john choquette Same, until reading his wikipedia page yesterday.

Jacob Zimmermann Thank you for educating me!

Mr. Grappell still lives in his recordings. We get old, but when we join with our treasured instriments; me I'm 24 years old again. Check out the Album, "S'wonderful: 4 Giants of Swing". LP, a 1977 "Flying Fish" label release. Maybe it was later transferred to CD; but that album; all string jazz, it's one of my favorites.

I saw him in concert in about 1984 and he played a gorgeous piano solo like this between two violin - guitar sets. I can't verify but I either heard or read that he began his musical career on piano but after hearing Art Tatum he decided, essentially, "what more can I say" and switched to violin.

And don't you "smell" any Oscar Peterson?

@Violin Accordion Thank You Sir. Ignorance is bliss. None so blind, as those who will not see. None so deaf as those who refuse to hear. Please yourself.

@Violin Accordion Your comment reminds of the definition of a Gentleman: A man who can play the Accordion - but doesn't.

There are better recordings from when he was younger.Pretty impressive.

Yeah me neither..He s brilliant.

There's an apocryphal story that, when he was getting into jazz, he wanted to be a piano player, but he heard some Art Tatum records, and decided to concentrate on violin. Clearly, he kept his chops on the keys. I was lucky enough to see him in the mid 70s, and he devoted a couple tunes to piano during the concert. Incidentally, in his band he had a young, but already brilliant Mart in Taylor on guitar.

@@tgbediniYes I saw him too with the Diz Disley trio with Martin Taylor. This recording could be from that period.

I would imagine that you play very well -- everyone plays differently -- and no one plays like these guys -- Tatum, Oscar, a handful of others -- endless technique -- yet one does not need all of the embellishments to get one's point across!

Nigel. Brown. I took my dad to see him in Southend on Sea many years ago and after he came back on stage after a short break, he sat down at the piano and played like that, well we were just gobsmacked. What a fantastic man. My dad used to put one of his records on and try to keep up with him on the violin. Great memories.

Absolutely Tatumesque.

Did you mean Jaco did a duet with Toots Thielemans ?

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@@KonstantinChervyakovkoStantes Константин Червяков! Как понимать ваше АМИНЬ?

Людмила Трофимова в хорошем смысле) есть такая тенденция в интернете, когда согласен с каждым словом, говоришь: «Аминь». Да будет так)

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He was an amazing pianist. I had no idea he was that brilliant and virtuosic. I know a great trumpet player who is also a brilliant jazz pianist. If you are very gifted, it is often the case that an artist is gifted in another field. Opera singer Tito Gobbi, one of the greatest singing actors ever, was a gifted artist. Felix Mendelssohn was also a wonderful painter.

I'd add Ocsar Peterson to that list :)

And to me....it should be expected of course, just never seen any footage of him playing piano.

The Oscar Peterson reference . . . Wow!

yes indeed

Wow! You made me think!

Kind of ahmad jamal to me

All wrong.He started piano sometimes much later ,after violin.But he had a period of activity as pianist only after which he came back to violin.

A lot of parents were task masters. I know scores of pianist who hated piano because they were forced to take lessons and not learn to love music. The parents paid for the lessons because it was their dream not the dream of the child. Some of them just wanted to live off the talents of their children. That's documented though classical history too. If a parent is left out it's for a good reason.

@@adrianfundescu5407 If that is true according to Grappelli's biography, it still doesn't change the results. Many orchestral instrumentalists were encouraged to learn piano. Many conservatories require a fairly advanced level of piano as a 2nd instrument in the curriculum. The point being that Grappelli was a well trained pianist and a lot of professional experience as well.

@@newyorkfilharmonik110 Besides hiding behind a "nom de pixel", your complaint sounds autobiographical. I know a lot of bad music teachers - acting like dictators and taking over a child's life. This is not a good parent's fault. However, I know scores of people who learned music as a child, but their parents told them they had to get a "real career" - to go to business school, or become a doctor or lawyer - and they regretted not going into music, or another art world, for the rest of their lives.

@@homzymusic Not autobiographical. I just know a lot of my friends who just didn't play piano after they didn't have to take lessons. But back then, there was only piano. No digital pianos with different kinds of pianos and weighted keyboards. Either you had a piano or you didn't. So maybe that's it too. Between tuning and lessons on the appropriate instrument, it isn't cheap. Students can barely afford college much less a grand piano. And as for my name, this is my second account and it has a different purpose than my first account, which bears a contrived name. This name is so I'm not confusing anyone into thinking I'm a musician. Dictionaries define musicians as those who earn a living playing music. I'm a music lover, thus the spelling of philharmonic that can be allowed without confusing me with an orchestra. I'm not promoting myself so I don't need to put my real name out to the real world. Google has it if someone needs it.

were does bill evans do this?

Christos Skordoulis He has an album, I think it's called Conversations with Myself, or something like that.

@@brandgardner211 thanks

Chistos Skordoulis Sure.

Brand Gardner Thanks for your insight! ❤️

He's wonderful here but second to none on violin. I saw him once in the 70s. It was like meeting God.