01	I'm Coming Virginia						02:43
	02	Honeysuckle Rose						04:02
	03	Do You Know What It Is To Miss New Orleans						03:02
	04	Just One Of Those Things						02:28
	05	Nuages/Daphne						04:50
	06	As Time Goes By						03:30
	07	a. Embraceable You/b. Liza						03:28
	08	Them There Eyes						02:28
	09	You Are The Sunshine Of My Life						06:09
	10	Time After Time/Two Sleepy People/Satin Doll						06:43
	11	Double Scotch						03:55
	12	Pentup House						02:43
	13	Ol' Man River						04:24
	14	Sweet Georgia Brown						04:37
	15	Valse Du Passe						02:05
	16	Oh, Lady Be Good						04:00
	17	Chicago						03:23

In Tokyo
Date of Release Oct 4, 1990 (recording)

One of several fine live dates recorded in the twilight of Stephane Grappelli's long career, this concert has few surprises. The repertoire is fairly standard for the violinist, accompanied by the always enjoyable guitarist Marc Fossett, bassist Jean-Philippe Viret, with the trio occasionally augmented by accordion player Marcel Azzola. At this time in his life he was still playing at least one piano medley during most concerts. Here the audience is treated to "Time After Time," "Two Sleepy People," and "Satin Doll." One can never have enough Stephane Grappelli, especially on stage. — Ken Dryden







Stephane Grappelli
AKA Stephane Grappelly
Born Jan 26, 1908 in Paris, France
Died Dec 1, 1997 in Paris, France

One of the all-time great jazz violinists (ranking with Joe Venuti and Stuff Smith as one of the big three of pre-bop), Stephane Grappelli's longevity and consistently enthusiastic playing did a great deal to establish the violin as a jazz instrument. He was originally self-taught as both a violinist and a pianist, although during 1924-28 he studied at the Paris Conservatoire. Grappelli played in movie theaters and dance bands before meeting guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1933. They hit it off musically from the start even though their lifestyles (Grappelli was sophisticated while Django was a gypsy) were very different. Together as the Quintet of the Hot Club of France (comprised of violin, three acoustic guitars and bass) during 1933-39 they produced a sensational series of recordings and performances. During a London engagement in 1939, World War II broke out. Reinhardt rashly decided to return to France but Grappelli stayed in England, effectively ending the group. The violinist soon teamed up with the young pianist George Shearing in a new band that worked steadily through the war. In 1946 Grappelli and Reinhardt had the first of several reunions although they never worked together again on a regular basis (despite many new recordings). Grappelli performed throughout the 1950s and '60s in clubs throughout Europe and, other than recordings with Duke Ellington (Violin Summit) and Joe Venuti, he remained somewhat obscure in the U.S. until he began regularly touring the world in the early '70s. Since then Grappelli has been a constant traveller and a consistent pollwinner, remaining very open-minded without altering his swing style; he has recorded with David Grisman, Earl Hines, Bill Coleman, Larry Coryell, Oscar Peterson, Jean Luc Ponty and McCoy Tyner among many others. Active up until near the end, the increasingly frail Grappelli remained at the top of his field even when he was 89. His early recordings are all available on Classics CDs and he recorded quite extensively during his final three decades. — Scott Yanow