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Michel Legrand
Michel Legrand
Born: Feb 24, 1932 in Paris, France
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Styles: Hard Bop, Crossover Jazz, Film Music, Original Score
Biography: Michel Legrand has made his fame and fortune from writing for films, but he has done significant work in jazz on an occasional basis. In 1957, he arranged a set of Dixieland and swing standards for a French orchestra (recorded on Philips), in 1958 he used three different all-star groups for the classic ...Read full biography
Legrand Jazz
Legrand Jazz
Released: 1958
Label: Verve Records
Critics' Rating:
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 ...Read full review
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg [Polygram International]
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg [Polygram International]
Released: 1964
Label: Polygram International
Critics' Rating:
Michel Legrand's abundantly lyrical soundtrack to Jacques Demy's 1964 movie musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg faithfully evokes the film's predominant theme of young love foiled by adult reality. The ...Read full review
More Michel Legrand albums: Main Albums (70), Compilations (19)
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