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Jacques Loussier
12+ albums
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Jacques Loussier (Angers, France, 26 October 1934 – 5 March 2019) was a French pianist and composer. He was well known for his jazz interpretations in trio formation of many of Johann Sebastian Bach's works, such as in the Goldberg Variations. Loussier started piano lessons aged ten, in Angers, and after three months he encountered his first J. S. Bach – the little G-minor Prelude. It was a piece he fell in love with, he has said, and he played it on 'tens, hundreds of times', sometimes adding a note, missing another, and so changing a bit the spirit of the music. He developed quickly and at 13½, was taken to Paris to meet one of France's leading pianists, Yves Nat. Every three months he went to Paris playing the music Nat wanted him to play, receiving advice, and then another programme for three months later to come back to play. He began composing music while studying at the Conservatoire National Musique, having moved then to Paris, under Nat, from the age of 16. After six years' study, he left to travel the world, where he experienced sounds of the Middle East, Latin America, and Cuba, where he spent one year. In 1959 he formed the Jacques Loussier Trio with string bass player Pierre Michelot who had previously played with Django Reinhardt and the Quintette du Hot Club de France, and percussionist Christian Garros. They used Bach's compositions as a base for jazz improvisation and had many live appearances, tours, and concerts, as well as a number of recordings. Origin
top songs
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Main Theme From Dark of the Sun
25,7042Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp minor, Op. posthume
6,3933Nocturne No. 18 in E major, Op. 62, No. 2
5,7364Air on a G String
5,3695Air on the G String
4,9016Nocturne No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 15, No. 3
4,6497Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9, No. 1
4,1828Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2
4,1699Pastorale in C Minor
3,76810Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op. 72, No. 1
3,529albums
Chopin: Impressions on Chopin's Nocturnes (2004)
Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds
TOCCATA J.Loussier PLAY BACH
Beyond Bach, Other Composers I Adore
Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds Motion Picture Soundtrack
The Best of Play Bach
Play Bach N. 2
Bach to the Future and Reflections of Bach
Impressions on Chopin's Nocturnes
Play Bach N. 1
Inglourious Basterds
Play Bach N. 1/ N. 2