Michel Legrand
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Michel Legrand (24 February 1932 – 26 January 2019) was a French composer, arranger, conductor, and jazz pianist. Legrand was a prolific composer, he wrote over 200 film and television scores, in addition to many memorable songs. He is best known for his often haunting, jazz-tinged film music. His celebrated scores for 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).
He also composed pop music such as "Tout Feu Tout Femme" (1962).
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Selected discography
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Albums
- 1954 I Love Paris
- 1955 Holiday in Rome
- 1956 Castles in Spain
- 1957 Bonjour Paris
- 1957 C'est magnifique
- 1958 Legrand in Rio
- 1958 The Columbia Album of Cole Porter
- 1959 Paris Jazz Piano
- 1959 The New I Love Paris
- 1959 Legrand Jazz
- 1962 Strings On Fire (Philips Records)
- 1963 Michel Legrand Big Band Plays Richard Rodgers (Philips Records)
- 1964 Archi-Cordes
- 1964 Plays for Dancers (US release of Archi-Cordes)
- 1967 Violent Violins (UK release of Archi-Cordes)
- 1967 Cinema Legrand (MGM Records)
- 1968 At Shelly's Manne-Hole
- 1974 Twenty Songs of the Century
- 1980 Atlantic City
- 1983 After the Rain
- 1995 Michel Legrand Big Band
- 2013 Entre elle et lui (with Natalie Dessay)
With Stan Getz
- Communications '72 (Verve, 1972)
With Bud Shank
- Windmills of Your Mind (Pacific Jazz, 1969)
With Sarah Vaughan
- Sarah Vaughan with Michel Legrand (Atlantic, 1972)
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