Michel Legrand - Legrand Jazz feat. Miles Davis / 2-LP 180 Gramm (45rpm)
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Impex Records IMP 6030-45 (Columbia CS 8079) / Michel Legrand And His Orchestra - Legrand Jazz feat. Miles Davis / 2-LP 180 Gramm (45rpm) / Klappcover / limited numbered Edition (3000 Exemplare) / Booklet / US-Import / 2019 (orig. Release 1958) / Zustand: Neu + Original Verschweißt (Still Sealed)
Features:
• Numbered, Limited Edition!
• 45rpm 180 Gram Vinyl
• Double LP
• Mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering
• Analog mix-down transfer of original 1958 work tapes by Mark Wilder at Battery Studios, New York, NY
• Pressed at Record Technology
• Gatefold jacket housed inside a resealable, protective plastic sleeve
• Exclusive large-format booklet with new art & an appreciation by Tom Schnabel (Rhythm Planet & KCRW)
A1 The Jitterbug Waltz
A2 Nuages
A3 Night In Tunisia
B1 Blue And Sentimental
B2 Stompin' At The Savoy
B3 Django
C1 Wild Man Blues
C2 Rosetta
D1 'Round Midnight
D2 Don't Get Around Much Anymore
D3 In A Mist
Info:
The greatest assembly of musical talent ever on one album! Features Performances by John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Ben Webster & 27 More Jazz Greats! Pressed at Record technology for silent surfaces and true fidelity to the analog source.
Exclusive large-format booklet with new art and an appreciation by Tom Schnabel (Rhythm Planet & KCRW).
Academy and Grammy ® Award-winning composer/arranger Michel Legrand (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Summer of ’42, The Thomas Crown Affair) was not a household name in America in 1958, but he was renowned among musicians and a life-long fanatic of American jazz and its players. Legrand Jazz is the result of Legrand traveling to America and using his Columbia Records contract to enlist label mates (and soon to be legends) Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, Ben Webster, Hank Jones, Herbie Mann, Phil Woods, Donald Byrd, Art Farmer, Sheldon Powell, Teo Macero, Milt Hinton, Jimmy Cleveland, and others to record his fantastical reimagining of 11 jazz standards.
Not merely content to lay down another Parisian hard-bop play-along, the 27 year old worked against type and expectations at every turn, creating a moody, idiosyncratic landscape for unusual call-and-response chase solos, washes of harp and vibes, and sultry horn canvases. Davis, Coltrane and the others manage to fall in with the diverse, mellow flow of Legrand’s arrangements while keeping their unique musical voices.
Impex’s pristine release was mastered by Chris Bellman on Bernie Grundman’s All-Tube cutting lathe from a 2-track, all-analog mix down of the original studio work prints, made especially for Impex Records by Mark Wilder at Battery Studios in New York. The results are revelatory. The large recording space is captured in every detail, while Davis’ full force dynamic variations come through with incredible veracity. The gentle ebb-and-flow of Legrand’s parts highlight microtonal fluctuations on every track. You are along for a magic carpet ride of large jazz ensemble recording when you drop the needle into these grooves.
Packaged in meticulously recreated outer jacket in a gatefold with an original photo montage inside honoring Michel Legrand’s masterpiece of reinvention and focused fan-boy enthusiasm. This release will be individually numbered up to 3,000!
Musicians:
Michel Legrand, conductor, arranger (All songs)
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