Stephane Grappelli

Improvisations (EJC 55493)

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1956

Improvisations

Stephane Grappelli

Essential Jazz Classics

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EJC 124816

EJC 55493

JAZZ

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Improvisations

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The complete 1956 album Improvisations (Barclay F84034) featuring the exceptional jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli in a quartet format. The album consists of jazz standards as opposed to Grappelli’s typical repertoire that he played with Django Reinhardt.

All of our bonus tracks also feature the violinist in a quartet setting (including the complete long out of print 10" LP Jazz Aux Champs-Elysees No. 2 -Voix de son Maitre FFLP1042- with pianist Jack Dieval). This material was recorded two years before Improvisations and also consists of a variety of standard tunes.

STÉPHANE GRAPPELLI, violin
MAURICE VANDER, piano
PIERRE MICHELOT, bass
BAPTISTE “MAC KAC” REILLES, drums

Paris, France, February 6 & 14, and April 10, 1956.

*BONUS TRACKS (15-27):
15-22: Stéphane Grappelli (violin), Jack Dieval (p), Benoît Quersin (b),
Jean-Louis Viale (d). Paris, France, August 17, 1954.
23-27: Stéphane Grappelli (violin), Henri Crolla (g), Emmanuel Soudieux
(b), Baptiste “Mac Kac” Reiulles (d). Paris, France, December 30, 1954.

Tracklist:

01 THE LADY IS A TRAMP 3:05
02 FASCINATING RHYTHM 2:55
03 DANS LA VIE 3:54
04 CHEEK TO CHEEK 3:10
05 A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQUARE 3:11
06 TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE 3:02
07 ‘S WONDERFUL 2:30
08 SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME 2:58
09 IF I HAD YOU 3:20
10 BODY AND SOUL 2:35
11 I WANT TO BE HAPPY 2:15
12 SHE’S FUNNY THAT WAY 2:29
13 TIME AFTER TIME 2:43
14 JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS 2:33
15 PENNIES FROM HEAVEN 2:08*
16 CAN’T HELP LOVIN’ THAT MAN 3:50*
17 A GIRL IN CALICO 2:17*
18 THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE 2:07*
19 I CAN’T RECOGNIZE THE TUNE 3:25*
20 YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ME 1:51*
21 THE FOLKS WHO LIVE ON THE HILL 3:06*
22 LOOKING AT YOU 2:06*
23 MANOIR DE MES REVES 3:48*
24 DJANGOLOGY 2:44*
25 HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES? 4:10*
26 THIS CAN’T BE LOVE 2:35*
27 ALEMBERTS 2:40*