Legrand Jazz / Ascenseur Pour L'echafaud

This CD contains French composer and pianist Michel Legrand's album Legrand Jazz in its entirety, featuring his first recorded collaboration with Miles Davis. As a bonus, the complete Miles Davis/Barney Wilen suite for the French movie soundtrack, 'Ascenseur pour l'echafaud', is added.

DownBeat, 1958 on Legrand Jazz:
"The roster is impressive, covering most of the modern greats and near-greats. The Miles sides are superb. The writing is imaginative, tinged with the languid air of Gil Evans at his most soulful, and yet with something more." - Dom Cerulli

Down Beat, 1958 on 'Ascenseur pour l'echafaud':
"An absolutely fascinating release. Some of the very best, if not the best, Miles's solos are contained on this LP." - Ralph J. Gleason

Tracks: Wild Man Blues / Round Midnight / The Jitterbug Waltz / Django / Nuages / Rosetta / Don't Get Around Much Anymore / Blue And Sentimental / Stompin' At The Savoy / Night In Tunisia / In A Mist / Generique / L'assassinat De Carala / Sur L'autoroute / Julien Dans L'ascenseur / Florence Sur Les Champs- Elysees / Diner Au Motel / Evasion De Julien / Visite Du Vigile / Au Bar Du Petit Bac / Chez Le Photographe Du Motel