Michel Legrand has spent most of his life as a composer in the studios and for films, but this release is a jazz classic. Legrand took 11 famous jazz compositions and arranged them for three different groups. Tenor great Ben Webster, flutist Herbie Mann, four trombonists, and a rhythm section perform pieces by Duke Ellington, Earl Hines, Django Reinhardt ("Nuages"), and the Count Basie-associated "Blue and Sentimental." A big band with trumpeters Art Farmer and {$D...   [ read more ]

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Composer/pianist Michel Legrand worked with such musical luminaries as Miles Davis, Sarah Vaughan, and Dusty Springfield, is responsible for some of the most memorable film themes of the 20th century, and is easily mentioned alongside his contemporaries Henry Mancini, Andre Previn, Gil Evans, and Burt Bacharach. Amazingly though, he has never before recorded a solo piano album of his own songs. At 69 years old, Legrand finally delivers Michel Legrand By Michel Legrand, in whic...   [ read more ]

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Michel Legrand's soundtrack for the Steve McQueen/Faye Dunaway film {#The Thomas Crown Affair} is a lushly orchestrated, jazzy affair that ranks as one of his better early works. In addition to Legrand's instrumental score, the album features the Oscar-winning "The Windmills of Your Mind," as sung by Noel Harrison. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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