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Michel Legrand

Jazz
Jazz

Michel Legrand is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Nadia Boulanger, Miles Davis, Stan Getz and Guinga. Those roots explain a lot about how Michel Legrand arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Henry Mancini, Ennio Morricone, Justin Hurwitz, Étienne Daho and Jerry Goldsmith, 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 Louane, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Michel Legrand, reaching back through Nadia Boulanger 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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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Michel LegrandNadia BoulangerMiles DavisStan GetzGuingaRandy NewmanClara LucianiJean-Michel JarreMichael StearnsLouaneVictoria LegrandSarah VaughanBarbra StreisandHenry ManciniEnnio MorriconeJustin HurwitzÉtienne DahoJerry GoldsmithClaude BollingSerge GainsbourgStacey Kent

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Michel Legrand connections

Michel Legrand grew out of Nadia Boulanger, Miles Davis, Stan Getz and Guinga, shares an orbit with Henry Mancini, Ennio Morricone, Justin Hurwitz and Étienne Daho, went on to shape Randy Newman, Clara Luciani, Jean-Michel Jarre and Michael Stearns. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Michel Legrand

Roots4

Sounds and acts that shaped Michel Legrand.

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