MICHEL LEGRAND LEGRAND JAZZ COLUMBIA CS-8079 IMPEX IMP-6028 LP 180g

	€		58
	$		67

IMPEX RECORDS

IMP-6028

1 LP set - 33rpm

180 grams

Mit seinen Filmmusiken räumte Michel Legrand während seiner Karriere zahllose Auszeichnungen ab. Vom Oscar über den Golden Globe Award bis zum Grammy erhielt er quasi alle Anerkennungen, die die Branche zu bieten hat. Bereits zu Beginn seiner Laufbahn produziert er ein Album, für das er 1958 über 30 der besten Jazzer seiner Zeit anheuerte. Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Ben Webster, Phil Woods und so gut wie alle anderen Session-Musiker aus New York erklärten sich einverstanden, mit Legrand dessen eigenwilligen Arrangements von Standards wie „Django“, „Don' t Get Around Much Anymore“ oder „Night in Tunisia“ aufzunehmen. In drei verschiedenen Gruppen spielten sie in den Studios der Columbia mit „Legrand Jazz“ ein absolut ungewöhnliches Album ein.

Die audiophile Wiederveröffentlichung von Impex als 180-Gramm-LP mit 33 1/3 rpm wurde von Chris Bellman in Bernie Grundmans Studios gemastert.

Paul Chambers (b), John Coltrane (ts), Eddie Costa (vb), Miles Davis (tp), Kenny Dennis (dr), Bill Evans (p), Barry Galbraith (g), Betty Glamann (harp), Herbie Mann (fl), Jerome Richardson (bar), Phil Woods (as), Eddie Bert (pos), Billy Byers (pos), Jimmy Cleveland (pos), George Duvivier (b), Major Holly (b/tb), Hank Jones (p), Don Lamond (dr), Frank Rehak (pos), Ben Webster (ts), James Buffington (frh), Donald Byrd (tr), Don Elliot (vb), Art Farmer (tr), Milt Hinton (b), Osie Johnson (dr), Teo Macero (bar), Nat Pierce (p), Seldon Powell (ts), Gene Quill (as), Ernie Royal (tr), Joe Wilder (tr)

Wir empfehlen die Verwendung von „L’Art du Son“- LP-Reiniger für die Nasswäsche Ihres Vinyls. Auch neue Platten aus hochwertiger Fertigung profitieren davon noch einmal.

english description:

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.

You may have heard--and possibly been disappointed by--a recent LP reissue of Legrand Jazz, but where that reissue was sourced from a poor digital copy source, Impex's pristine new 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 relevatory. 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.

We have packaged the 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 and strictly limited to 3,000 total units. We don't need to tell you to commande vôtre tôt!

REVIEWS

Robert H. Levi, Positive Feedback Online, August 29, 2017

"With superb performances, exquisite surfaces, perfect LP cutting and pressing, and Impex Records’ extremely high production standards, Legrand Jazz is in my current estimation the ultimate reissue ever. Legrand Jazz is a true reference LP and worth including in any top-notch record library for the jazz aficionado or devoted audiophile.

Well done Impex! Legrand Jazz receives my highest recommendation."

SIDE 1

1. The Jitterbug Waltz

2. Nuages

3. Night In Tunisia

4. Blue and Sentimental

5. Stompin' at the Savoy

6. Django

SIDE 2

1. Wild Man Blues

2. Rosetta

3. 'Round Midnight

4. Don't Get Around Much Anymore

5. In a Mist