Stephane Grappelli A Life In Jazz

Author : Paul Balmer
Publisher : Bobcat Books
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780857123701

Get Book

Stephane Grappelli: A Life in Jazz by Paul Balmer Pdf

This riveting book by Paul Balmer is the definitive biography of a unique musician whose life spanned the 20th century. Stephane Grappelli's astonishing career ran on a parallel track to the history of Jazz itself. Born in Paris in 1908 Grappelli was to become a member of the greatest European Jazz band of them all - the pre-war Hot Club de France Quintet - playing Violin alongside gypsy Guitar legend Django Reinhardt. Tat dazzling association with Reinhardt may have brought Grappelli his greatest fame, but his prodigious talent was also to give him a long and varied career in music playing with everyone from Duke Ellington and Joe Venuti to George Shearing and Oscar Peterson. This rich and revealing biography takes its place alongside the author's BAFTA-nominated DVD about Grappelli, an exceptional musician whose fascinating personal story also vividly illuminates the history of American Jazz in Europe.

Author : Paul Balmer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Jazz musicians
ISBN : 1847725767

Get Book

Stéphane Grappelli by Paul Balmer Pdf

This riveting book by Paul Balmer is the definitive biography of a unique musician whose life spanned the 20th century.

Author : Poul Balmer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:476087428

Get Book

Stéphane Grappelli by Poul Balmer Pdf

Born in Paris in 1908, Stephane Grappelli experienced every decade of the jazz century and his story spans an astonishing 77 years, during which time he performed with the great names of jazz: Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie and Oscar Peterson. This book contains interviews with Stephane as well as contributions from his family and friends.

Author : TIM KLIPHUIS
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-02
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781610653794

Get Book

Stephane Grappelli Gypsy Jazz Violin by TIM KLIPHUIS Pdf

This book/CD set is the first method ever for learning Gypsy Jazz Violin in the style of Stéphane Grappelli. Have you, too, often listened to Grappelli's solos thinking "I wish I could do that, but it is way over my head?" Here is the answer. Simple theory, licks and stylistic lessons point you towards your first authentic Gypsy Jazz improvisations, which you can try out with the swinging guitar-bass playalong CD rhythm section. Then prepare to tackle six classic Stéphane Grappelli solos, annotated and analyzed for your understanding. to grasp the finesses of sound and timing, there are many sample licks and solos by Tim Kliphuis on the CD as well. It is assumed the student reads music and has a basic command of the instrument.•

Author : Michael Dregni
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0195304489

Get Book

Django by Michael Dregni Pdf

Dregni has penned the first major critical biography of Gypsy legend and guitar icon Django Reinhardt.

Author : MARTIN NORGAARD
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-27
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781610653442

Get Book

Getting Into Gypsy Jazz Violin by MARTIN NORGAARD Pdf

Learn to improvise in the Gypsy Jazz violin style even if you have never improvised before. the style is closely associated with French jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli, who played with Gypsy jazz guitar player Django Reinhardt. Each lesson in the book covers specific key aspects of the Gypsy jazz violin style. the techniques are presented sequentially and the underlying music theory is introduced on a "need to know" basis.Getting Into Gypsy Jazz Violin includes charts of classic swing tunes such as Avalon, the Sheik of Araby & After You've Gone and includes a CD featuring authentic accompaniment tracks and model violin performances. Because the Gypsy jazz violin style maintains common elements of traditional classical violin techniques such as vibrato and shifting, the book is a perfect vehicle for the classical violinist to learn to improvise without having to change their general approach to the instrument.•

Author : Geoffrey Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105022823079

Get Book

Stéphane Grappelli by Geoffrey Smith Pdf

Author : Francis Richard James Murphy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Jazz
ISBN : 3201020451

Get Book

Beiträge Zur Jazzforschung 15 by Francis Richard James Murphy Pdf

Author : Matt Glaser,Stephane Grappelli
Publisher : Oak Publications
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1981-03-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781783234943

Get Book

Jazz Violin by Matt Glaser,Stephane Grappelli Pdf

Over 25 transcribed solos. Original interviews and tips on improvising from the masters. Plus complete analysis of each solo. Rare historical photos, and an informative discography.

Author : W. Royal Stokes
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780195152494

Get Book

Living the Jazz Life by W. Royal Stokes Pdf

In some forty interviews with saxophonists, pianists, singers, composers, and string, brass, and rhythm players, Stokes illuminates the lives of the artists and the sheer pleasure of the sounds they create. Stokes paints a vivid portrait of jazz musicians ... that range across the globe. Introductions to vaudeville stars, blues musicians, and women instrumentalists. Covers a broad spectrum, including conversations with legendary veterans, like Jackie McLean and Louie Bellson, to such rising stars as Diana Krall, Cyrus Chestnut, Ingrid Jensen, and violinist Regina Carter.-Derived from book cover.

Author : Stéphane Grappelli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:808630114

Get Book

Stephane Grappelli [sound recording]. by Stéphane Grappelli Pdf

Author : Jeffrey H. Jackson
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2003-08-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780822385080

Get Book

Making Jazz French by Jeffrey H. Jackson Pdf

Between the world wars, Paris welcomed not only a number of glamorous American expatriates, including Josephine Baker and F. Scott Fitzgerald, but also a dynamic musical style emerging in the United States: jazz. Roaring through cabarets, music halls, and dance clubs, the upbeat, syncopated rhythms of jazz soon added to the allure of Paris as a center of international nightlife and cutting-edge modern culture. In Making Jazz French, Jeffrey H. Jackson examines not only how and why jazz became so widely performed in Paris during the 1920s and 1930s but also why it was so controversial. Drawing on memoirs, press accounts, and cultural criticism, Jackson uses the history of jazz in Paris to illuminate the challenges confounding French national identity during the interwar years. As he explains, many French people initially regarded jazz as alien because of its associations with America and Africa. Some reveled in its explosive energy and the exoticism of its racial connotations, while others saw it as a dangerous reversal of France’s most cherished notions of "civilization." At the same time, many French musicians, though not threatened by jazz as a musical style, feared their jobs would vanish with the arrival of American performers. By the 1930s, however, a core group of French fans, critics, and musicians had incorporated jazz into the French entertainment tradition. Today it is an integral part of Parisian musical performance. In showing how jazz became French, Jackson reveals some of the ways a musical form created in the United States became an international phenomenon and acquired new meanings unique to the places where it was heard and performed.

Author : Michael Dregni
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2004-11-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 0198037430

Get Book

Django by Michael Dregni Pdf

Django Reinhardt was arguably the greatest guitarist who ever lived, an important influence on Les Paul, Charlie Christian, B.B. King, Jerry Garcia, Chet Atkins, and many others. Yet there is no major biography of Reinhardt. Now, in Django, Michael Dregni offers a definitive portrait of this great guitarist. Handsome, charismatic, childlike, and unpredictable, Reinhardt was a character out of a picaresque novel. Born in a gypsy caravan at a crossroads in Belgium, he was almost killed in a freak fire that burned half of his body and left his left hand twisted into a claw. But with this maimed left hand flying over the frets and his right hand plucking at dizzying speed, Django became Europe's most famous jazz musician, commanding exorbitant fees--and spending the money as fast as he made it. Dregni not only chronicles this remarkably colorful life--including a fascinating account of gypsy culture--but he also sheds much light on Django's musicianship. He examines his long musical partnership with violinist St?phane Grappelli--the one suave and smooth, the other sharper and more dissonant--and he traces the evolution of their novel string jazz ensemble, Quintette du Hot Club de France. Indeed, the author spotlights Django's amazing musical diversity, describing his swing-styled Nouveau Quintette, his big band Django's Music, and his later bebop ensemble, as well as his many compositions, including symphonic pieces influenced by Ravel and Debussy and his unfinished organ mass inspired by Bach. And along the way, the author offers vivid snapshots of the jazz scene in Paris--colorful portraits of Josephine Baker, Bricktop, Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins, and countless others--and of Django's vagabond wanderings around France, Europe, and the United States, where he toured with Duke Ellington. Capturing the extraordinary life and times of one of the great musicians of the twentieth century, Django is a must-read portrait of a true original.

Author : Benjamin Marx Givan
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780472034086

Get Book

The Music of Django Reinhardt by Benjamin Marx Givan Pdf

An in-depth analysis of the music and life of a gypsy music legend

Author : Tony Bennett
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781471109294

Get Book

The Good Life by Tony Bennett Pdf

Tony Bennett is the man Frank Sinatra called 'the best singer in the business', and whose 1995 Grammy Awards for 'Album of the Year' and 'Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance' for MTV Unplugged moved the New York Times to say, 'Tony Bennett has not just bridged the generation gap, he has demolished it.' He has legions of fans over a staggeringly large age span and in a recording career spanning five decades he has made 40 albums. His autobiography is rich with the stories of his long career and of the personalities he has known and includes the highs and lows, the successes and excesses of what has ultimately been a blessed life.