Few musicians in any genre have been more prolific than Michel Legrand, a highly
rated jazz pianist who has been responsible for over 200 film scores, including
'The Thomas Crown Affair' which featured the hit song 'Windmills of Your Mind'.
The son of composer Raymond Legrand he studied music at the Paris Conservatoire
from the age of eleven, eventually graduating seven years later with honours,
both as a composer and pianist.
Michel was just 22 in 1954 when he released his first album 'I Love Paris',
which went on to become one of the best-selling instrumental albums of all t...