Michel Legrand
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Biography
Few musicians in any genre have been more prolific than Michel Legrand, a highly rated jazz pianist who has been responsible for over 200 film scores, including 'The Thomas Crown Affair' which featured the hit song 'Windmills of Your Mind'. The son of composer Raymond Legrand he studied music at the Paris Conservatoire from the age of eleven, eventually graduating seven years later with honours, both as a composer and pianist.
Michel was just 22 in 1954 when he released his first album 'I Love Paris', which went on to become one of the best-selling instrumental albums of all time. He was, however, soon diversifying into jazz and on a trip to the US in 1958 he collaborated with various jazz greats, including Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Bill Evans on 'Legrand Jazz', involving orchestrations of various jazz standards. He continued to balance careers in jazz and classical music, becoming conductor for orchestras in St Petersburg, Vancouver, Montreal, Pittsburg and Denver, while going on to work with a variety of diverse musicians, including Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Lena Horne, Frank Sinatra, Diana Ross, Jack Jones, Johnny Mathis, Shirley Bassey, Sarah Vaughan and Barbra Streisand. Legrand's biggest successes, however, came with his innovative musical scores, notably with 'The Umbrellas of Cherbourg' (1964), 'The Young Girls of Rochefort' (1966) and 'Summer Of '42' (1971). After a long and successful career, Michel Legrand passed away in Paris on 26th January 2019 at the age of 86.
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Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- The Jitterbug Waltz
- Summertime
- Bali Hai
- Malaguena
- Le bal du chat et des oiseaux
- Maxence's Song (instrumental version) (From the film The Young Girls of Rochefort) by Phil Woods
- Recette Pour Un Cake D'amour
- Le massage des doigts
- Anthem To A New Land featuring Michel Legrand
- Manitoba Minuet featuring Michel Legrand
- 14 juillet 70
- Nicolas Emprisonné
- Les Cadavres Dans L' Estuaire
- Sur Le Bateau De Nantes
- Toi qui passe
- End Title: Where Is It Written? / Papa, Can You Hear Me? / This Is One Of Those Moments / No Wonder / The Way He Makes Me Feel / Will Someone Ever Look At Me That Way / No Matter What Happens / No Wonder (Reprise) / A Piece Of Sky by Michel Legrand
- Un parfum de fin du monde
- Irma la douce by Stéphane Grappelli
- The Go-Between Main Title
- Et La Mer
- Autumn Leaves
- Martina (Les Enfants Qui Pleurent)
- L'amour en scie
- O-No-Ma-To-Pe
