Editing Stéphane Grappelli (section)

=== Post-war ===
[[File:Stephane Grappelli 9 Allan Warren.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Stephane Grappelli in London]]
When the war was over, Reinhardt came to England for a reunion with Grappelli. They recorded some titles in London with the "English Quintette" during January and February 1946 for EMI and Decca, using a rhythm section consisting of English guitarists Jack Llewelyn and Alan Hodgkiss together with the Jamaican jazz bassist [[Coleridge Goode]]. Grappelli chose to remain in England, while Reinhardt returned to Paris before undertaking an only moderately successful visit to the United States, where he performed in a new style using an amplified archtop guitar with [[Duke Ellington]]'s orchestra. On Reinhardt's return, he and Grappelli reunited periodically for concerts on occasions when the latter was visiting Paris; however, the pre-war Quintette was never re-formed. The pair also briefly toured Italy, where they were supported by an Italian rhythm section of piano, bass and drums; the tour was documented, with around 50 tracks recorded for an Italian radio station, about half of which can be heard on the album ''[[Djangology]]'' (released in 2005). This was to be the last set of recordings featuring the pair, with Reinhardt moving into a more bebop/modern jazz idiom and playing with younger French musicians prior to his early death in 1953, aged only 43.<ref>Balmer, chapters 13, 14, 15.</ref>

Throughout the 1950s, Grappelli made occasional visits to the recording studio, but the opportunities for a swing violinist of his generation were becoming limited; despite attempts to modernise his style, Grappelli was never particularly interested in the [[bebop]] style which was then fashionable in the jazz world. He made a brief filmed appearance in Paul Paviot's 1957 film ''Django Reinhardt'', in which he plays "Minor Swing" alongside [[Joseph Reinhardt]], [[Henri Crolla]] and others. In the 1960s, Grappelli made regular appearances on the [[BBC Light Programme]], French Public Radio, and the pirate station [[Radio Luxembourg]]. In 1967, he returned to Paris to take up a regular engagement providing music for diners at the "Le Toit de Paris" restaurant in the Paris Hilton Hotel, a position he kept up until 1972, for it provided regular work plus accommodation at the hotel. He played in a standard "lounge jazz" format, accompanied by a pianist and drummer. Grappelli was making a living, but by now had very little impact on the jazz world.

In 1971, British chat-show host [[Michael Parkinson]], a longtime jazz fan, came up with the idea of including Grappelli on his show ''[[Parkinson (TV series)|Parkinson]]'', where he would be joined by the classical violinist [[Yehudi Menuhin]], with the two musicians performing a duet. Although Menuhin had no jazz training and a distinctly classical style of playing, the result went down very well with the British public. The pair went on to record three collaborative albums between 1972 and 1976, with Menuhin playing parts written out by Grappelli while the latter improvised in a classic jazz fashion. During their appearance on Parkinson's show,<ref>[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x17vnk5_stephane-grappelli-a-tribute-introduced-by-yehudi-menuhin-bbc-full-length-0-50_music "Stéphane Grappelli – A tribute introduced by Yehudi Menuhin"], ''Daily Motion'', 31 December 1997.</ref> Menuhin played his prized [[Stradivari]] dating from 1714, while Grappelli revealed his instrument was made by [[Goffredo Cappa]] in 1695.

In 1973, British guitarist [[Diz Disley]] had the idea of prising Grappelli away from his "lounge jazz" format with piano players to play once again with the backing of acoustic guitars and double bass, re-creating a version of the "Hot Club" sound, but now with Grappelli as sole leader. Grappelli's reservations about returning to this format were dissipated following a rapturous reception for the "new" (old) format group at that year's [[Cambridge Folk Festival]], after which he favoured the guitar-based trio (with double bass) for a series of increasingly successful concert tours around the globe. These tours would virtually occupy the remainder of Grappelli's life; away from the touring circuit, however, he also favoured numerous other instrumental combinations on record. Other guitarists in the British "Diz Disley Trio" providing his instrumental backing over the years included [[Denny Wright]], [[Ike Isaacs (guitarist)|Ike Isaacs]], the Irish guitarist [[Louis Stewart (guitarist)|Louis Stewart]], [[John Etheridge]] and [[Martin Taylor (guitarist)|Martin Taylor]], while double bass was often provided by Dutchman Jack Sewing; in his later years, Grappelli also used a Parisian trio which included guitarist [[Marc Fosset]] and bassist Patrice Caratini.

In April 1973, Grappelli performed with great success during a week at [[:it:Jazz Power|"Jazz Power"]] in [[Milan]], accompanied by Italian jazz musicians as guitarist [[Franco Cerri]], bassist/arranger [[Pino Presti]] and drummer [[Tullio De Piscopo]].<ref>Vittorio Franchini, ''Stéphane Grappelli, a Milano mostro sacro del Jazz'', ''[[Corriere della Sera]]'', 27 April 1973</ref>

Grappelli played on hundreds of recordings, including sessions with [[Duke Ellington]], jazz pianists [[Oscar Peterson]], [[Michel Petrucciani]] and [[Claude Bolling]], jazz violinists [[Svend Asmussen]], [[Jean-Luc Ponty]], and [[Stuff Smith]], Indian classical violinist [[L. Subramaniam]], vibraphonist [[Gary Burton]], pop singer [[Paul Simon]], mandolin player [[David Grisman]], classical violinist [[Yehudi Menuhin]], orchestral conductor [[André Previn]], guitar player [[Bucky Pizzarelli]], guitar player [[Joe Pass]], cello player [[Yo Yo Ma]], harmonica and jazz guitar player [[Toots Thielemans]], jazz guitarist [[Henri Crolla]], bassist [[Jon Burr]] and fiddler [[Mark O'Connor]].

Grappelli recorded a solo for the title track of [[Pink Floyd]]'s 1975 album ''[[Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album)|Wish You Were Here]]''. This was made almost inaudible in the mix, and so the violinist was not credited, according to [[Roger Waters]], as it would be "a bit of an insult".{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} A remastered version with Grappelli's contribution fully audible can be found on the 2011 editions of ''Wish You Were Here''.

Grappelli composed the score for two French films: ''[[Going Places (1974 film)|Going Places]]'' ([[Bertrand Blier]], 1974) and ''[[May Fools]]'' ([[Louis Malle]], 1990).<ref>{{cite web|website=IMDb|title=Stéphane Grappelli|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0335799/?ref_=pro_nm_visitcons|accessdate=March 18, 2024}}</ref>

Grappelli made a cameo appearance in the 1978 film ''[[King of the Gypsies (film)|King of the Gypsies]]'' with mandolinist [[David Grisman]]. Three years later they performed in concert. He also made a 1975 cameo as a violinist in ''[[Little House on the Prairie]]'' season 2, episode 8. In the 1980s he gave several concerts with British cellist [[Julian Lloyd Webber]]. In 1997, Grappelli received the [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]]. He is an inductee of the ''[[Down Beat]]'' Jazz Hall of Fame.

Grappelli continued touring up to the last year of his life; in 1997, although his health was by then poor, he toured the United Kingdom in March and then played concerts in Australia and New Zealand, giving his last public performance in [[Christchurch]], New Zealand, before returning to Paris via Hong Kong. He made his final recording, four tracks with the classical violinist Iwao Furusawa, plus guitarist Marc Fosset and bassist Philippe Viret, in Paris in August 1996 (released as ''As Time Goes By: Stéphane Grappelli and Iwao Furusawa'').