Articles by Peter Sellars

Jazz Violin

by Peter Sellars
February 15, 2011

A playlist from one of the sessions we discussed at our weekly U3A jazz appreciation sessions here in Bethnal Green, London. And incidentally an illustration of the vibrancy of the jazz violin tradition. TrackNameTimeArtistAlbum1Humoresque (1943)2:34Stuff SmithTime And Again2Take the “A" Train3:55Joe Venuti And Dave McKennaAlone At the Palace3Yellow House Stomp2:38Stephane GrappelliEarly American & European Bebop Violin4A Woman's Place Is In The Groove2:38Ginger SmockEarly American & European Bebop Violin5Improvisation J.S. Bach Part 2—Double Violin3:19Eddie SouthSwing Time—The World's Greatest ...