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Michel Legrand

Michel Legrand (left)
Born Michel Jean Legrand
February 24, 1932 (1932-02-24) (age 76)
Paris, France
Occupation Film score composer
Jazz pianist
Years active 1955 - present
Official website

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Legrand has composed more than two hundred film and television scores, several musicals, and made well over a hundred albums. He has won three Oscars (out of 13 nominations), five Grammys, and has been nominated for an Emmy. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences He was twenty-two when his first album, I Love Paris, became one of the best-selling instrumental albums ever released. He is a virtuoso jazz and classical pianist and an accomplished arranger and conductor who performs with orchestras all over the world. He studied music at the Paris Conservatoire from 1943-50 (ages 11-20), working with, among others, Nadia Boulanger, the teacher also of many other composers, including Aaron Copland and Philip Glass. Nadia Boulanger (September 16 1887 &ndash October 22 1979 was an influential French Composer, conductor, and Music professor Aaron Copland (November 14 1900 &ndash December 2 1990 was an American Composer of concert and film music as well as an accomplished Pianist. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Philip Glass (born January 31 Legrand graduated with top honors as both a composer and a pianist.

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Jazz recordings

In the early 1950s, Legrand was one of the first Europeans to work with jazz innovators such as Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz. John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( October 21 1917 &ndash January 6 1993) was an American Jazz Trumpeter Stanley Gayetzky ( February 2, 1927 in Philadelphia – June 6, 1991 in Malibu, California) usually known by His jazz-oriented projects, though infrequent, have been almost uniformly outstanding. While on a visit to the U. S. in 1958, Legrand collaborated with such musicians as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Phil Woods, Ben Webster, Hank Jones, and Art Farmer in an album of inventive orchestrations of jazz standards titled Legrand Jazz. Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26 1926 &ndash September 28 1991 was an American Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader, and Composer. William John Evans (better known as Bill Evans) ( August 16, 1929 &ndash September 15, 1980) was one of the most famous and influential Philip Wells Woods (born November 2 1931 in Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American Jazz Bebop alto Benjamin Francis Webster ( March 27 1909 &ndash September 20 1973) aka " The Brute " or " Frog," was an Henry "Hank" Jones (born July 31, 1918) is an American Jazz Pianist, Bandleader, and Composer Arthur Stewart (Art Farmer ( August 21, 1928 in Council Bluffs, Iowa &ndash October 4, 1999) was an American Jazz The following year, back in Paris with bassist Guy Pedersen and percussionist Gus Wallez, he recorded an album of Paris-themed songs arranged for jazz piano trio, titled Paris Jazz Piano. Nearly a decade later he recorded At Shelly's Manne-Hole (1968), a live trio session with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Shelly Manne, in which four of the compositions were improvised on the spot. Ray or Raymond Brown may refer to Ray Brown (musician (1926–2002 American jazz double bassist Ray Brown Jr Shelly Manne (June 11 1920&ndashSeptember 26 1984 born Sheldon Manne in New York City, was an American jazz drummer. Legrand also provided an odd scat vocal on "My Funny Valentine. " After another decade had elapsed, Legrand returned to jazz and collaboration with Phil Woods on Jazz Le Grand (1979) and After the Rain (1982); then he collaborated with violinist Stephane Grappelli on an album in 1992. Stéphane Grappelli ( January 26 1908 &ndash December 1 1997) was a French Jazz Violinist who founded the Not as well received as his earlier work was a 1994 album for LaserLight titled Michel Plays Legrand. More recently, in 2002, he recorded a masterful solo jazz piano album reworking fourteen of his classic songs, Michel Legrand by Michel Legrand. His jazz piano style is virtuosic and eclectic, drawing upon such influences as Art Tatum, Erroll Garner, Oscar Peterson, and Bill Evans. Arthur Tatum Jr ( October 13, 1909 – November 5, 1956) was an American Jazz Pianist and Virtuoso. Erroll Louis Garner ( June 15 1921 &ndash January 2 1977) was an American Jazz Pianist and Composer Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, CC, CQ, OOnt ( 15 August 1925 – 23 December 2007) was a Canadian William John Evans (better known as Bill Evans) ( August 16, 1929 &ndash September 15, 1980) was one of the most famous and influential

A number of his songs have become jazz standards, covered frequently by other artists, including "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?," "Watch What Happens," "The Summer Knows," and "You Must Believe in Spring. "

Eclecticism

During various periods of creative work, Legrand became a conductor for orchestras in St. Petersburg, Vancouver, Montreal, Atlanta, and Denver. Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec The City and County of Denver (pronounced /ˈdɛnvɚ/ is the Capital and the most populous city of Colorado, in the United States He recorded more than one hundred albums with international musical stars (spanning the genres of jazz, variety, and classical) and worked with such diverse musicians as Phil Woods, Ray Charles, Perry Como, Neil Diamond, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Lena Horne, James Ingram, Jack Jones, Kiri te Kanawa, Tereza Kesovija, Johnny Mathis, Jessye Norman, Diana Ross, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Sarah Vaughan, Shirley Bassey and Regine Velasquez, Philippines' No. Philip Wells Woods (born November 2 1931 in Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American Jazz Bebop alto Ray Charles Robinson ( September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) known by his Stage name Ray Charles, was an American Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como ( May 18 1912 &ndash May 12 2001) was an Italian-American singer and television personality Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American Singer-songwriter and occasional Actor. Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25 1917 &ndash June 15 1996 also known as " Lady Ella " and the "First Lady of Song" is considered one of the most influential Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25 1942 Franklin has had a total of twenty number-one singles on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart, two of which became #1 hits on the Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (born June 30, 1917) is an iconic American singer and Actress. James Ingram (born February 16, 1956) is an American soul musician Jack Jones (born January 14, 1938) is an American Jazz and pop singer Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa, ONZ, DBE, AC (ˈkiri ˈtɛ ˈkɑːnəwə born Tereza Ana Kesovija (born October 3, 1938) is an internationally acclaimed Croatian singer and previously an important artist of the Former Yugoslavia John Royce "Johnny" Mathis (born September 30, 1935) is an American Singer of Popular music. Jessye Norman (born September 15, 1945) is a four time Grammy award winning African American opera singer Diana Ross (born March 261944 is an American twelve-time Grammy and Oscar -nominated singer Record producer and actress whose musical repertoire Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12 1915 &ndash May 14 1998 was an American singer and actor Barbra Streisand (ˈstraɪsænd "STRY-sand" born April 24 1942 is an American Singer, Film and Theatre Actress Sarah Lois Vaughan (nicknamed " Sassy " and " The Divine One ") ( March 27 1924, &ndash April Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey DBE (born 8 January 1937 Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh Singer. Regina Encarnacion Ansong Velasquez (born April 22 1970 is a Filipino Singer, Actress, Record producer, and TV host 1 artist.

Legrand has also recorded classical piano pieces by composers such as Erik Satie and George Gershwin. Alfred Éric Leslie Satie ( Honfleur, 17 May 1866 – Paris, 1 July 1925) was a French Composer and George Gershwin (September 26 1898 &ndash July 11 1937 was an American Composer.

His sister, Christiane Legrand, was a member of The Swingle Singers. The Swingle Singers are a vocal group formed in 1962 Paris, France with Ward Swingle, Anne Germain Jeanette Baucomont and Jean Cussac

Film scores

Legrand is known principally as a composer of innovative music for films, composing film scores (about two hundred to date) for directors Jean-Luc Godard, Richard Brooks, Claude Lelouch, Clint Eastwood, Robert Altman, and many others. Jean-Luc Godard (French ʒɑ̃lyk gɔˈdaʀ (born on December 3 1930 is a French and Swiss Filmmaker and one of the founding members of the Nouvelle Vague Richard Brooks (May 18 1912 – March 11 1992 was an American Screenwriter, director, Novelist and occasional producer. Claude Lelouch (born 30 October 1937 is a French Film director, writer, Cinematographer, Actor and producer. Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr (born May 31 1930 is a four-time Academy Award winning American Actor and Filmmaker. Robert Bernard Altman (February 20 1925 – November 20 2006 was an American Film director known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with Legrand himself appears and performs in Agnès Varda's French New Wave classic, Cleo from 5 to 7 (1961). Agnès Varda (born 30 May 1928 is a Belgian Film director. Her movies photographs and art installations focus on documentary realism feminist issues and "Nouvelle Vague" redirects here For the music group of the same name see Nouvelle Vague (band. Cléo from 5 to 7 ( Cléo de 5 à 7) is a 1962 Rive Gauche Film by Agnès Varda. After his songs appeared in Jacques Demy's films The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1966), Legrand became famous worldwide. Jacques Demy ( June 5, 1931 – October 27, 1990) was one of the most approachable filmmakers to appear in the wake of the French New The Umbrellas of Cherbourg ( Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) is a Musical film made in 1964 The Young Girls of Rochefort ( Les Demoiselles de Rochefort) is a 1967 Musical film directed by Jacques Demy, starring Catherine Deneuve Les Parapluies de Cherbourg was a sung-through musical in which all the dialogue was set to music, a revolutionary concept at the time.

Hollywood soon became interested in Legrand after Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, bombarding him with requests to compose music for films. Having begun to collaborate with Hollywood, Legrand continued to work there for many years. Among his best-known scores are those for The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), which features the hit song "The Windmills of Your Mind," and Summer of '42 (1971), which features another hit song, "The Summer Knows. The Thomas Crown Affair is a 1968 movie by Norman Jewison starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. Summer of '42 is a 1971 American " coming-of-age " motion picture drama based on the memoirs of screenwriter Herman Raucher " Legrand also wrote the score for Orson Welles's last-completed film, F for Fake (1974). George Orson Welles (May 6 1915 – October 10 1985 was an Academy Award -winning director, writer actor and producer for film stage radio and television F for Fake ( Vérités et Mensonges) is the last major film completed by Orson Welles.

Currently, Legrand divides his time between America and France.

Filmography

Television

Musical Theatre

The world premiere of the new musical Marguerite from Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, the creators of Les Misérables and Miss Saigon, will include music by Michel Legrand and lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer. A Woman Is a Woman (original French title Une Femme est une femme) is a 1961 Film directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Cléo from 5 to 7 ( Cléo de 5 à 7) is a 1962 Rive Gauche Film by Agnès Varda. Les Sept péchés capitaux is a 1962 Film composed of seven different segments one for each of the Seven deadly sins. Vivre sa Vie Film en Douze Tableaux ("To Live One's Life A Film in Twelve Scenes" is a 1962 film directed by Jean-Luc Godard. La Baie des Anges ( Bay of Angels in English is a 1963 French film directed by Jacques Demy, starring Jeanne Moreau and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg ( Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) is a Musical film made in 1964 Bande à Part is Nouvelle Vague 's second album released in 2006 The Young Girls of Rochefort ( Les Demoiselles de Rochefort) is a 1967 Musical film directed by Jacques Demy, starring Catherine Deneuve Who Are You Polly Maggoo? ( Qui êtes vous Polly Maggoo?) is a 1966 French film directed by William Klein. Sweet November is a romantic drama originally released in 1968 and written by Herman Raucher. The Thomas Crown Affair is a 1968 movie by Norman Jewison starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. The Appointment is a 1969 Psychological Drama from director Sidney Lumet and writer James Salter, based on the story The Go-Between is a 1970 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by L The Happy Ending is a 1969 film which tells the story of a repressed housewife who longs for liberation from her marriage The Go-Between is a 1970 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by L Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontë 's only Novel. It was first published in 1847 under the Pseudonym Ellis Bell and a posthumous second Peau d'Âne (English Donkey Skin) is a 1970 French color-coded Musical film rendering of the famous Charles Perrault fairy tale Summer of '42 is a 1971 American " coming-of-age " motion picture drama based on the memoirs of screenwriter Herman Raucher Portnoy's Complaint is a 1972 American Dramedy Film written and directed by Ernest Lehman. A Doll's House is a 1973 Franco - British Movie directed by Joseph Losey. Breezy is a 1973 American romance and Drama film, starring William Holden and Kay Lenz. The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing is a novel written by Marilyn Durham first published in 1972 The Three Musketeers is a 1973 film based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas père. F for Fake ( Vérités et Mensonges) is the last major film completed by Orson Welles. Gable and Lombard is a 1976 American Biographical film directed by Sidney J Ode to Billy Joe is a 1976 Film with a Screenplay by Herman Raucher adapted from his own Novel, which in turn was The Other Side of Midnight is a 1973 novel by Sidney Sheldon. is a Manga series by Osamu Tezuka. Tezuka considered Phoenix his "life's work" it consists of 12 books each of which tells a separate self-contained Atlantic City is a film directed by Louis Malle. Filmed in late 1979 it was released in France and Germany in 1980 and in the United The Hunter is a 1980 film directed by Buzz Kulik based the exploits of real-life bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson. Les Uns et les Autres is a 1981 French film by Claude Lelouch. Slapstick of Another Kind was filmed in 1982 It was released in March 1984 by both The S Yentl is a play by Leah Napolin and Isaac Bashevis Singer. Based on Singer's Short story "Yentl the Yeshiva Boy" it centers Never Say Never Again, released in 1983, is the second screen adaptation of Ian Fleming 's novel Thunderball and a non- EON Productions Eine Liebe in Deutschland ( A Love in Germany) is a 1983 Feature film directed by Andrzej Wajda. Dingo is a 1991 Australian film directed by Rolf de Heer and written by Marc Rosenberg. Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26 1926 &ndash September 28 1991 was an American Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader, and Composer. Prêt-à-Porter (English Ready to Wear) is a 1994 satirical Black comedy written directed and produced by Robert Altman Brian's Song is a 1971 made-for-TV movie recalling the details of the life of Brian Piccolo (played by James Caan) a white Zoom the White Dolphin ( Oum le dauphin blanc) was a 1971 French animated Once Upon a TimeMan (Il était une fois l'homme is a French Animated TV series from 1978 directed by Albert Barillé. Once Upon a TimeSpace ( Il était une fois l'Espace) was a French Animated TV series from 1982, directed by Albert Barillé Il était une fois la vie ( Once Upon a TimeLife) was a French Animated television series which tells the story of the human body for Il était une fois les Découvreurs ( Once Upon a Time The Discoverers) was a French Animated TV series from 1994. Il était une fois les Explorateurs ( Once Upon a Time The Explorers) was a French Animated TV series from 1996. Marguerite is a musical with a book by Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg and Jonathan Kent, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer Alain Boublil is a Librettist, born in Tunisia in 1941 best known for his collaborations with the composer Claude-Michel Schönberg. Claude-Michel Schönberg (born July 6, 1944 in Vannes, France) is a French record producer actor singer popular songwriter and Musical Les Misérables (pronounced /le miːzeʁabl(ə translated variously from French as The Miserable Ones, The Wretched Miss Saigon is a West End musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil Herbert Kretzmer (born 5 October 1925, Kroonstad, Orange Free State, South Africa) is a South African born Newspaperman

Marguerite, is set during World War II in occupied Paris, and was inspired by the romantic novel La Dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The Lady of the Camellias (French La Dame aux camélias) is a Novel by Alexandre Dumas fils, first published in 1848 Alexandre Dumas Fils (French for son similar to Junior in English ( July 27, 1824 &ndash November 27, 1895) was It will premiere in early 2008 at the Haymarket Theatre, London and will be directed by Jonathan Kent. Haymarket Theatre (Leicester|Her Majesty's Theatre The Theatre Royal Haymarket or Haymarket Theatre or the Little Theatre is a West End theatre in Jonathan Kent may refer to Jonathan Kent (director, British actor then later theatre and opera director Jonathan Kent (fictional character [1][2]

Awards

Legrand has won three Oscars (out of 13 nominations), five Grammys, and has been nominated for an Emmy. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The following are some of the awards and nominations with which Legrand's works have been honored:

Academy Award nominations

Golden Globe nominations

Grammy Award nominations

Theatre nominations

Emmy Award nominations

Fennecus nominations

Apex nominations

Australian Film Institute Award nominations

Prix Moliere Award (France)

ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers)

Golden Eagle Award

References

  1. ^ "New Musical From ‘Les Miz’ Team", The New York Times, 10 July 2007
  2. ^ "People Thought We Were Mad", The Guardian (London), 10 July 2007

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The Academy Award for Original Music Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically The Thomas Crown Affair is a 1968 movie by Norman Jewison starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. The Windmills of Your Mind ( Les moulins de mon cœur) is a song with words and music by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman and Michel Legrand The Thomas Crown Affair is a 1968 movie by Norman Jewison starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. " What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? " is a song with lyrics written by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman and original music written by Michel Legrand The Happy Ending is a 1969 film which tells the story of a repressed housewife who longs for liberation from her marriage The Thomas Crown Affair is a 1968 movie by Norman Jewison starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. The Windmills of Your Mind ( Les moulins de mon cœur) is a song with words and music by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman and Michel Legrand The Thomas Crown Affair is a 1968 movie by Norman Jewison starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Amour is a musical Fantasy with an English book by Jeremy Sams, music by Michel Legrand, and lyrics by Didier The Drama Desk Award, created in 1955, is an award which recognizes shows produced on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-off-Broadway, and Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Radio France Internationale (RFI was created in 1975 as part of Radio France by the Government of France to serve as a broadcast vehicle for French Equatorial
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