Legrand,Michel - Essential Works: 1954 - 1959 (2LP) (Sealed) (LP)

TRACKLISTING: A1. The Jitterbug Waltz A2. Stompin' At The Savoy A3. Round Midnight A4. Django A5. Night In Tunisia B1. In A Mist B2. Blues And Sentimental B3. Don’t Get Around Much Anymore B4. Wild Man Blues B5. Nuages B6. Rosetta C1. Autumn Leaves C2. A Paris C3. What Is This Thing Called Love C4. Love For Sale C5. Night And Day C6. I've Got You Under My Skin C7. Siboney D1. Sous Les Ponts De Paris D2. Paris In The Spring D3. April In Paris D4. Sous Le Ciel De Paris D5. Paris Canaille D6. Moulin Rouge D7. La Vie En Rose OVERVIEW: Michel Legrand was one-of the most gifted musicians of his generation. Born in a musical family, he studied at the Conservatoire in Paris where his precocious talents revealed themselves. Everyone noticed his entry into the jazz world in 1954 with an album of French popular songs for which he wrote jazzy arrangements. That first album’s success gave Legrand the right to make an album of his own with Columbia (Philips making a deal with Columbia US). This new album, entitled 'Legrand Jazz', was a sequel featuring legrandissime arrangements of American jazz standards. You could already, and even with tunes heard a thousand times, hear that distinctive Legrand style and the phrases, themes and leitmotifs that later appeared in 'Umbrellas of Cherbourg' or 'The Young Girls of Rochefort'. These album’s four sides feature all the ingredients composing Michel Legrand style that still “fills the world with envy.”