Stéphane Grappelli - Stéphane Grappelli with Strings (2020)

This Grappelli box set bringing together 37 titles, including 23 previously unreleased, celebrates the violinist's friendship with the pianist, composer, arranger and conductor Gérard Gustin. A first album, entirely unpublished, produced by Sacha Distel in 1970, allows us to hear Stéphane in a “string” context. A setting that perfectly suits this gentleman of the violin. The two quartet sessions brought together in the second volume present another aspect of the discographic collaboration between the two men, which spanned almost ten years. As a bonus, a new unpublished quintet session from 1961, with guitarist Pierre Cullaz.

Tracklist
CD1 - Grappelli with Strings
01. Corail (3:27)
02. Autoroute du sud (2:59)
03. Satellite (3:03)
04. Direction Uranus (3:26)
05. Equinoxe (3:02)
06. Mimetisme (2:27)
07. Utopie (2:53)
08. Grande Ourse (2:18)
09. Zenith (3:17)
10. Meteorite (2:11)
11. Gamma (2:08)
12. Asteroide (3:48)
13. Orbite (2:04)
14. Acajou (2:22)
15. Toi, l'Albatros (3:08)
16. Astronef (2:22)
17. Etoile de mer (3:15)

CD2 - Grappelli & Friends
01. Gerba (2:52)
02. Opportunity (2:20)
03. Emotion (2:54)
04. Hesitation (2:33)
05. Errol (2:33)
06. Tournesol (2:01)
07. Super Punk (2:30)
08. Kent (2:19)
09. Rebecca My Gal (2:41)
10. Beautiful Trip (2:46)
11. Sun Tune (2:18)
12. Country Club (2:39)
13. Blue Emotion (2:29)
14. Sea Club Boogie (2:27)
15. Alabamy Bound (2:57)
16. Makin' Whoopee (2:48)
17. All the Things You Are (2:43)
18. Out of Nowhere (4:03)
19. Just One of Those Things (take 1) (3:23)
20. Just One of Those Things (take 2) (3:19)