Travel Pick: Jazz in United States
Michel Legrand

Michel Legrand

Michel Legrand UNITED STATES NEW YORK  •  Birdland  •  Ongoing   Virtuoso pianist, arranger, conductor, producer, singer, Oscar and Grammy winner, Michel Legrand has been astonishing audiences since the 1950s, when his very first album, I Love Paris, became one of the best selling instrumental albums ever released. Since then he has scored more than 150 films and has recorded over 200 albums from French “chanson” to jazz, pop, and classical music. Michel Legrand has performed with Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughn, John Coltrane, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Johnny Mathis, Perry Como, and Ella Fitzgerald just to name a few. For his engagement at Birdland,  Legrand performs with Ron Carter on bass and Lewis Nash on drums. Birdland Web Site Detailed schedule information: 8:30pm & 11pm Contact: 315 West 44th Street New York, NY Tel: (1) 212 581 30 80 email this item to a friend