Name: Legrand Jazz
Brand: Michel Legrand, Miles Davis

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950725

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Limited edition

Release date

2022-10-14

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8436559469050

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350217

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2022-01-21

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Artist

Michel Legrand

Miles Davis

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Jazz

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20th Century Masterworks

Michel Legrand (1932-2019) was a highly acclaimed French composer, arranger, conductor, and jazz pianist. He gained recognition for his prolific work in film and television scores, composing memorable songs that left a lasting impact. Notably, he received Academy Award nominations for his scores in "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" (1964) and "The Young Girls of Rochefort" (1967), winning three Oscars throughout his career. One of his most beloved compositions was the song "The Windmills of Your Mind" from the film "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1968). Michel Legrand's musical talent extended through generations as he was the son of Marcelle Der Mikaëlian, brother to Christiane Legrand, and uncle to Victoria Legrand.

Trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and one of the most important figures in jazz music history. Miles Davis adopted a variety of musical directions in his five-decade career that kept him at the forefront of many major stylistic developments in jazz. Born on May 26, 1926 in Alton, Illinois, USA and passed away on September 28, 1991 in Santa Monica, California at the age of 65. He is best known for his seminal modern jazz album "Kind of Blue" (1959), which remains the highest selling jazz album of all time with six million copies sold.Miles Davis studied at an academic school for musicians in NYC where he met Charlie Parker and they started playing together from 1945. In 1948, Miles Davis formed his own ensembles and collaborated with Gil Evans to create The Miles Davis Nonet. Their recordings from 1949 to 1950 resulted in the album "Birth of the Cool" (1957) and laid the foundation for their future collaborations.A pioneer of 'Hard Bop' in the mid-1950s, Miles Davis constantly pushed boundaries throughout his career. In the late 1960s, he ventured into experimenting with electronic instruments and incorporating rock and funk rhythms into his music. Despite health problems leading to a hiatus from playing in the mid-1970s, he made a comeback with an 'electronical' sound in 1980.

Contains new specially prepared liner notes by Penguin Guide to Jazz's writer Brian Morton and Paris' prestigious Jazz Magazine. "This isn't modern jazz, or swing, or bop, or New Thing; this is Legrand jazz, its personality as clearly stamped as if he were the main solo voice. Indeed, one realises from listening to these tracks again that for the Frenchman, the orchestra was his instrument." - Penguin Guide To Jazz

"A flamboyant 33-rpm full of invention. The most beautiful standards, from John Lewis' 'Django' and Django Reinhardt's 'Nuages,' to Bix Beiderbecke's 'In a Mist' and Fats Waller's 'The Jitterbug Waltz," were all delightfully reinvented by these incredible musicians." - Jazz Magazine

Tracks: Wild Man Blues / 'round Midnight / The Jitterbug Waltz / Django / Nuages / 'round Midnight (Bonus Track) / Rosetta / Don't Get Around Much Anymore / Blue And Sentimental / Stompin' At The Savoy / A Night In Tunisia / In A Mist

Legrand Jazz

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