Michel Legrand, a French composer with more than 200 screen credits, notably the jazzy movie operas "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" and "The Young Girls of Rochefort," and whose tunefully romantic music ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It could be a scene from a film noir: Michel Legrand is sitting in the suffused elegance of the St Regis hotel sipping tea, while a downpour lashes the streets. "It's pouring rain ...
In the mid-'60s, Bud Shank recorded a string of albums in Los Angeles for World Pacific Jazz that were West Coast attempts to capitalize on rock, pop and the new movie music. These recordings included ...
“Tiny Big Band 2”, the forthcoming album from acclaimed bassist and arranger Nikos Chatzitsakos, presents the listener with a delightful array of tunes, with repertoire ranging from Cole Porter to ...
Oscar-winning lyricist Alan Bergman has died. He was 99. (Chelsea Guglielmino / Getty Images) Alan Bergman, the decorated lyricist who over the course of seven decades penned songs including “The ...
Michel Legrand, the invariably romantic pianist, arranger and composer of hundreds of film scores and songs that have became pop hits and love anthems, died Saturday. He was 86. Michel Legrand, ...
The enduring artistry of the late film composer-songwriter Michel Legrand is on full display in Todd Haynes’ “May December.” But not everyone is happy to hear Haynes’ usage of the Legrand score from ...