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| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | February 1975 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 40:50 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Producer | Nat Shapiro, Norman Schwartz, Michel Legrand | |||
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Images is an album by Phil Woods that won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 1976. Woods recorded the album with an orchestra conducted by Michel Legrand, who won a Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition. [1]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Windmills of Your Mind" | Alan Bergman/Marilyn Bergman/Michel Legrand | 4:18 |
| 2. | "A Song for You" | Leon Russell | 4:04 |
| 3. | "Nicole" | Phil Woods | 3:33 |
| 4. | "The Summer Knows" | Bergman/Bergman/Legrand | 3:01 |
| 5. | "We've Only Just Begun" | Roger Nichols/Paul Williams | 2:51 |
| 6. | "I Was Born in Love With You" | Bergman/Bergman/Legrand | 3:27 |
| 7. | "Clair de Lune" | Claude Debussy | 4:50 |
| 8. | "Images" | Legrand | 14:46 |
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