Michel Legrand (24 February 1932 – 26 January 2019)
French born composer and pianist Michel Legrand has been writing, arranging and performing music for over half a century.
Some of his most famous compositions and collaborations, with lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman, created modern standards such as “The Windmills of Your Mind”, “The Summer of ’42”, “What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?”, “Papa, Can You Hear Me?” and “The Summer Knows”.
Among the most famous of these are the Oscar winning “Summer of ’42”, “The Thomas Crown Affair”, “Ice Station Zebra”, “Yentl”, “Les Demoiselles de Rochefort” (English translation : “The Young Ladies of Rochefort”) and “Les Parapluies de Cherbourg” (English translation: “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg”).
Michel Legrand’s incredible musical craftmanship has enabled him to work with some of the music world’s biggest stars. Miles Davis, Quincy Jones, Barbra Streisand, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Andy Williams, Lena Horne, Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross, Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond, Liza Minelli, Johnny Mathis, Perry Como, Nana Mouskouri, Kiri Te Kanawa, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Oscar Peterson, Alison Moyet, Stephane Grappelli, Phil Woods, Sting, George Benson, and Natalie Dessay are some of the world famous names that Michel Legrand has made beautiful music with.
My thoughts are with his family, Macha Meril, his relatives.
