Decca BSIN02684684 (2 DVD-Video)

Grappelli, Stephane - A Life In The Jazz Century

Stephane Grappelli - A Life In The Jazz Century (DVD-Video)
Stephane Grappelli tells his own story of a 77-year career with:
Django Reinhardt, Yehudi Menuhin, Kennedy, Martin Taylor, George Shearing, Joe Venuti, and Eddie Lang, The Paul Whiteman Orchestra, Diz Disley, John Etheridge, Bing Crosby and The Rhythm Boys, Gregor et ses Gregoriens, Lew Grade, Michael Parkinson, Duke Ellington and rare footage of Art Tatum.

Contains all known film footage of Django Reinhardt including 7 minutes of the Hot Club Quintet of France – never before available and newly restored.

+ Bonus Material:
11 bonus chapters
2. 7 music archive clips rare & unedited
3. A story-teller's chronicle
4. Promo
5. Alternative commentary
6. Research notes
7. Bibliography / Discography
8. Key webistes
9. Multiphone selection
10. Music on earth timeline Jazz comes to Europe
11. Rare still photo montage
12. Stephane's Montmartre map (188 min.)

Not shown on TV – 2 hour feature-length profile PLUS 1 hour of additional features including a Music on Earth Timeline, “Jazz Comes to Europe”.

From the multi-award-winning team behind “Stephane Grappelli – 80 Years on the Fiddle” – BBC’s Pick of the Week/The Times’ Critic’s Choice and BBC Television’s Africa, I Remember” – Creative Excellence Award – US International Film & Video Festival.

Dolby Digital Stereo, Bild:4:3, Sprache: English, Untertitel: English (main profile only)
Released 2003.
Price: 32,90 EUR