Stéphane Grappelli – Young Django (MPS, 1979)

Stéphane Grappelli (vn); Philip Catherine (g); Larry Coryell (g); Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (b)

Recorded on June 19 - 21, 1979

On this album, French violinist Stéphane

Grappelli revisits his the music and spirit of his former partner in the Quintette du Hot Club de France, Django Reinhardt.  Rather than have one guitarist fulfill Django's role, both Philip Catherine and Larry Coryell are soloists. NHØP provides the foundation, and the intergenerational group gels surprisingly well.

Listening to Django's music always makes me smile.  Listening to this album makes me smile too.

More Stéphane Grappelli

- Limehouse Blues (Black Lion, 1972) - with Barney Kessel

- Stéphane Grappelli meets Earl Hines (Black Lion, 1974)

- Parisian Thoroughfare (Arista/Freedom, Black Lion, 1975)