Release Date: 30 September 2016
Label: Jazz Images
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8437016248355
Genres: Jazz
Release Date: 01 January 2017
Label: Jazz Images
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8437016248256
Genres: Jazz
Description
Even though Michel Legrand is best known as a film composer, his LP "Legrand Jazz" is a true jazz classic. To record it, Legrand took eleven iconic jazz tunes and arranged them for three different groups of outstanding jazzmen. The big names on this album include Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Ben Webster, Herbie Mann, Art Farmer, Donald Byrd, Bill Evans, and Hank Jones, among others. Throughout this phenomenal LP, the arrangements are colorful and unusual, making one wish that Legrand had recorded more jazz albums through the years.
The album received a five-star rating in Down Beat, with Dom Cerulli stating that, “The roster is impressive, covering most of the modern greats and near-greats. The Miles sides are superb. The writing is imaginative, tinged with the languid air of Gil Evans at his most soulful, and yet with something more.”
Tracklisting
Miles Davis
Chet Baker
Jackie Mclean
Sonny Rollins
John Coltrane & Johnny Griffin
Art Blakey
Paul Chambers Quintet
John Coltrane
Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk And More
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
