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Message: [QUOTE="JordyG, post: 3012715, member: 6819"] Somehow betwenn 1957 and 1959 Michel Legrand was able to bring together in NYC some of the seminal jazz figures of the time including[URL='https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis'] Miles Davis[/URL] ,[URL='https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coltrane'] John Coltrane[/URL] ,[URL='https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Evans_(pianiste)'] Bill Evans[/URL] ,[URL='https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Webster'] Ben Webster[/URL] and[URL='https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Byrd'] Donald Byrd[/URL], Paul Chambers, Herbie Mann, Phil Wood, Hank Jones, Milt Hinton and many more to create "Legrand Jazz". It was the last session Miles performed as a sideman. It wasn't great jazz, but it was truly an incredible, once in a lifetime gathering. It's also a terrific sounding record, and yes, I have three of them. RIP to a great musical visionary, and someone who clearly had the gift of gab. [/QUOTE]