Michel Legrand - A Night in Tunisia

Nowadays, Rockstar are viewed as outlying rebels, and that rebellious spirit has its origins in the hardy folks who pioneered it. The church was always wary of alternative forms of spiritualism being propagated back in the day, and the blues musicians of old, with their Vodou undertones, represented something to keep an eye on, to say the least. 

This all came to the fore when hard times hit. The great depression impact everyone and it also made the sombre tones of a blues player spiritually appealing. Thereafter, a busker’s open guitar case ended up competing for the same kindness of strangers as the pastor’s collection pot. Thus, blues players like Robert Johnson were decreed as being in league with the devil. 

If a pastor was saying you could pray your hardships away and Johnson was crooning that your cursed ways were fated and your best off smoothing them out with song then a face off for an audience was inevitable. Church attendance dwindled while dive joints attracted an alternative crowd. Thus, suddenly pastors made the matter bipartisan and warned those sitting on the fence of religion and rock ‘n roll that Johnson was singing the devil’s and to drop him a dime would surely lead to damnation. 

Source: A brief history of why rock ‘n’ roll is called ‘the devil’s music’ by Tom Taylor

Michel Legrand - A Night in Tunisia

• Release on: December 12, 1958
• Duration: 6:49
• Released on: Legrand Jazz

"Michel Jean Legrand was a French composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist. A prolific composer, having written over 200 film and television scores, in addition to many memorable songs."

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