Audacious
Legrand meets Miles Davis - and the French New Wave. Donald Macleod is joined by Michel Legrand's collaborator, theatre director and composer Jeremy Sams.
Legrand meets Miles Davis - and the French New Wave.
Michel Legrand is best known for creating the soundtracks for over 200 films, including The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Thomas Crown Affair and The Go-Between. But he had an insatiable creative spirit that led him into the world of theatre, ballet, opera and more.
Today, Donald follows Legrand on a whirlwind tour of the US, under the tutelage of Maurice Chevalier. He meets a likeminded jazzer in Miles Davis - and when he returns to France, the new wave is waiting for him.
Donald Macleod is joined by Michel Legrand's collaborator, theatre director and composer Jeremy Sams.
Pot Purri
Maurice Chevalier and Michel Legrand
The Jitterbug Waltz
Fats Waller, composer
Michel Legrand, arranger
Miles Davis, trumpet
Nuages
Django Reinhart, composer
Michel Legrand, arranger
Miles Davis, trumpet
Blue and Sentimental
Count Basie, composer
Michel Legrand, arranger
Miles Davis, trumpet
Stompin' at the Savoy
Benny Goodman, composer
Michel Legrand, arranger
Miles Davis, trumpet
鈥楻ound Midnight
Thelonious Monk, composer
Michel Legrand, arranger
Miles Davis, trumpet
Don鈥檛 Get Around Much Anymore
Duke Ellington, composer
Michel Legrand, arranger
Miles Davis, trumpet
In A Mist
Bix Beiderbecke, composer
Michel Legrand, arranger
Miles Davis, trumpet
Dans le magasin de parapluies
Michel Legrand, composer
Danielle Licari & Christiane Legrand, vocal
Chez Dubourg, le joailier
Michel Legrand, composer
Danielle Licari, Christiane Legrand & George Blanes, vocal
Devant le garage
Michel Legrand, composer
Danielle Licari & Jose Bartel, vocal
Chanson de Lola
Michel Legrand, composer
Anouk Aimee, vocal
Agnes Varda, lyrics
Blues Chez le Bougnat
Michel Legrand, composer
Produced by Alice McKee for 大象传媒 Audio Wales & West
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- Tue 7 Jan 2025 16:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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