◇ image via WikipediaMichel Legrand
Michel Legrand is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Guinga, Nadia Boulanger, Miles Davis and Stan Getz. Those roots explain a lot about how Michel Legrand arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Henry Mancini, Justin Hurwitz, Jerry Goldsmith, Serge Gainsbourg and Les Rita Mitsouko, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Randy Newman, Clara Luciani, Jean-Michel Jarre, Michael Stearns and Victoria Legrand, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Michel Legrand, reaching back through Guinga and forward to Randy Newman. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Michel Legrand connections
Michel Legrand grew out of Guinga, Nadia Boulanger, Miles Davis and Stan Getz, shares an orbit with Henry Mancini, Justin Hurwitz, Jerry Goldsmith and Serge Gainsbourg, went on to shape Randy Newman, Clara Luciani, Jean-Michel Jarre and Michael Stearns. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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