| Release Date | 07/05/2021 |
| Format | 2LP |
| Label | Diggers Factory |
| Catalogue Number | MOJ117 |
Michel Legrand was one-of the most gifted musicians of his generation. Born in a musical family, he studied at the Conservatoire in Paris where his precocious talents revealed themselves. Everyone noticed his entry into the jazz world in 1954 with an album of French popular songs for which he wrote jazzy arrangements. That first album’s success gave Legrand the right to make an album of his own with Columbia (Philips making a deal with Columbia US). This new album, entitled 'Legrand Jazz', was a sequel featuring legrandissime arrangements of American jazz standards. You could already, and even with tunes heard a thousand times, hear that distinctive Legrand style and the phrases, themes and leitmotifs that later appeared in 'Umbrellas of Cherbourg' or 'The Young Girls of Rochefort'. These album’s four sides feature all the ingredients composing Michel Legrand style that still “fills the world with envy.”
TRACKLISTING:
DISC 1
SIDE 1
1.The Jitterbug Waltz
2.Stompin' at the Savoy
3.Round Midnight
4.Django
5.Night in Tunisia
SIDE 2
1.In A Mist
2.Blues and Sentimental
3.Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
4.Wild Man Blues
5.Nuages
6.Rosetta
DISC 2
SIDE 1
1.Autumn Leaves
2.A Paris
3.What is This Thing Called Love
4.Love for Sale
5.Night and Day
6.I've Got You Under My Skin
7.Siboney
SIDE 2
1.Sous les Ponts de Paris
2.Paris in the Spring
3.April in Paris
4.Sous le Ciel de Paris
5.Paris Canaille
6.Moulin Rouge
7.La vie en Rose