Stéphane Grappelli

Stéphane Grappelli, co-founder with Django Reinhardt of the Quintet of the Hot Club de Paris in the 1930's, has a unique reputation in the history of popular music. In this first full length biography, written with the direct help of the subject together with many of the musicians who have witnessed the career first hand, Geoffrey Smith details the career and music of undoubtedly the most charismatic jazz violinist still travelling the world and entertaining millions.