
Using personal correspondence and interviewing key family and friends from the Grappelli Foundation in Paris, close friend Paul Balmer tells the fascinating story of the world's premier jazz violinist."


(Omnibus Press). This riveting book by Paul Balmer is the definitive biography of a unique musician whose life spanned the 20th century. Stephane Grappelli's astonishing career ran on a parallel track to the history of jazz itself. Born in Paris in 1908, Grappelli was to become...