Stéphane Grappelli, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Stéphane Grappelli

French jazz violinist

Date of Birth: 26-Jan-1908

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 01-Dec-1997

Profession: composer, violinist, street artist, film actor, jazz musician

Nationality: Italy, France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Stéphane Grappelli (French pronunciation: ?[stefan g?ap?li]; 26 January 1908 – 1 December 1997), born Stefano Grappelli, was a French-Italian jazz violinist who founded 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 playing concerts around the world well into his 80s.For the first three decades of his career, he was billed using a gallicised spelling of his last name, Grappelly, reverting to Grappelli in 1969.
The latter, Italian spelling, is now used almost universally when referring to the violinist, including reissues of his early work.