Wild Man Blues (Michel Legrand)

Michel Legrand · 1958 · Arrangement de Legrand pour big band, première séance de Legrand Jazz

Context

Title of Legrand Jazz's first session, recorded in New York on 25 June 1958 with Miles Davis among the trumpets. Legrand takes up a 1920s standard for a 31-piece orchestra.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Modern big bands, French jazz. Among the origins and influences of Modern big bands: Swing, big bands, Third stream.

By the same artist

• Jitterbug Waltz (1958)
• 'Round Midnight (Michel Legrand) (1958)
• Django (Michel Legrand) (1958)
• Stompin' at the Savoy (Michel Legrand) (1958)
• A Night in Tunisia (Michel Legrand) (1958)
• The Windmills of Your Mind (1968)

Sources

• kcrw.com

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