Michel Legrand & Co. – Le Jazz Grand (VG+/VG+) – LP, US 1979

Le Jazz Grand is an LP by Michel Legrand & Co. from 1979 released on the Gryphon label.

About this album

Le Jazz Grand finds Michel Legrand & Co. bringing vivid orchestration and relaxed swing to a stylish late-1970s jazz set. Issued in 1979, the album sits comfortably between big-band richness and cool-jazz poise, with Legrand’s gift for melodic invention and arrangement giving the music its distinctive lift. Rather than chase hard-edged jazz abstraction, it favours colour, movement and sophisticated ensemble writing, reflecting Legrand’s rare ability to move between film music, pop and jazz without losing identity. Pieces such as La Pasionara and Iberia Nova underline the album’s Continental flair and polished, distinctly French sensibility.

Genre: Jazz