Improvisations (Stéphane Grappelli album)

Improvisations (Stéphane Grappelli album)

Infobox Album
Name = Improvisations
Type = studio
Artist = Stéphane Grappelli


Released = 1956
Recorded = Feb 6, 1956-Apr 10, 1956
Genre = Jazz
Length =
Label = Mercury
Producer =
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dzfwxq8gldde link]
Last album =
This album = "Improvisations"
Next album = "Feeling + Finesse = Jazz"

"Improvisations" is a jazz album recorded in 1956, in Paris, by Stéphane Grappelli (violin) , Maurice Vander (piano) , Pierre Michelot (double bass) and Baptist "Mac Kac" Reiles (drums). It consists of mostly jazz standards.

Track listing

#"The Lady Is a Tramp" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:05
#"Fascinating Rhythm" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:55
#"Dans la Vie" (Louiguy) – 3:54
#"Cheek to Cheek" (Irving Berlin) – 3:10
#"A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Maschwitz, Sherwin) – 3:11
#"Taking a Chance on Love" (Duke, Fetter, Latouche) – 3:02
#"'S Wonderful" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 2:30
#"Someone to Watch Over Me" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 2:58
#"If I Had You" (Campbell, Connelly, Shapiro) – 3:20
#"Body and Soul" (Eyton, Green, Heyman, Sour) – 2:35
#"I Want to Be Happy" (Caesar, Youmans) – 2:14
#"She's Funny That Way" (Moret, Whiting) – 2:29
#"Time After Time" (Cahn, Styne) – 2:44
#"Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) – 2:30
#"Slow en Ré Majeur" (Wilder) – 4:01
#"Taking a Chance on Love" (Duke, Fetter, Latouche) – 3:01


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