The Reunion (George Shearing and Stéphane Grappelli album) explained

The Reunion
Type:	studio
Artist:	George Shearing and Stéphane Grappelli
Cover:	The Reunion (George Shearing and Stéphane Grappelli album).jpg
Released:	1976
Recorded:	April 11, 1976 at Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer Studio, Villingen-Schwenningen, West Germany
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	42:58
Label:	MPS 15482^[1]
Producer:	Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer
Chronology:	George Shearing
Prev Title:	The Many Facets of George Shearing
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	Windows
Next Year:	1977

The Reunion is a 1976 album by jazz pianist George Shearing and violinist Stéphane Grappelli.

Reception

Ron Wynn reviewed the album for Allmusic and wrote that "Shearing's sessions are usually more introspective and light than upbeat and hot, but Grappelli's soaring, exuberant violin solos seem to put a charge into Shearing, who responds with some of his hottest playing in many years".

Track listing

1. "I'm Coming Virginia" (Donald Heywood, Will Marion Cook) – 3:00
2. "Time After Time" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) – 4:43
3. "La Chanson de Rue" (Stéphane Grappelli) – 3:55
4. "Too Marvelous for Words" (Richard A. Whiting, Johnny Mercer) – 4:04
5. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 4:06
6. "Makin' Whoopee" (Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson) – 5:03
7. "After You've Gone" (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) – 4:18
8. "Flamingo" (Edmund Anderson, Ted Grouya) – 4:21
9. "Star Eyes" (Don Raye, Gene de Paul) – 3:10
10. "The Folks Who Live On the Hill" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 5:34

Personnel

• George Shearing – piano, liner notes
• Stéphane Grappelli – violin
• Andy Simpkins – double bass
• Rusty Jones – drums

Production

• Martin Kunzler – liner notes
• David Redfern, U. Erdt – photography
• Franz Froeb – cover design
• Willi Fruth – recording director
• Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer – producer, engineer

Notes and References

1. Web site: George Shearing and Stéphane Grappelli – The Reunion (Vinyl, LP) . discogs.com. 2016-06-26.