Jazz Articles about Michel Legrand

Michel Legrand: Hollywood Hitmaker And Jazz Genius

by Chris May
February 13, 2023

For many jazz fans, Michel Legrand is celebrated, if he is celebrated at all, for one album only: the masterpiece Legrand Jazz (Columbia, 1958). But Legrand's jazz legacy is more extensive than that, including other historic recordings, with large and small ensembles, under his own name and by Stan Getz and Phil Woods, whose Images (RCA, 1975) is regarded by some listeners as Woods' most perfect album. Legrand began his career in Paris in the early 1950s, ...

Michel Legrand: Legrand Jazz

by Patrick Burnette
August 7, 2018

Michel LeGrand is best known for his long and fruitful career in movie soundtracks, but as a young man in 1958 he was featured in an arranger's showcase with a collection of jazz masters, including Ben Webster, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and Miles Davis. Columbia Records in 1958 had an unparalleled roster to offer the young French phenom; the label also had the studio chops to make the result an audiophile treasure sixty years later (Impex Records reissued ...

Michel Legrand At Birdland

by AAJ Staff
April 13, 2008

Michel Legrand Birdland New York City February 26-March 2, 2008

Legendary French master composer and pianist Michel Legrand recently played Birdland in New York City with his trio. Well, it wasn't really his trio: on bass was the great Ron Carter (Miles Davis' second great quartet) and, a la batterie, the redoubtable Lewis Nash. Legrand, who has played duets with Oscar Peterson, said how honored he was to play with great American jazz ...

Michel Legrand: Michel Legrand: Le Jazz Grand

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 15, 2006

Michel Legrand Le Jazz Grand FiveFour 3 (2005 - distr. Goodfellas) Valutazione: 3 stelle Da poco ristampato in CD dalla etichetta inglese Five Four, Le Jazz Grand ben riflette la passione di Michel Legrand per il jazz e le sue tecniche di arrangiamento. Compositore di colonne sonore, pianista, cantante e produttore, Legrand ha sempre guardato con interesse al mondo delle musiche afroamericane, rendendogli omaggio nel '58 con Legrand Jazz. Sia pur inferiore a questa, l'incisione per big band del '78 ...