Grappelli biography

sockeye

This is new & looks interesting. Anyone read it?

Stephane Grappelli - A Life In Jazz

kimmo

It's not that new. Paul Balmer (the author) did great research and long interviews with Grappelli about 10+ years ago. The first result of this was the magnificient DVD Stéphane Grappelli: A Life in the Jazz Century.

This book is (judging by the ToC, I only have the DVD) more or less the same story in book form. Maybe late 50's and Hilton years seem to have been covered better than in the DVD, which is understandable because there probably isn't that much filmed material of those times.

If you're looking for a Grappelli bio book in English, this is probably the best (again, judging by the DVD).

thrip

This is a reissue of the book originally published in 2003 with the title "Stephane Grappelli: With and Without Django"

It's excellent, btw.

Teddy Dupont

thrip wrote:

It's excellent, btw.

Agreed. Highly recommended.

sockeye

Ah, thanks. I liked the DVD very much & will probably grab a copy of this book.

John