Michel Legrand and his Orchestra, featuring Miles Davis - Legrand Jazz (Hybrid SACD)
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Trumpet :
Miles Davis [click here to see more vinyl featuring Miles Davis]
Art Farmer [click here to see more vinyl featuring Art Farmer]
Donald Byrd [click here to see more vinyl featuring Donald Byrd]
Ernie Royal , Joe Wilder
Alto Saxophone – Gene Quill
Alto Saxophone - Phil Woods [click here to see more vinyl featuring Phil Woods]
Baritone Saxophone – Teo Macero
Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – Jerome Richardson
Bass – George Duvivier [click here to see more vinyl featuring George Duvivier]
Bass - Milt Hinton [Click here to see more vinyl featuring Milt Hinton]
Bass - Paul Chambers [click here to see more Vinyl/SACD featuring Paul Chambers]
Bass, Tuba – Major Holley
Drums – Don Lamond, Kenny Dennis, Osie Johnson
Flute – Herbie Mann [click here to see more Vinyl/SACD featuring Herbie Mann]
French Horn – James Buffington
Guitar – Barry Galbraith
Harp – Betty Glamann
Piano – Bill Evans [click here to see more Vinyl/SACD featuring Bill Evans]
Piano - Hank Jones [click here to see more Vinyl/SACD featuring Hank Jones]
Piano - Nat Pierce
Tenor Saxophone – Ben Webster [click here to see more Vinyl/SACD featuring Ben Webster]
Tenor Saxophone - John Coltrane [click here to see more Vinyl/SACD featuring John Coltrane]
Tenor Saxophone - Seldon Powell
Trombone – Billy Byers, Eddie Bert, Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland
Vibraphone – Don Elliot, Eddie Costa
Conductor, Arranged by Michel Legrand [click here to see more Vinyl/SACD by Michel Legrand]
Written by Fats Waller, Django Reinhardt, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, John Lewis, Jelly Roll Morton, Earl Hines, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Bix Beiderbecke
1 Hybrid SACD
Original analog Master tape : YES
Stereo
Studio
Label : Impex Records
Original Label : Columbia
Recorded in New York City on June 1958
Engineered by Mark Wilder at Battery Studios, New York
Produced by Abey Fonn, Robert Bantz
Remastered by Bob Donnelly and Chris Bellman using Bernie Grundman Mastering's all-tube cutting system, Hollywood, CA.
Originally released in 1958
Reissued in 2017
Tracks:
- The Jitterbug Waltz (Fats Waller)
- Nuages (Django Reinhardt)
- Night In Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie)
- Blue And Sentimental (Count Basie)
- Stompin' At The Savoy (Benny Goodman)
- Django (John Lewis)
- Wild Man Blues (Jelly Roll Morton)
- Rosetta (Earl Hines)
- 'Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk)
- Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Duke Ellington)
- In A Mist (Bix Beiderbecke)
Reviews :
"Michel Legrand has spent most of his life as a composer in the studios and for films, but this release is a jazz classic. Legrand took 11 famous jazz compositions and arranged them for three different groups. Tenor great Ben Webster, flutist Herbie Mann, four trombonists, and a rhythm section perform pieces by Duke Ellington, Earl Hines, Django Reinhardt ("Nuages"), and the Count Basie-associated "Blue and Sentimental." A big band with trumpeters Art Farmer and Donald Byrd and altoist Phil Woods plays "Stompin' at the Savoy," "A Night in Tunisia," and Bix Beiderbecke's "In a Mist." The most famous session has Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Phil Woods, Herbie Mann, pianist Bill Evans, harp, vibes, baritone, and a rhythm section performing music by Thelonious Monk, John Lewis, Jelly Roll Morton ("Wild Man Blues"), and Fats Waller's "Jitterbug Waltz." Throughout this superlative album, the arrangements are colorful and unusual, making one wish that Legrand had recorded more jazz albums through the years." AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow
"Most of these tracks are fairly familiar jazz standards with a very laid back and soothing emphasis, but you will be hard pressed not to immediately fall in love with the arrangements and the subtle but addictive way that Legrand brings out all the skills and powerful voices of these iconic musicians.
"There are so many highlights that its difficult to point to any track in particular. However, one of my favorites is "Blue and Sentimental." Ben Webster (tenor sax) stands stage left and Frank Rehak (trombone) stands stage right in a very expressive if not alluring duet of alternating solos. The instruments are so three dimensional and rich with proper timbre and weight that your eyes might just swell up as you imagine the rye whiskey and cigarette smoke whirling around you. Yep, it's a studio but the quality of this recording and your imagination will take you to another place.
""Django" is still another slice of French Kharma. Miles Davis and Bill Evans float through this track with as much cool and refinement as you will ever hear from them in their quintessential albums together or on their own. That classic muted trumpet sounds better than ever with no edge or tilted emphasis--just layers of wonderful harmonic bloom and foggy ease. Piano is weighty and detailed with plenty of rhythmic expression and subtle bursts of life. Circling and swirling throughout is Betty Glamann on harp that provides another interesting mix and counter to that provided by Davis and Evans. Just exquisite stuff.
"Legrand Jazz is an absolute keeper and deserves to be in every music lover's collection. This goes for both the jazz aficionados out there and even those with other interests but who love to dabble with something very special. Production is limited so I'd jump on the purchase before its too late." - Robert S. Youman, Positive Feedback, October 28, 2019
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4,5 / 5 , Discogs : 4,56 / 5 , Michael Fremer : Music 10/11, Sound 11/11