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Contents: A landmark contemporary jazz album that further evolves the masterpiece "Legrand Jazz" by the brilliant Michel Legrand, who is active in a wide range of fields as a composer, arranger, pianist, and vocalist! A magnificent and thrilling big band jazz spectacle unfolds as Michel Legrand, a musician that France is proud of, leads elite American jazz musicians. If I hadn't heard "Southern Routes" playing on a radio station that had just been legalized in the UK in the early 90s, that song that remains in the Japanese club scene would never have been born. The origin where the world connected point by point is here. ...Toshio Matsuura (DJ/Producer) "It's been about 20 years since the famous "Legrand Jazz" in which Miles Davis and John Coltrane participated. "With an even greater musical scale and confidence, Legrand has created another masterpiece: 'Jazz Legrand'." ? From Swing Journal, October 2004 issue. "Jazz Legrand" is the best of Legrand's many albums, and among albums labeled as "jazz" and albums released as "jazz orchestra" albums... From the liner notes. Media reviews and more. A contemporary jazz masterpiece that further evolves the classic "Legrand Jazz" by the brilliant Michel Legrand, who is active in a wide range of fields as a composer, arranger, pianist, and vocalist! (C)RS
About the Artists: Michel Legrand (p, cond), Gerry Mulligan (bs), Phil Woods (as), Jon Faddis (tp), Ron Carter (b), Grady Tate (ds), Portinho (perc) ...and others. Recording: March 1978 / NY
