Grappelli

As a model they also looked to Yehudi Menuhin and ����é��󲹲Ա� Grappelli’s classical-meets-jazz collaborations, Feinstein said, in which Menuhin’s parts were precisely notated while Grappelli’s left room for improvisation.

Obsessed with French Italian jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli, Danny had packed his violin for his transcontinental adventure.

“Holy cow, having Grisman up here? I remember watching him on TV with Stephane Grappelli when I was a kid,” Barnes says.

He recorded with various instrumentalists, including on a graceful 1990 collaboration, “One on One,” with the 82-year-old French jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli.

If Grappelli was a flashy diamond, Mr. Asmussen was a hidden gem.