Improvisations
Studio album by Stéphane Grappelli
Released	1957
Recorded	February 6, 14, and April 10, 1956
Genre	Jazz
Label	Mercury
Stéphane Grappelli chronology
Improvisations (1957) Feeling + Finesse = Jazz (1962)

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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[2]

Improvisations is a jazz album recorded in 1956, in Paris, by Stéphane Grappelli ( violin), Maurice Vander ( piano), Pierre Michelot (double bass) and Baptist "Mac Kac" Reiles (drums). It consists of mostly jazz standards.

Track listing

1. " The Lady Is a Tramp" ( Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:05
2. " Fascinating Rhythm" ( George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:55
3. "Dans la Vie" (Louiguy) – 3:54
4. " Cheek to Cheek" ( Irving Berlin) – 3:10
5. "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Maschwitz, Sherwin) – 3:11
6. " Taking a Chance on Love" (Duke, Fetter, Latouche) – 3:02
7. " 'S Wonderful" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 2:30
8. " Someone to Watch Over Me" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 2:58
9. " If I Had You" (Campbell, Connelly, Shapiro) – 3:20
10. " Body and Soul" (Eyton, Green, Heyman, Sour) – 2:35
11. " I Want to Be Happy" (Caesar, Youmans) – 2:14
12. " She's Funny That Way" (Moret, Whiting) – 2:29
13. " Time After Time" (Cahn, Styne) – 2:44
14. " Just One of Those Things" ( Cole Porter) – 2:30
15. "Slow en Ré Majeur" (Wilder) – 4:01
16. " Taking a Chance on Love" (Duke, Fetter, Latouche) – 3:01

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