Alexander L'Estrange and Joanna Forbes L'Estrange - New Things to Say - Songs of L'Estrange & Legrand (2023)

16 jazz songs by Alexander L’Estrange or Michel Legrand. L’Estranges in the Night, husband-and-wife duo Joanna (vocals) & Alexander (piano/bass/guitar) L’Estrange

What do you get when you mix the phenomenal vocal arranging andmulti-instrument-playing skills of hot British composer/jazz musician Alexander L’Estrange with the exquisitely sexy, versatile vocals of Joanna Forbes L’Estrange? Answer: the aptly-named, über-talented husband-and-wife duo that is L’Estranges in the Night. The couple met as music undergraduates at Oxford University in the early 1990s and formed a jazz duo which has been providing tailor-made entertainment for private and corporate events for two decades. Both enjoy glittering international careers. Alexander, whose flagship work Zimbe! established his name across the globe, writes for the world’s most acclaimed vocal ensembles including The King’s Singers and The Swingle Singers. As a jazz pianist and bass player he has recorded with, among others, Kenny Wheeler and Sir John Dankworth.