The catch-all tag beyond category is an apt description for some, Legrand satisfies the tag. Composer, pianist, singer songwriter, finest living arranger perhaps leading contemporary popular song writer. His orchestrations were acclaimed even by some unsympathetic to his lissome imagination His sumptuous orchestral re-voicing of songs is imaginative . Legrand's film scores stretch back to the 1950's. Songs are informed by pop sensibility Breezy Something new in my life. Others moodily substantial . Between yesterday and tomorrow. Whimsy of Maybe Someone Dreamed Us. Legrand kicked off aged 22 with album I Love Paris An incessant musical quester ever.approaching music afresh. As arranger his is the art of variation. No two takes are alike. One that eluded comment is the Bell I will wait for you 1974. Good fortune led Legrand and jazz singer Sarah Vaughan for a prized Vaughan ~ Legrand album summit. .Legrand Affair album with Melissa Errico amongst his best