Rendez-vouz a Paris / C'est Magnifique

Michel Legrand is a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and jazz pianist. He is best known for his often haunting, jazz-tinged film music. There are memorable tracks all the way through such as "Padam-Padam", "Le Petite Fleur", "Domino" and "Maladie D'amour". "C'est Magnifique" ("It's Magnificent") is a 1953 popular song written by Cole Porter for his 1953 musical Can-Can. The song became a standard. Then, in 1955, he was hired as a musical director by Maurice Chevalier, who took him on tour to the U. S. Back in France he convinced the label to let him make Legrand Jazz, featuring his arrangements of "Round Midnight" and other jazz standards. He later cut a similar album, 'C'est Magnifique'.