Re: [Harp-L] Re: Stephane Grapelli

[Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 23, 2012, at 8:08 PM, Michael Easton wrote:

> I had the pleasure of seeing Stephane perform with Bucky Pizzarelli perhaps a year or more before he died.
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> He had to be helped to the stage but once there he played like a young man.  Part way through the set he moved over to the grand piano and played several songs. The man had chops and was as fluent on
> piano as he was on violin.
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> The following morning  I had the opportunity to take Stephane and his bassist (I don't recall his name)  to the airport.  We talked about Toots and he said he just recorded a cd with him. It wasn't released at that point.  At the airport the bassist had a wheel chair brought out so Stephane could easily move through the terminal.
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> Upon saying goodbye, for some strange reason, when he brought his hand up to shake mine I bent over and kiss his hand like he was the pope.  We both laughed.

         That's good Mike, I would have kissed his hand too. 
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> Yeah, Stephane was cool. :)
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> Michael Easton
> www.harmonicarepair.com
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