Michel Legrand & Miles Davis

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This CD contains French composer and pianist Michel Legrand's album Legrand Jazz in its entirety, featuring his first recorded collaboration with Miles Davis. As a bonus, the trumpeter's complete original suite for the soundtrack to the French film Ascenseur pour l'echafaud has been added.

PERSONNEL ON [1-11]: LEGRAND JAZZ

• Michel Legrand (arr, cond) featuring:
• Miles Davis, Art Farmer, Donald Byrd (trumpet)
• Jimmy Cleveland (trombone)
• Herbie Mann (flute)
• Jerome Richardson (clarinet, baritone sax)
• Phil Woods (alto sax)
• John Coltrane, Ben Webster (tenor sax)
• Eddie Costa (vibes)
• Bill Evans, Hank Jones (piano)
• Barry Galbraith (guitar)
• Paul Chambers (bass)
• Osie Johnson (drums).
• New York, June 25, 1958.

PERSONNEL ON [12-21]: ASCENSEUR POUR L'ECHAFAUD

• Miles Davis (trumpet)
• Barney Wilen (tenor sax)
• René Urtreger (piano)
• Pierre Michelot (bass)
• Kenny Clarke (drums).
• Paris, December 4 & 5, 1957.

TRACKS:

• 01 WILD MAN BLUES
• 02 ‘ROUND MIDNIGHT
• 03 THE JITTERBUG WALTZ
• 04 DJANGO
• 05 NUAGES
• 06 ROSETTA
• 07 DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE
• 08 BLUE AND SENTIMENTAL
• 09 STOMPIN’ AT THE SAVOY
• 10 NIGHT IN TUNISIA
• 11 IN A MIST
• 12 GÉNÉRIQUE
• 13 L’ASSASSINAT DE CARALA
• 14 SUR L’AUTOROUTE
• 15 JULIEN DANS L’ASCENSEUR
• 16 FLORENCE SUR LES CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES
• 17 DÎNER AU MOTEL
• 18 EVASION DE JULIEN
• 19 VISITE DU VIGILE
• 20 AU BAR DU PETIT BAC
• 21 CHEZ LE PHOTOGRAPHE DU MOTEL

• TOTAL TIME: 71:12 min.