Jacques Loussier

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Jacques Loussier (2004, in Munich )

Jacques Loussier (born October 26, 1934 in Angers - † March 5, 2019 in Blois ) was a French pianist , composer and arranger . He was best known for his Play Bach series.

Life

From the age of ten, Loussier took piano lessons. For hours he played a prelude from the music book for Anna Magdalena Bach - “and then it happened; I tried small changes, played around with the topic ”. Jacques Loussier retained this peculiarity and his great love for Bach when he left Angers, the city of his birth, to study with Yves Nat at the Paris Conservatory .

He became known for his jazzed up interpretations of works by Johann Sebastian Bach . Loussier came across this unusual combination in 1959 during his studies and founded the Play Bach Trio with bassist Pierre Michelot and drummer Christian Garros . Five record albums were quickly created, which had sold six million times by 1999 alone.

In 1978 Loussier disbanded the group because the tour was too stressful ("I'm tired of traveling") and the will to devote himself to his own compositions and to viticulture. He retired to his Chateau Miraval in Provence . There he set up his own recording studio, where he worked on compositions for acoustic and electric instruments. During this time u. a. his "Baroque Mass of the 21st Century" called Lumières. He also worked with musicians and bands such as Elton John , Sting , Sade , Steve Winwood , Pink Floyd, and Yes .

In 1985 he re-founded the “Play Bach Trio” with two partners who are recognized in jazz, Vincent Charbonnier (bass) and André Arpino (drums). When Charbonnier suffered a stroke in 1997, Benoît Dunoyer de Segonzac took his place. Loussier recorded interpretations by other composers such as Erik Satie , Claude Debussy , Maurice Ravel , Antonio Vivaldi . In 2010 he received the German Jazz Trophy A Life for Jazz for his life's work .

Loussier also composed the soundtrack for over 67 films and series, including the theme music for the popular French series Thierry la Fronde and the music for the British war film Katanga (1968).

Jacques Loussier, 2008

Discography

  • 1959: Play Bach No. 1
  • 1960: Play Bach No. 2
  • 1961: Play Bach No. 3
  • 1962: Jacques Loussier joue Kurt Weill
  • 1963: Play Bach No. 4th
  • 1965: Play Bach No. 5
  • 1965: Play Bach aux Champs Elysees
  • 1972: Dark of the Sun
  • 1974: Jacques Loussier at the Royal Festival Hall / Jacques Loussier et le Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • 1979: Pulsion / Pulsion sous la Mer
  • 1980: Frédéric Chopin par Jacques Loussier (Prod.Octave Monte Carlo)
  • 1982: Pagan Moon
  • 1985: The Best of Play Bach
  • 1986: Bach to the Future (Start Records 1986 / Teldec 1987); Reflections of Bach (Start Records 1986 / Teldec 1987)
  • 1987: Jacques Loussier Trio: Bach to Bach (25 years Play Bach) live in Tokyo
  • 1987: Lumières - Fair baroque du 21e siècle
  • 1988: Brandenburg Concertos
  • 1990: Lumières
  • 1993: Play Bach 93 Volume 1 and Volume 2
  • 1994: Play Bach aujourd'hui
  • 1995: Jacques Loussier plays Bach
  • 1997: Jacques Loussier plays Vivaldi (DE: Gold im Jazz-Award)
  • 1999: Ravel's Boléro / The very best of Jacques Loussier Air on a 'G' string
  • 2000: Bach Book Anniversary / Bach's Goldberg Variations / Plays Debussy
  • 2001: Baroque Favorites
  • 2004: Impressions of Chopin's Nocturnes

Jacques Loussier Trio

  • 1973: Jacques Loussier Trio 6 Master Pieces
  • 1975: Jacques Loussier Trio Play Bach
  • 1996: Jacques Loussier Trio Plays Bach
  • 1998: Jacques Loussier Trio Satie
  • 2000: Take Bach. Jacques Loussier Trio with Güher and Süher Pekinel
  • 2002: Jacques Loussier Trio Handel
  • 2003: Jacques Loussier Trio Beethoven
  • 2005: Jacques Loussier Trio Mozart Piano Concertos 20–23
  • 2006: Jacques Loussier Trio The Brandenburgs

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Homage to Jacques Loussier. In: France Musique . March 6, 2019, accessed March 6, 2019 .
  2. ^ Gold / platinum database of the Federal Association of the Music Industry, accessed on June 23, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Loussier, Jacques
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz pianist and arranger
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Angers , France
DATE OF DEATH 5th March 2019
Place of death Blois