Stephane Grappelli - It Had To Be You (Grand Opera House, Belfast 1986))

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  • Опубліковано 16 тра 2011
  • Stephane Grappelli in The Grand Opera House, Belfast in April 1986. With Martin Taylor and Louis Stewart on guitars and Jack Sewing on double bass.

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  • @GaryMCurran
    @GaryMCurran Рік тому +25

    Think about this. Four instruments, twenty strings, eight hands, and what a wonderful amount of music that came from putting that together with accomplished musicians.

  • @jamesshubert4866
    @jamesshubert4866 2 місяці тому +3

    If this doesn't put a smile on your face there's something wrong with you.

  • @anthonycilano9694
    @anthonycilano9694 4 роки тому +28

    I saw Stephane twice in Buffalo, NY in the 1980s. It was a wonderful, unforgetable experience. He was so great, always with a twinkle in his eyes. Loved it.

  • @liamkelly8834
    @liamkelly8834 10 місяців тому +2

    That’s fellow Dubliner Louis Stewart on guitar, he used to play in my old man’s pub on Dublin docks. Smashing bloke.

  • @sofiablakey6454
    @sofiablakey6454 4 роки тому +24

    Stephan Grapelli is a world talent on his Jazz violin!!! This is a magnificent!!!

  • @ThomasHALL-fo2pi
    @ThomasHALL-fo2pi Рік тому +4

    Gone but not forgotten. Absolute genius Stephane and his company. Bravo Bravo 👏

  • @jerombird1614
    @jerombird1614 26 днів тому

    I had the great chance to learn guitare with a wonderful french teacher, called François Sauzet who played with Stéphane Grappelli. Mister Sauzet passed away this year of 2024. But one of my best friend, Loïc is his grand child. Peace to all thèse wonderful human beings. And Peace on Hearth. Love from France 🙏☮️🕊️🌻🎸

  • @lawrencetaylor4101
    @lawrencetaylor4101 2 місяці тому +3

    Music from heaven.

  • @craigspencer2927
    @craigspencer2927 4 роки тому +28

    How can you not love this guy and his music!!

  • @gregw4303
    @gregw4303 3 роки тому +24

    This has to be one of the nicest openings to a song...it’s really nice 🎶 😌

  • @Paladino774
    @Paladino774 2 роки тому +4

    He Was Just So Spectacular For His Entire Career!

  • @barlart
    @barlart 4 роки тому +9

    I saw Stephane Grappelli live in a Cambridge UK jazz club with guitarist Diz Disley when I was very young in 1974 (I think). They and their ensemble were truly amazing.

  • @SuperHeops
    @SuperHeops 12 років тому +16

    Stephane Grappelli is just a Master on that violin! Hands down.

  • @nyclion13
    @nyclion13 2 місяці тому +1

    Grappelli, Lange, Venuti and Django. So special and inspirational to a legion of musicians.

  • @cathydew
    @cathydew 2 роки тому +14

    I love that intro/verse part, I've hardly ever heard it done. They do it so beautifully.

    • @sergedeswetschin1372
      @sergedeswetschin1372 11 місяців тому

      😂 il n y a pas mieux la quintescence d un merveilleux jazz

  • @michaelhutchinson9413
    @michaelhutchinson9413 Рік тому +1

    What a wonderful rendition of “It had to be you”. Martin and Jack-you are the “glue “ that keeps this baby swinging easy!

  • @marilynstevenson865
    @marilynstevenson865 4 роки тому +36

    A beautiful, talented kind man..I drove through a rainstorm..with a blinding headache just to see him..Sephane Grappelli soothed my soul..

    • @RalphDratman
      @RalphDratman 4 роки тому +1

      Please be careful! Rain and blinding headache might not be an entirely safe combination, eh?

    • @marilynstevenson865
      @marilynstevenson865 4 роки тому

      @@RalphDratman Hallo Ralph..,yes, it was a foolish thing to do...I was much younger then, much more confident..much more foolish...cheers..

    • @RalphDratman
      @RalphDratman 4 роки тому +1

      @@marilynstevenson865 I'm glad you made it through to tell the tale.

    • @marilynstevenson865
      @marilynstevenson865 4 роки тому

      Ralph Dratman hi Ralph.. yep

  • @colliedogboy
    @colliedogboy 6 років тому +8

    Stephane's music is magical. It is so perfect, I don't know how it is possible. But there it is. Thank the Lord God for giving Stephane the music and thank Stephane for using it for the benefit of us all.

  • @alanmoore2724
    @alanmoore2724 4 роки тому +15

    I had the great pleasure of seeing him live on 2 occasions - the last not long before he passed away. He had to be helped on stage but once he picked up the violin, then WOW!

  • @petervreeland1843
    @petervreeland1843 10 місяців тому +1

    GRAPPELLI IS A LIVING Legend So good virtuoos Gr. Salomon Amsterdam

  • @alanroberts8077
    @alanroberts8077 2 роки тому +1

    I was fortunate to be at this concert in Lichfield,just very special.

  • @charlesbarry971
    @charlesbarry971 Рік тому +2

    Stephanie Grappelli; A legend.

  • @bingo1232
    @bingo1232 4 роки тому +1

    You can tell yhat the Man is made of music, eats & drinks it...…………. and always has. Much love from USA!!

  • @itstuff4744
    @itstuff4744 Рік тому +3

    Quelle merveille !

  • @robobrien7656
    @robobrien7656 4 роки тому +4

    Beauty in this art form captures our sensibilities like no other .
    Letting them return to anything that could be considered remotely normal ,
    well, there in lies the rub . Simply and thankfully glorious .

    • @steveegallo3384
      @steveegallo3384 4 роки тому

      Mediocrity and Malice are Normal, too. Music inheres in some non-human sphere. Enjoy....from San Agustinillo, Oaxaca!

  • @stevecole3192
    @stevecole3192 3 роки тому +8

    Oh my soul. I stumbled upon this and my day will be brighter now. I love this song and this may be the best performance I've ever heard. What truly gifted musicians. May the Lord bless you all and the world too.

    • @pamtebelman2321
      @pamtebelman2321 2 роки тому +1

      Agreed! and may the Lord bless you as well!

    • @stevecole3192
      @stevecole3192 2 роки тому

      @@pamtebelman2321 Thank you Pam. Blessings~

  • @claudelecocq2453
    @claudelecocq2453 Місяць тому

    Super musiciens qu'elle plaisir pou les oreilles

  • @MrDonaldmaddog
    @MrDonaldmaddog 11 років тому +48

    Great art needs no explaining. If one thinks of this as nostalgia, then so be it. We just-don't-CARE. Beauty is TIMELESS. There are hundreds, perhaps thousands of young musicians who love this music and are keeping the flame alive.

  • @MrAnderswt
    @MrAnderswt 4 роки тому +12

    I´m very glad to have seen Grappelli live.What a great musician!

  • @alanblackwood1
    @alanblackwood1 3 роки тому +3

    Such joyous playing

  • @tomacei8dd
    @tomacei8dd 5 років тому +24

    With Ireland’s great guitarist Louis Stewart R.I.P.

    • @RedClayFH
      @RedClayFH 5 років тому +5

      The great Louis Stewart indeed. I miss his intimate performances. Such a modest, witty gentleman.

  • @joannemarie1371
    @joannemarie1371 7 років тому +169

    How can countries be at war with one another, how can we be at war with ourselves, with such joy and beauty in the air? May love and peace blossoms fall upon us all, like these beautiful musicians do for us...

    • @elipsis000
      @elipsis000 5 років тому +1

      ...touching the sky...

    • @GlenStace
      @GlenStace 4 роки тому +5

      These guys literally make peace. :-)

    • @johnchoquette5695
      @johnchoquette5695 4 роки тому +9

      Because the average human being is dumber than a bag of hammers ?

    • @AndreasDelleske
      @AndreasDelleske 4 роки тому +4

      In order to not fight wars, step 1 is only use renewable energy.
      Step 2 is to have no religion
      Step 3 is distribute money fairly.

    • @sofiablakey6454
      @sofiablakey6454 4 роки тому +4

      Music chooses the divide in all cultures no matter the diversity it transcends it all!! It’s lovely!!!

  • @padraicdebhaldraithe2331
    @padraicdebhaldraithe2331 Рік тому

    I used go to the Fox Inn in Ashbourne, Co Meath to listen to Louis Stewart play in the 1960s. The audience was small but very appreciative.

  • @althejazz
    @althejazz 5 років тому +5

    Stephane always made it look so easy and what a delightful man he was.

  • @alanblackwood1
    @alanblackwood1 Рік тому

    And it still is one year later, Merci Stephane! Alan in London

  • @johnporter5925
    @johnporter5925 3 роки тому +4

    Elia Bastida does a wonderful rendition of this classic with Chamorro’s SAJB. Stays true to this arrangement.

  • @peterfeltham8065
    @peterfeltham8065 4 роки тому +2

    Loved listening to this consumate artist for the past 60 yrs.

  • @florencesewingperole7353
    @florencesewingperole7353 2 роки тому

    Was rocked all my childhood with these melodies... thanks dad!!!

  • @richardgornalle4536
    @richardgornalle4536 4 роки тому +5

    Beautiful. As good as it gets. Great old standard.

  • @michaelchapman4955
    @michaelchapman4955 2 роки тому

    I caught Grappelli at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles 80s & Wow!......

  • @ztahs
    @ztahs 6 років тому +37

    Ah, the Master at work. I first heard STephane and Django as a kid back in the 60's and I've never stopped listening to their music. It just never gets old. His playing is so beautifully melodic.

    • @davidlogansr8007
      @davidlogansr8007 4 роки тому

      Arthur Shatz since Django Rheinhardt died in about 1954, it would have been very difficult to have seen him in the 1960’s, unless it was on film?

    • @matthewgoldberg1461
      @matthewgoldberg1461 Рік тому

      From your cousin, Matt. The Scottish guitarist on the left, Martin Taylor, is alive in his 60's, and grew into the next Joe Pass. Oh, and thanks for taking me to hear B.B King -- I was never the same. --Matt

  • @mariuszbielecki897
    @mariuszbielecki897 3 роки тому +1

    Grappelli to był fenomenalny skrzypek światowej sławy Cześć Jego pamięci

  • @duograppelli6984
    @duograppelli6984 6 років тому +4

    They really can make their music touch our hearts...

  • @coralhill7593
    @coralhill7593 6 років тому +18

    Just wonderful, so emotive, this is hairs on the back of your neck territory, just loved this exceptional artist, there will never be anyone who comes close, God rest you Stepphan, you are sorely missed.

  • @stevesmith6685
    @stevesmith6685 4 роки тому +3

    "It Had To Be You." My wedding song with my bride which we will hit our 40th anniversary in October of this year. This is an update of the 1980 update from Frank Sinatra. God bless Stephane and his musicians and God bless Frank and his.

  • @martafarion6469
    @martafarion6469 4 роки тому +2

    Stephane Grappelli - one of the greatest of the greats! In 1983 I walked into Cafe Americane in Chicago not knowing who was playing, and there he was playing. I was mesmerized, paralyzed, totally enveloped by his genius. A moment in life I never forget. Thank you Stephane Grappelli for sharing your talent with the world.

  • @Wikingerweiblein
    @Wikingerweiblein 11 років тому +13

    They tell us a story with their music. Great.

  • @haroldbregman2102
    @haroldbregman2102 4 роки тому +3

    What a talent. They don't make them like him anymore

  • @williameaton9299
    @williameaton9299 Рік тому

    Ty my favorite jazz violin player :)

  • @gbrinch
    @gbrinch 4 роки тому +1

    Saw Grapelli live in Salzburg in August 88 he was still dynamite!

  • @colink4823
    @colink4823 4 роки тому +2

    Virtuosity at its very best

  • @glm6581
    @glm6581 4 роки тому +3

    The first time I met this great artist was in 1970 at Brunel University. Memorable ocassion.

    • @richardbrucegraham1642
      @richardbrucegraham1642 4 роки тому

      Brunei? WoW! One wonders about the travels of this man and the wizard responsible for his itinerary!

    • @glm6581
      @glm6581 4 роки тому

      Most of the famous are almost impossible to approach but not “our genius”. He is friendly, kind and helpful. When it comes to music there is no barrier, but one has to be good and sincere to say “hello” to him.

    • @glm6581
      @glm6581 4 роки тому

      By the way, it was not Brunei, it was BRUNEL UNIVERSITY, UXBRIDGE, UK.

  • @TheGypsyblue
    @TheGypsyblue 10 років тому +59

    I fell in love with Stephane Grappelli in the mid-80s when Paco de Nada took me to the PA Friends of Jazz evening as our first official "Date." The rest were not official, just fun. When Grappelli made the violin cry, I did, too. And when he walked over to the white piano and played everything that was in my soul, I was hooked forever. What a beautiful and talented gentleman. Thank you, Paco, and thank you Zuny/

  • @alweywong4822
    @alweywong4822 9 років тому +6

    The two guitarists are tops.

  • @micheltiberghien2141
    @micheltiberghien2141 Рік тому

    Stephane's the BEST EVER !!!

  • @rayvalencia6726
    @rayvalencia6726 2 роки тому +1

    The Hot Club would have played this a lot faster in the 30’s. Just an observation, not criticism. Always wonderful to listen to Stephane Grappelli play. So smooth. .

  • @RETURNTOSABBATH
    @RETURNTOSABBATH 5 років тому +3

    Blows me away....Wonderful!!

  • @tomsmyth4836
    @tomsmyth4836 4 роки тому

    Martin Taylor and The.Irish great Louis Stewart.....WOW....add Stephen.......MUSICAL heaven

    • @lesreed9269
      @lesreed9269 4 роки тому

      Who's Stephen? I didn't see him!

  • @alexdesslin
    @alexdesslin 4 роки тому +1

    no comment, c'est la classe parfaite !

  • @evantvede6452
    @evantvede6452 Рік тому

    More than good. Superb.

  • @ChaStewFiddle
    @ChaStewFiddle 5 років тому +18

    That introduction slays me! Every note is perfect.

    • @pamtebelman2321
      @pamtebelman2321 2 роки тому

      Every not played with perfection. His intonation is incredible! He makes it looks so easy like he was born with a violin in his hands.

  • @jeanandrrsen894
    @jeanandrrsen894 2 роки тому

    Beautiful. The greatest.

  • @lasserrejeanclaude
    @lasserrejeanclaude 4 роки тому +1

    qu'es ce qu'il nous manque ton violon magique Stephane RIP

  • @guybarte5834
    @guybarte5834 Рік тому

    Oui trop beaux merci à se dieux du violon jaz la classe un grand monsieur de la musique 🎼🎼🎼🎵🎧🎧🎼🎵🎵👍👍👍👍👍

  • @TheDrago500
    @TheDrago500 12 років тому +6

    C'est magique ! tout simplement superbe !

  • @claudiaglacken3033
    @claudiaglacken3033 Рік тому

    Absolutely wonderful. Bravo!!

  • @nosferatumram6359
    @nosferatumram6359 4 роки тому +3

    Grapelli=genius

    • @pamtebelman2321
      @pamtebelman2321 2 роки тому

      His intonation is perfect - like a human voice but from an instrument. You can tell he really cares about doing justice to music itself.

  • @GliArchimedi
    @GliArchimedi 4 роки тому +2

    Fantastic!

  • @leslieshoeb7240
    @leslieshoeb7240 5 років тому +5

    The wonderful Louis Stewart r.i.p. thank you . Leslie j.

  • @zoricamaksimovic4429
    @zoricamaksimovic4429 4 роки тому +3

    I call this Blessing!!!!!!!!

  • @newmedstudent
    @newmedstudent 5 років тому +3

    Sends a chill up your spine does it not?

  • @filsgreen
    @filsgreen 4 роки тому +1

    I love Stephane his playing and attitude was so joyous.

    • @davidsmith172
      @davidsmith172 4 роки тому +1

      Yes Joyous!

    • @pamtebelman2321
      @pamtebelman2321 2 роки тому +1

      Yes, his love and joy of music really comes through. He always has a smile on his face, like a man in love.

    • @goral705
      @goral705 2 роки тому +1

      Joyous and Elegance

  • @pamweinberg1212
    @pamweinberg1212 4 роки тому +5

    I love this, especially on my date night with hubby. ♥️😉

  • @yukiyavalentine5867
    @yukiyavalentine5867 9 місяців тому

    felt like heaven

  • @orchardist6529
    @orchardist6529 3 роки тому

    Tear filling joy. Thank you for sharing.

  • @danaapolonio3909
    @danaapolonio3909 10 років тому +23

    I'm going to cry from overwhelming joy.

    • @bro6903
      @bro6903 5 років тому +2

      Dana Apolonio I witnessed him in Munich in 1995. He is expanding love and beauty all way long.

  • @Muthaphuckka
    @Muthaphuckka 11 років тому +6

    I think it takes time to understand the genious of these masters, time that many people don't have. If you are dissatisfied with the system or the music business, start a revolution. If you have better things to do, then at least try to understand other people's perspective and try to find ways to open their ears so they can understand your perspective better. Nostalgia never brought anyone anywhere, understanding can bring us miles ahead (no pun intended).

  • @judyglasel5870
    @judyglasel5870 Рік тому

    Love love love it ❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️

  • @micheltiberghien2141
    @micheltiberghien2141 11 місяців тому

    RIP Stephane !!!!😭😭😭

  • @thomasbernecky2078
    @thomasbernecky2078 6 років тому +9

    I saw him play at the Keswick Theater in PhilaPA shortly before he passed, and though he he played in a wheelchair, it was one of the best concerts I ever saw, and when you heard that sweet voice of his violin, that quickly became unimportant. What a marvelous man.

    • @justintrowbridge3948
      @justintrowbridge3948 5 років тому

      His playing in a wheelchair in his final days of life ressurects his life to the world

  • @streetlegal008
    @streetlegal008 12 років тому +3

    This is a nice one. I saw Stephane in concert playing along with Martin Taylor at the National Concert Hall in Dublin - I think in 1984. I never saw Louis Stewart playing when I was in Dublin - but great to see him playing along with Stephane here.

  • @salchaos
    @salchaos 2 роки тому

    Sweet. How brilliant thou was.

  • @GlenStace
    @GlenStace 4 роки тому +1

    Stephane so sweet and so blue!

  • @liliasiordia8602
    @liliasiordia8602 4 роки тому +2

    Maravilloso!

  • @bingo1232
    @bingo1232 7 років тому +8

    This man knows how to work the blue notes!!!!

  • @chandrakavi
    @chandrakavi 10 років тому +6

    Wonderful music straight to the heart!

  • @hywel4605
    @hywel4605 Рік тому

    good guitar solo

  • @DebdenJohnny
    @DebdenJohnny 4 роки тому

    I saw him once many years ago at Club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. England. He was a guest of French singer.l Sacha Distel ( who had a hit with the song Raindrops Keep falling on my head) They did a couple,of numbers together. They got a standing ovation most people in the audience didn’t know that Distel had been voted France’s top jazz guitarist four years running. I reckon they would,have liked to hear far more of them playing and less,of,his,singing!

  • @stuartyirui
    @stuartyirui 4 роки тому +3

    Age is just a number. Grappelli was ageless. (In numbers he was 86 when he played at this Belfast event.)

  • @davidsmith172
    @davidsmith172 4 роки тому +1

    If I could have one moment in life, it would have been to be one of those artists on that stage before that audience...unless I could have been Sinatra....pure bliss, Joseph Campbell

  • @denisgriffiths70
    @denisgriffiths70 5 років тому +2

    Singing violin amazing pulls heart strings when he plays starts slow when Stephan plays easy then he goes to genius plays like Louis Stewart I was right great Irish musician

    • @pamtebelman2321
      @pamtebelman2321 2 роки тому +1

      Yes, his playing sounds just like singing, and his intonation was impeccable, just like a singer who gets all the notes exactly on right on key!

  • @bobbybudmaker1125
    @bobbybudmaker1125 11 років тому +3

    Beyond words... WOW!

  • @swain99
    @swain99 4 роки тому +1

    Masters at work 👍👍👍👍

  • @alonsotoro7904
    @alonsotoro7904 4 роки тому +1

    Grappelli es un Dios, pero Martin Taylor es un monstruo!

  • @paxpopulusalexpatriotegpi9848
    @paxpopulusalexpatriotegpi9848 2 роки тому +1

    🕊🌐🕊 #nous
    Nouvel Ordre Mondial PEUPLES #OPUP

  • @dukemd69
    @dukemd69 8 років тому +21

    There go the strings of my heart.......alive.

  • @gersongastaldi3902
    @gersongastaldi3902 9 років тому +5

    Não se fazem mais quartetos como esse. O jazz ficou órfão desses gênios ritmistas. Talvez uma nova safra de músicos nos próximos anos venha repor esta lacuna.

  • @gabri3l367
    @gabri3l367 11 років тому +4

    Louis Stewart mio grande idolo. Che assolo ragazzi. Vera improvvisazione jazz.

  • @neilpollicino80
    @neilpollicino80 5 років тому +2

    Peace & justice for all...its easy..just sit & LISTEN!

  • @oscarlfem
    @oscarlfem 6 років тому +1

    QUE GRAN MAESTRO,EN UNA DE LAS MAS HERMOSAS CANCIONES .-