“Improvisation, it is a mystery. You can write a book about it, but by the end no one still knows what it is. When I improvise and I’m in good form, I’m like somebody half sleeping. I even forget that there are people in front of me. Great improvisers are like priests, they are thinking only of their God.”
Stephane Grappelli
January 26, 1908 December 1, 1997) Grappelli was a pioneer jazz violinist who founded the quintet of the “Quintette du Hot Club de France” with Django Reinhardt. It was among the first all-string jazz bands.
After being born in Paris Grappelli the son of Italians was orphaned as a youth after his mother died and his father left to fight in World War I. His musical career began with busking on the streets of Montmarte. He began playing the violin at the age of 13.
