MICHEL LEGRAND: ""The Concert Legrand" Import: Japan (2002)

Description: Michel Legrand: Michel Jean Legrand (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl ləɡʁɑ̃]; 24 February 1932 – 26 January 2019) was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, jazz pianist, and singer. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written over 200 film and television scores, in addition to many songs. His scores for two of the films of French New Wave director Jacques Demy, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), earned Legrand his first Academy Award nominations. Legrand won his first Oscar for the song "The Windmills of Your Mind" from The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), and additional Oscars for Summer of '42 (1971) and Barbra Streisand's Yentl (1983). Legrand was born in Paris to his father, Raymond Legrand, who was himself a conductor and composer, and his mother, Marcelle Der-Mikaëlian, who was the sister of conductor Jacques Hélian. Raymond and Marcelle were married in 1929. His maternal grandfather was Armenian. Legrand composed more than two hundred film and television scores. He won three Oscars and five Grammys. He studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris from age 11, working with, among others, Nadia Boulanger and graduated with top honors as both a composer and a pianist. He burst upon the international music scene at 22 when his album I Love Paris (album) became a surprise hit. He established his name in the United States by working with such jazz stars as Miles Davis and Stan Getz. His sister Christiane Legrand was a member of The Swingle Singers and his niece Victoria Legrand is a member of the dream pop band Beach House. Legrand composed music for Jacques Demy's films The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), from which the relyricized "You Must Believe in Spring" is considered a jazz standard. Legrand appeared and performed in Agnès Varda's Cléo from 5 to 7 (1961). He also composed music for Joseph Losey's Eva (1962), The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) (which features "The Windmills of Your Mind"), Ice Station Zebra (1968), The Picasso Summer (1969), The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (1970), The Go-Between (1971), Summer of '42 (1971), Clint Eastwood's Breezy (1973), The Three Musketeers (1973), Orson Welles's last-completed film F for Fake (1974), TriStar Pictures 1998 family film Madeline, and would later compose the score for Welles's posthumously released movie The Other Side of the Wind (2018). He also composed the score for Yentl (1983), as well as the film score for Louis Malle's film Atlantic City (1980). His instrumental version of the theme from Brian's Song charted 56th in 1972 on the Billboard's pop chart. Legrand died of sepsis, during the night of 25–26 January 2019, at the American Hospital of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine, where he had been hospitalized for two weeks for a pulmonary infection. His funeral was held in Paris at the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral on 1 February 2019. He was interred at the Père Lachaise Cemetery. He remained active until his death and had concerts scheduled to take place in the spring. In 1997, Legrand composed the score for the musical Le Passe-muraille, with a book by Didier Van Cauwelaert. It premiered on Broadway in 2002 as Amour and was translated into English by Jeremy Sams and was directed by James Lapine. This musical was his Broadway debut, and he was nominated for a Tony Award in 2003 for Best Score. Later he recorded Legrand Affair with Melissa Errico, a 100-piece symphony orchestra that included songs with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman. The world premiere of the new musical Marguerite from Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, the creators of Les Misérables and Miss Saigon, included music by Michel Legrand and lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer. Marguerite is set during World War II in occupied Paris and was inspired by the romantic novel La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils. It premiered in May 2008 at the Haymarket Theatre, London and was directed by Jonathan Kent. Michel Legrand – The Concert LegrandLabel:RCA – BVCM-37302Series:Michel Legrand RCA Year's CollectionFormat:CD, Album, Reissue, RemasteredCountry:JapanReleased:Apr 3, 2002Genre:JazzStyle:Track list:1Once Upon A Summertime3:572The Saddest Thing Of All2:383You Must Believe In Spring4:384Wonder Where I'll Be Tomorrow (Theme From "Sheila Levine")3:105Christine3:416Sweet Gingerbread Man2:387Happy (Love Theme From "Lady Sings The Blues")2:288Snowbird Serenade2:009Fickle FingersAlto Saxophone – Phil WoodsAlto Saxophone – Phil Woods6:0810Petite Musique D'Amour (Do You Hear Music In Your Sleep?)2:1611Pieces Of Dreams3:59Companies, etc.Manufactured By – BMG Funhouse, Inc.Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RCA RecordsCreditsAlto Saxophone – Phil WoodsArranged By, Conductor, Piano, Electric Piano, Whistle – Michel LegrandArt Direction – Acy LehmanBass – Ron MathewsonBass Saxophone, Conductor [Associate Conductor] – Armand MigianiConcertmaster – Jack RothsteinDrums – Kenny ClareEngineer – Keith GrantExecutive-Producer – Nat ShapiroLead Guitar – Jud Proctor*Liner Notes – Nat Shapiro, 濱田貴志*, 小西康陽*Photography By [Back Cover] – Budd ChildrusPhotography By [Front Cover] – Nick SangiamoProducer – Michel Legrand, Norman SchwartzProducer [Assistant] – Arlene ChapmanTrombone [Lead] – Don LusherTrumpet [Lead] – Derek WatkinsWoodwind – Roy WilloxNotesRecorded at Olympic Studios, London, February 1975.Barcode and Other IdentifiersBarcode: 4 988017 608401Rights Society: JASRAC

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