Legrand Jazz

Michel Legrand - Legrand Jazz

06/25/1958 | Polygram Records 

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All Music Guide Review

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 groups. Tenor great Ben Webster, flutist Herbie Mann, four trombonists, and a rhythm section perform pieces by Duke Ellington, Earl Hines, Django Reinhardt ("Nuages"), and the Count Basie-associated "Blue and Sentimental." A big band with trumpeters Art Farmer and Donald Byrd and altoist Phil Woods plays "Stompin' at the Savoy," "A Night in Tunisia," and Bix Beiderbecke's "In a Mist." The most famous session has Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Phil Woods, Herbie Mann, pianist Bill Evans, harp, vibes, baritone, and a rhythm section performing music by Thelonious Monk, John Lewis, Jelly Roll Morton ("Wild Man Blues"), and Fats Waller's "Jitterbug Waltz." Throughout this superlative album, the arrangements are colorful and unusual, making one wish that Legrand had recorded more jazz albums through the years. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Legrand Jazz Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • The Jitterbug Waltz
  • 5:16
  • Sound Clip for The Jitterbug Waltz from Legrand Jazz


  • 2
  • Nuages
  • 2:22
  • Sound Clip for Nuages from Legrand Jazz


  • 3
  • A Night in Tunisia
  • 5:51
  • Sound Clip for A Night in Tunisia from Legrand Jazz


  • 4
  • Blue and Sentimental
  • 3:21
  • Sound Clip for Blue and Sentimental from Legrand Jazz


  • 5
  • Stompin' at the Savoy
  • 3:46
  • Sound Clip for Stompin' at the Savoy from Legrand Jazz


  • 6
  • Django
  • 4:12
  • Sound Clip for Django from Legrand Jazz


  • 7
  • Wild Man Blues
  • 3:21
  • Sound Clip for Wild Man Blues from Legrand Jazz


  • 8
  • Rosetta
  • 7:15
  • Sound Clip for Rosetta from Legrand Jazz


  • 9
  • 'Round Midnight
  • 2:57
  • Sound Clip for 'Round Midnight from Legrand Jazz


  • 10
  • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
  • 2:32
  • Sound Clip for Don't Get Around Much Anymore from Legrand Jazz


  • 11
  • In a Mist
  • 3:17
  • Sound Clip for In a Mist from Legrand Jazz


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