Recorded in 1956 Bonjour Paris is Michel Legrand's first musical homage to the French capital. It's an exciting and precocious work, free of clichÚs. A breath of fresh air. One senses the urgent young musician eager to master every musical discipline; concerts, records, radio, playing piano, conducting, singing, composing, classical, playing jazz. For all of the versatility and eclecticism Legrand has displayed over a long career, his name is synonymous with cinema. He was to the French New Wave, what Joan Mir¾ was to the surrealists. His music anchored their films. They need his art. Retaining the Parisian theme, this edition is completed by selections from Michel Legrand's Rendez-vous A Paris, which revisits the musical landscapes of the city but now with a spruce 1960's perspective.