Shangri~ La Jackie Gleason Orchestra

Some say Legrand recorded a dixieland album others say jazzer Miles Davis featured on Legrand's classic I Love Paris As a Legrandophile I await the evidence . In the meantime with classically inflected string section this may suffice. dig those sweeping slowed down ELEGANT strings against the djxjeland jazz band what swung it on purchase why LEGRAND was well ahead of the opposition The recording blip en route authenticates the album's vinyl status. WHEN LEGRAND RECORDED THIS TRACK VENEZ DONC CHEZ MOI 1962 THE STEREO REVOLUTION WAS WELL UNDERWAY I BOUGHT THE VINYL SEPT 1969 ON A SUNNY AFTERNOON MAYS STEPHEN GREEN DUBLIN I WAS STRUCK BY THE NOVEL DEPARTURE OF A CRAZY JAZZ BAND GOING FOR BROKE AGAINST A SWIRLNG STRING SECTION # AN ALTERNATION OF CONTRAST ING STYLES ADDING AN ELEGANT ASPECT IT HELPED RAISE LEGRAND TO MY FAVOURITE NON CLASSICAL MUSICIAN I HAVE THE VINYL SOMEWHERE ALL I HAVE TO DO IS FIND IT WHAT PROMPTED THIS WERE THE ENTHUSIASTICALLY GRATEFUL COMMENTS SOME TIME AGO ON U TUBE BY AN AMERICAN JUSTIN PATRIARCO SMITTEN BY THE CONCEPT OF ORCHESTRATED JAZZ QUITE FULSOME CITING THE EPIPHANIC EFFECT THi iVINYL AND THIS TRACK HAD ON HIM SEE NOTES ON U TUBE I TOOK SOME LIBERTIES WITH THE RECORDING LEVELS AND THE WHIZZING BACK AND FORTH STEREO EFFECTS FOR THE BETTER I HOPE THIS TRACK VENEZ DONC CHEZ MOI AN IFCOPOD FAVOURITE