Release Date: 14 October 2022
Label: American Jazz Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8436559469418
Description
This CD contains French composer and pianist Michel Legrand's album 'Legrand Jazz' in its entirety, featuring his first recorded collaboration with Miles Davis. As a bonus, the complete Miles Davis/Barney Wilen suite for the French movie soundtrack, 'Ascenseur pour l'echafaud', is added.
DownBeat, 1958 on 'Legrand Jazz':
"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." - Dom Cerulli
Down Beat, 1958 on 'Ascenseur pour l'echafaud':
"An absolutely fascinating release. Some of the very best, if not the best, Miles's solos are contained on this LP." - Ralph J. Gleason
Tracklisting
Thelonious Monk
Ella Fitzgerald
Lester Young & Oscar Peterson
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
George Russell
Teddy Wilson Trio
Duke Ellington
Michel Legrand
