Stéphane Grappelli, French violinist (died 1997)

Stéphane Grappelli

French jazz violinist (1908–1997)

Stéphane Grappelli was a French jazz violinist. He is best known as a founder of the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1934. It was one of the first all-string jazz bands. He has been called "the grandfather of jazz violinists" and continued…