Together at Last

Stephane Grappelli | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 29, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Flying Fish Records
• ASIN: B000000MKN
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #281,810 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Alabamy Bound

2. Webster

3. Tennessee Waltz/Danny Boy

4. Bluesette

5. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

6. Lonesome Fiddle Blues

7. Young at Heart

8. In My Life

9. I Can See Clearly Now

10. Tune Up

11. For Jeannie

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Unfortunately, a disappointment, December 1, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Together at Last (Audio CD)

I've been a big fan of both Stephane Grappelli and Vassar Clements for years, and have seen them both play live, and so I was quite excited to find that they had recorded an album together. While waiting for it to be delivered, I imagined Grappelli's virtuoso runs in the upper register soaring above Clements' hot rhythmic chording and tight harmonies. Unfortunately, I reluctantly have to say that this CD was somewhat of a disappointment. The two great musicians rarely play together on the same song for very long, and in any case both of them are generally forced to play "second fiddle" to the pedal steel (Doug Jerrigan), amplified guitar (Martin Taylor), electric guitar (Davis Causey), and drums (Kenny Malone). It's as if the greatest jazz violinist and the greatest country/bluegrass fiddler were brought together for a historic recording, and then just tossed in here and there almost as an afterthought. Still, I have to give at least three stars despite all of this, because any recording with two musicians such as Grappelli and Clements is bound to have at least a few special moments, and even this one does have have a few. But it could have been so much more....

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The wrong drummer, October 25, 2006

By 

David Fowler (Lincoln, NE USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Together at Last (Audio CD)

Too often the drummer works against Grappelli's fluid sense of swing and drags the group into a "Cotton-Eyed Joe" groove. Still, it's Steph and Vassar, so one bright shining star for each of the masters.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly One of a Kind!, August 4, 2003

By 

Jetta L Jernigan (Smyrna, TN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Together at Last (Audio CD)

This CD swings from the first cut to the last. The solos between Vassar Clements and Stephan Grappelli are different styles but compliment each other. Guitarist Martin Taylor and Pedal Steel Guitarist Doug Jernigan really work together well on tunes like "Bluesette". I believe this album is one of a kind with the instrumentation used. It is my understanding most of the album cuts, the arrangements and the other players on the album were dictated by Mr. Grappelli and Mr. Clements. It is truly a CD from the artists creativity and not necessarily the demands of the producers.