out his awesome fiddle to play a duet with Steph that is absolutely blistering hot.) Young mandolin monster Mike Marshall is in this band. Grisman has written that it was unsettling to be "blown away on stage every night by a guy playing MY instrument - but at least he was playing MY music." Bass virtuoso Rob Wasserman anchors the group. Darol Anger was the usual Grisman violinist, but when Grisman was approached to provide the music for the film "King of the Gypsies" he immediately thought of the man who had the greatest living understanding of gypsy music - the legendary Grappelli.
After recording the soundtrack (with Guitar Monster Tony Rice) they embarked on a brief tour which included the concerts where this live album was recorded. (Rice was replaced by O'Connor for the tour.)
Although I have listened to dozens of discs of both Grappelli and Grisman I don't think I have ever heard either more inspired. These musicians feed off each other. This can turn mediocre musicians into something worth listening to. It turns these icons into gods. As Grisman wrote in the liner notes - standing next to Grappelli on stage made him feel like he was standing next to Zeus, tossing lightning bolts.
The tracks are "jazz greatest hits" like "Shine" and "Tiger Rag" and "Sweet Georgia Brown" and "Satin Doll" and "Misty" with a medley of "King of the Gypsies" music.
You just HAVE to hear this. While these tracks are on it is as if the entire musical world stands still.
I cannot recommend this highly enough.
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CD reissue of this 1981 album from Stephane Grappelli, the legendary jazz violinist, and David Grisman, the highly respected Jazz-Bluegrass mandolin player. Together, they made a unique album, a blend of Bluegrass and Jazz, and one of few albums of its kind to make the Billboard charts. Wounded Bird. 2010.Country Music CDs
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