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For most people, Michel Legrand is the composer of the music for the film The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. And indeed, with this film, the film composer created something unique, subordinating cinema to music and combining musical and realism. But in addition to the French melodrama, Legrand gave a lot of beautiful music to cinema, for which he received five Grammys and three Oscars. At the same time, the most amazing thing is that Legrand managed to establish himself as a jazz musician and record joint works with such stars of the genre as Miles Davis, Bill Evans and John Coltrane. And at the end of his life, he even composed a ballet and a number of works for a symphony orchestra. In a new video on the CONTRAPUNKT channel, we tell about the life of the French wunderkind, who was able to conquer cinema and become one of the most recognizable Frenchmen of the twentieth century. 0:00 INTRO 1:01 Daddy's Piano 3:15 Scales and Jazz 6:29 European Jazzman 12:15 Arrival at the Cinema 17:35 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 22:10 Hollywood 29:20 The Last Chapter COUNTERPOINT in Telegram: https://t.me/cntrpunto Channel host on Instagram: / gaetanodon Jazz playlist of the channel author: / all-jazz For contact / For advertising inquiries: [email protected] #COUNTERPOINT #MichelleLegrand