His hair is white and his step is slow, but 80-year-old violinist Stephane Grappelli played with the exuberance of a young man Friday night at George`s on West Kinzie Street. Grappelli, who is to the ...

He is perhaps best known for “Dawg Music,” his own creation, a blend of bluegrass and Gypsy Jazz, the style popularized by Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli. David Grisman has been around a few ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Mandolinist and composer David Grisman will perform an afternoon of acoustic music with his band, The David Grisman Quintet, at 3 p.m. Sunday (Nov. 12) in Loeb Playhouse. The ...

Describing David Grisman means figuring out how to explain how he combines bluegrass, klezmer, jam bands, and jazz. But that’s what the virtuoso mandolin player has done in a 50-year career during ...

Back when the United States was busy celebrating its 200th birthday, David Grisman introduced a new, quintessentially American sound on the eponymous 1976 album “David Grisman Quintet.” The mandolin ...

Master mandolinist David Grisman of Petaluma, known for his work with Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead and many others, will perform next summer and fall at the new City Winery restaurant and concert ...