Le Grand Michel Vivian Buczek

• 1 The Windmills of Your Mind 05:09
• 2 I Will Wait for You 05:23
• 3 The Summer Knows 04:16
• 4 The Way he Makes me Feel 05:22
• 5 His Eyes, Her Eyes 06:54
• 6 Love Makes the Change 04:44
• 7 Summer me, Winter me 04:35
• 8 What are you Doing the Rest of Your Life 07:05
• 9 Where´s the Love 04:30
• 10 Le Grand Michel 07:33
• 11 You Must Belive in Spring 04:39
• Total Runtime 01:00:10

Info for Le Grand Michel

This is a celebration to one of my favourite composers, the great French composer, piano player and conductor Michel Legrand. On this album I have chosen to interpret some of my favourite songs, arranged by Swedish piano player and arranger Martin Sjostedt.Michel Legrand has always been a great inspiration for me and I have long dreamed of doing a project where I get to interpret his music in my own unique way. His music and the combination of the beautiful lyrics written by Alan & Marilyn Bergman stand for what I mainly want to convey to my audience; romance, dynamism, melancholy but also blues and swing.My special guests on this album are the Danish harmonica player Mathias Heise and the Swedish trumpet player Peter Asplund who is also the composer and arranger of the original song and LE GRAND MICHEL. Title track of this albumA very special thank you to my musical partner, arranger and producer of this album, Martin Sjostedt, who always supports and challenges me musically in the most fun and generous way. (Vivian Buczek)

"Their effortless melodic improvisations elevate the sound of the ensemble through a warm textural contrast and striking spontaneity. So, while I still don’t like the first track, I recognize the excellence of the work, and the rest of the album is a pure marvel that would make anyone who has tackled Legrand’s music over the years pale in comparison. Enough to proudly add this to our list of ‘Essential’ albums." (Thierry De Clemensat, Paris-Move)

Vivian Buczek

Vivian Buczek
is one of the most outstanding and engaging jazz singers of today with a remarkable feeling for the jazz idiom.

Vivian is a truly dynamic and emotional singer who puts her soul and emphasis on rhythm and blues but also comprehends the sincerity of story telling in slow ballads and always puts the audience and listeners in first place.

Vivian has established a singing career with a string of albums from 2000 to 2024. On her latest worldwide critically acclaimed album ROOTS (2022) she is joined by one of the worlds’s leading saxophone players Seamus Blake. Vivian’s portrait is all about life and musical roots where she celebrates some of her main sources of inspiration that have made a lasting impression over the years.

On Vivian’s new upcoming album LE GRAND MICHEL she celebrates one of her favourite composers, the great French composer, piano player and conductor Michel Legrand. On this album she interprets some of her favourite songs in her own unique way with bold and dynamic arrangements written by Swedish piano player and arranger Martin Sjöstedt. Vivian and Martin are accompanied by the fantastic Danish and Swedish rhythm section, bassist Jesper Bodilsen and drummer Zoltan Csörsz.

“Michel Legrand has always been a great inspiration for me and I have long dreamed of doing a project where I get to interpret his music. Legrands music in combination with beautiful lyrics written by Alan & Marilyn Bergman stand for what I mainly want to convey to my audience; romance, dynamism, melancholy but also blues and swing.”

Vivian’s special guests on this album are the Danish harmonica player Mathias Heise and the Swedish trumpet player Peter Asplund who is also the composer and arranger of the album’s title track LE GRAND MICHEL.

"Vivian is a vocalist who truly knows and comprehends the tradition and who proudly carries the torch of female jazz singers.”

This album contains no booklet.