Michel Legrand – Bravissimo (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Michel Legrand – Bravissimo (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 37:59 minutes | 1,43 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music Division Decca Records France

One of the most acclaimed film composers of his generation, Michel Legrand was also a sophisticated jazz pianist and songwriter whose lyrical sound evoked the romance, style, and cool élan of Paris. A classical piano prodigy, Legrand emerged in the 1950s with a series of successful mood albums that led to his landmark 1958 recording Legrand Jazz with Miles Davis, Ben Webster, Bill Evans, and others. He quickly moved into film composing, his swinging arrangements helping to define the sound of the French New Wave on films like Jean-Luc Godard’s My Life to Live and Agnes Varda’s Cleo from 5 to 7. He also enjoyed a long creative partnership with director Jacques Demy that started with his innovative musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Embraced by Hollywood, Legrand collaborated regularly with songwriters Marilyn & Alan Bergman, winning Academy Awards for their work on such iconic films as 1968’s The Thomas Crown Affair and 1983’s Yentl. Along with his storied soundtracks, Legrand continued to record his own albums, like his 1968 trio album At Shelly’s Manne-Hole, as well as larger productions with artists like Sarah Vaughan, Stan Getz, Stephane Grappelli, and Natalie Dessay, among others. In 2017, he returned to his classical roots with Michel Legrand: Concerto pour piano; Concerto pour violoncelle, and in 2018 he scored director Peter Bogdanovich’s completed version of Orson Welles’ film The Other Side of the Wind. It was his last major work; he died in early 2019 after being hospitalized with a pulmonary infection.

Tracklist:

1-1. Michel Legrand – Jalousie (03:01)
1-2. Michel Legrand – What Is This Thing Called Love (03:01)
1-3. Michel Legrand – Torna A Surriento (02:57)
1-4. Michel Legrand – Everything I Have Is Yours (03:03)
1-5. Michel Legrand – Tabu (02:48)
1-6. Michel Legrand – Jezebel (04:25)
1-7. Michel Legrand – Perfidia (03:24)
1-8. Michel Legrand – Kiss Of Fire (02:43)
1-9. Michel Legrand – Close Your Eyes (03:07)
1-10. Michel Legrand – Temptation (03:53)
1-11. Michel Legrand – The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (02:31)
1-12. Michel Legrand – All Or Nothing At All (03:00)

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