
The Sunday Jazz Brunch Presents Musician's Corner: Franck Amsallem And The Music of Michel Legrand Air Date: 10/26/2025 on 90.5 WICN 9am-12pm ET If you miss the air date: click here for the archi ves for up to two weeks . A very long time ago, when I was a young man coming of age, I saw a film about a young man coming of age. It is a touching story - a gawky teen falls in love with a beautiful woman whose heart has been broken by tragedy. Such a story calls for a special soundtrack. As pianist Franck Amsallem tells it, this quintessentially American movie, The Summer of '42, released in 1971, is graced with a masterful score by French composer Michel Legrand. On the next edition of the Sunday Jazz Brunch, I am honored to talk with Mr. Amsallem about his new album, The Summer Knows , in which he performs the title song from this movie, with David Wong on bass and Kush Abadey on drums. The Summer Knows is not a song that is necessarily written...