The french pianist and composer jacques loussier, best known for his. Listen to your favorite songs from jacques loussier plays bach by jacques loussier trio now. His trio, play bach, has sold over six million albums, doing better in europe than the u. Jacques loussier bach gavotte in b minor partita no. Download play bach, volume 3 by jacques loussier emusic. Download flac jacques loussier reflections of bach 1987.
Jacques loussier trio music, videos, stats, and photos. Download jazz album by jacques loussier trio the best of play bach 2004 sacdr. Jacques loussier, piano vincent charbonnier, bass andre arpino, drums. He was well known for his jazz interpretations in trio formation of many of johann sebastian bachs works, such as in the goldberg variations. Others have tried to do this, but loussier has remained the most successful. His piano jazz variations on bach are i dare say better than bach itself, although of course there would be no jacques loussier without bach. About 2 12 hours of fun stretch over 5 cds with the original album artwork reproduced. He arranged jazz interpretations of many of the works of johann sebastian bach, such as the goldberg variations.
Jazzwise names after bach as one of the top 20 jazz albums of 2018. French pianist jacques loussier released his original bachoriented recording with his first bachoriented jazz trio, the play bach trio, in 1959, so this 1999 telarc release does indeed mark the 40th anniversary of that occasion, although it is not by the same group except of course for loussier. Jacques loussier born 26 october 1934 is a french pianist and composer. Loussiers music flows effortlessly, one does not even realise the complexity of piano play he employs to convey bachs music transforming it to 20th century jazz. Loussiers music flows effortlessly, one does not even realise the complexity of piano play he employs to convey bachs music transforming it to 20th century jazz without losing and of the original tones. The jacques loussier trio was a french third stream jazz piano trio, led by pianist jacques loussier, that became known for its jazz interpretations of european classical music. Jacques loussier trio play bachand more, bluray 2004. This could be a little confusing, so please bear with me. Actually, although i loved most classical music, i didnt like j s bach much up until then. Streaming and by permanent download to your computer andor device. Jacques loussier was the original pioneer combining jazz with the works of j. His style remains true to the original works of bach. Jacques loussiers combinations of classical and jazz music are just wonderful.
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However, jacques loussiers music goes far beyond that. Stream ad free with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Jacques loussier jacques loussier plays bach music. Jacques loussier is renowned worldwide for his jazz interpretations of bach and other composers of classical music. Download play bach the best by jacques loussier emusic.
Even the casual listener can tell that he takes his work seriously. Play bach 1,2,3,4,5elenco tracceplay bach n 1prelude n 1 en ut majeur 5. He is well known for his jazz interpretations in trio formation of many of. Jacques loussier plays bach 1996 full album youtube. I have most of more recent cds, and when this arrived, i couldnt resist. They used bachs compositions as a base for jazz improvisation and made many live appearances, tours, and concerts, as well as a. Find jacques loussier discography, albums and singles on allmusic allmusic. I have loved the jacques loussier trio since the 1960s. Jacques loussier angers, france, 26 october 1934 5 march 2019 was a french pianist and composer. Sometimes credited as play bach trio, the original trio broke up in 1978. Jacques loussier play bach n1 1959 dati album anno. Jacques loussier bach minuet in g major from the notebook of anna magdalena bach, bwv anh.
I decided it was time to rebuy them in cd format, so i bought play bach albums 1 through 5 for myself just before christmas. Jacques loussier on allmusic 2007 in 1959, the french born pianist hit upon a bold. Jacques loussier jacques loussier plays bach amazon. Jacques loussier, pierre michelot, christian garros. The jacques loussier trio, founded in 1959, played more than 3,000 concerts and sold more than 7 million recordingsmostly in the bach series. They were commonly known in france as le trio play bach after the title of their first lps. Anyway, its a doozy, and was in celebration of the 70th birthday of jacques loussier, who is not the only pianist who has jazzed up bach over8 the years but certainly the best known today. Jacques loussier biography, albums, streaming links. Noone has ever managed to do what they do with such finesse.
In 1959, jacques loussier hit upon the idea that was to make his international reputation, by combining his interest in jazz with his love of j. You only love once original motion picture soundtrack. Jacques loussier trio the bach book 40th anniversary. Download jacques loussier trio the best of play bach on sacd. The bach book by jacques loussier trio on amazon music. Jacques loussier trio plays debussy 2000, cd discogs. The trio was formed in 1959 by loussier, bass player pierre michelot and percussionist christian garros. Jacques loussier plays bach by jacques loussier trio on. French jazz trio formed in 1959 by pianist jacques loussier, with christian garros on drums and pierre michelot on bass.