Michel Legrand - Essential Works 1954 - 1959
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Informations
- Artiste : Michel Legrand
- Format : 2 x 12" (140g)
- Genres : Jazz
- Date de livraison estimée : Livraison en 2 à 7 jours
Description
Michel-Jean Legrand, est un surdoué de sa génération, issu d’une famille de musiciens, il étudie au conservatoire de musique de Paris où il fait preuve d’un talent précoce. Sa première entrée remarquée dans le monde du jazz date de 1954, avec un album de reprises de chansons populaires françaises, dont il écrit les arrangements jazzy. Le succès de ce premier album lui donne le droit d’enregistrer un album de son choix, chez Colombia (Philips Europe a passé un accord avec Colombia USA). Ce nouvel album Legrand Jazz, est une suite d’arrangements legrandissime, sur des standards du jazz américain. On y trouve déjà, derrière des mélodies mille fois revisitées, le style Legrand : les arrangements, les phrases, les thèmes, les leitmotiv qui reviendront dans Les parapluies de Cherbourg, Les demoiselles de Rochefort, Le cave se rebiffe et alia. Les quatre faces de cet album contiennent tous les ingrédients du style Michel Legrand, « que le monde entier nous envie ».
The history of music shows us that different kinds and forms follow each other. And that the latest trend overshadows the one that came before it. Today it's difficult to say exactly which trend dominates, as there are so many music currents that overlap and intersect. Mainstream exists no longer. Yet one thing is certain: each music form is built on the music that precedes it. There would be no jazz without classical music, no rock without blues, no rock without jazz, no rap without soul music, no sampling without the riffs of either soul or rock… and therefore, inside each genre you find different chapters in the history of music. And that is why it is so important to understand their origins: they shed the light that is necessary for an understanding of the music born every day.
The richness of jazz lies at the origin of so much music today that it is essential to discover this creative wealth. The Essential Works of Masters of Jazz bring to light those 20th century creations that still exert an influence on the majority of musicians today — whether they are aware of it or not.
The Essential Works of Masters of Jazz gather the fundamental creations of the music of today.