Michel Legrand

Legrand Jazz Michel Legrand

Michel Legrand has won countless awards for his film music throughout his career. From the Oscar to the Golden Globe to the Grammy, he has received virtually every accolade the industry has to offer. Early in his career, in 1958, he produced an album for which he recruited over 30 of the best jazz musicians of the day. Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Ben Webster, Phil Woods and virtually every other New York session musician agreed to record Legrand's unconventional arrangements of standards such as Django, Don't Get Around Much Anymore and Night in Tunisia. In three different groups, they recorded an unusual album with Legrand Jazz at the Columbia studios.

Chris Bellman and Bob Donnelly remastered the original analogue stereo tapes at Bernie Grundman's studios. The hybrid SACD is also HDCD encoded and comes with a high-quality 24-page booklet with liner notes by Nat Shapiro.

Musicians involved

For The Jitterbug Waltz, Django, Wild Man Blues and 'Round Midnight, recorded 25 June 1958

Paul Chambers, bass

John Coltrane, tenor saxophone

Eddie Costa, vibraphone

Miles Davis, trumpet

Kenny Dennis, drums

Bill Evans, piano

Barry Galbraith, guitar

Betty Glamann, harp

Herbie Mann, flute

Jerome Richardson, baritone saxophone

Phil Woods, alto saxophone

For Nuages, Blue And Sentimental, Rosetta and Don't Get Around Much Anymore, recorded on 27 June 1958.

Eddie Bert, trombone

Billy Byers, trombone

Jimmy Cleveland, trombone

George Duvivier, bass

Major Holly, bass/tuba

Hank Jones, piano

Don Lamond, drums

Herbie Mann, flute

Frank Rehak, trombone

Ben Webster, tenor saxophone

For Night In Tunisia, Stompin' At The Savoy and In A Mist, recorded 30 June 1958 James Buffington, french horn Donald Byrd, trumpet Jimmy Cleveland, trombone Don Elliot, vibraphone Art Farmer, trumpet Milt Hinton, bass Osie Johnson, drums Teo Macero, baritone saxophone Nat Pierce, piano Seldon Powell, tenor saxophone Gene Quill, alto saxophone Frank Rehak, trombone Ernie Royal, trumpet Joe Wilder, trumpet Phil Woods, alto saxophone

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