Stepane Grapelli discusses live versus studio recording.

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Stepane Grapelli on performing in Massey Hall.

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Stepane Grapelli discusses having playing with reknowned musicians.

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Q: “For your recordings, do you prefer to do them live in a concert or in a studio? Does it matter very much to you?”

A: “That isn't my day because you feel bad and good in different place. Sometimes, I start a concert like that, sometimes, I have difficulty to start. But as I’ve been on that stage so many times, I have a technique to avoid embarrassment, you see what I mean? But sometimes, when I arrive and the stage is big and I’ve got long time to walk to go to the microphone and sometimes, it’s a fraction of second, which embarrass you, do you know what I mean?