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Biography
Infobox person| name = Jacques Loussier| image = JacquesLoussier_by_joelo2.jpg| caption = Jacques Loussier in 2008| birth_date = birth date and age|1934|10|26|df=y| birth_place = Angers , France | nationality = French| occupation = Pianist and Composer| website = URL| http://www.loussier.com/More footnotes|date=March 2011Jacques Loussier (born 26 October 1934, Angers ) is a French people|French pianist and composer . He is well known for his jazz interpretations in trio formation of many of Johann Sebastian Bach 's works, such as the Goldberg Variations .
Early life and education
Loussier's gift manifested itself at an early age. He started piano lessons aged ten, in Angers, and after three months 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 '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 13, was taken to Paris to meet one of France's leading piansts, Yves Nat. Every three months he went to Paris playing the music Nat wanted him to play, given advice, and then another programme for three months later to come back to play.Jacques Loussier, BBC Four He began composing music while studying at the Conservatoire de Paris|Conservatoire National de Musique , having moved then to Paris , under Professor Yves Nat , from the age of sixteen.
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.
Play Bach Trio
In 1959 he formed the Play Bach Trio with bass player Pierre Michelot 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. The group sold over six million albums in 15 years.Allmusic|class=artist|id=p6998|pure_url=yes Biography Allmusic Their most famous recording is " Air on the G String ," which was used for the Hamlet (cigar)|Hamlet cigar advertisements in the UK for over 35 years.
Film soundtracks
Beginning with The Happy Sixties in 1963, Loussier composed soundtracks for over 67 films, made for television films and television series http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0522145/ such as the theme tune for the popular 1960s French TV series Thierry La Fronde and the score for the motion picture Dark of the Sun .
Break up
In 1978, the trio broke up, and Loussier set up his own recording studio in Provence , where he worked on compositions for acoustic and electric instruments. He also worked with musician s like Pink Floyd , Elton John , Sting (musician)|Sting , and Yes (band)|Yes . Allegedly, parts of Pink Floyd's album The Wall were recorded at his studio.
Reformation
In 1985 (300 years after Bach's birth), Loussier reformed the Play Bach Trio with two new partners, percussionist André Arpino and double bassist Vincent Charbonnier. More recent recordings included interpretations of compositions by Erik Satie , Claude Debussy , Maurice Ravel and Antonio Vivaldi . A recording entitled Take Bach , made by the trio along with the Pekinel sisters , features adaptations of Bach's concertos for two and three pianos.
The bassist Benoit Dunoyer De Segonzac|Benoît Dunoyer de Segonzac has also performed in the trio, replacing Charbonnier, on a number of albums and concerts from at least as early as 1998 (on the album "Satie: Gymnopédies Gnossiennes").
Lawsuit
In April 2002, Loussier filed a $10-million lawsuit against Eminem and The Marshall Mathers LP executive producer Dr. Dre , claiming that the beat for "Kill You" was stolen from his composition "Pulsion". He demanded that all sales of the album be halted and any remaining copies destroyed. A trial date was set to begin in June 2004. The case was later settled.cite news | first = Robin | last = Finn | title = A Defender of the Controversial, and Now of Imus | url= http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/nyregion/25public.html | date = 2007-05-25 | work = New York Times | accessdate = 2010-05-25
Loussier Trio recordings
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1959 – Play Bach No. 1 (Decca SS 40 500)
1959 – Play Bach No. 2 (Decca SSL 40 502)
1959 – Play Bach No. 3 (Decca SSL 40 507)
1962 – Jacques Loussier Joue Kurt Weill (RCA 430-071)
1963 – Play Bach No. 4 (Decca SSL 40.516)
1964 – Play Bach No. 5 (Decca SSL 40.205 S)
1965 – Play Bach aux Champs Élysées (Decca Coffret, two albums, SSL40.148)
1972 – Dark of the Sun (MGM SE-4544ST)
1973 – Jacques Loussier Trio "6 Master Pieces" (Philips 6321-100)
1974 – Jacques Loussier at the Royal Festival Hall (Philips 6370 550 D)
1985 – The Best of Play Bach (Start STL6) - UK Albums Chart|UK #58cite book
| first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 331
1986 – Bach to the Future (Start CD SCD2)
1987 – Jacques Loussier Live in Japan (King Records Japan CD original Live K32Y 6172)
1987 – Bach to Bach (Start CD Original Live in Japan SMCD 19)
1988 – Brandenburg Concertos (Limelight-Japan CD 844 058-2, Decca Record Company)
1988 – The Greatest Bach Partita No.1 in B Flat Major BWV 825 – Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor BWV 1067 (Limelight CD 844 059-2, Decca Record Company)
1990 – Lumières "Messe Baroque du 21ième siècle" (Decca CD 425217-2)
1993 – Play Bach 93 Volume 2 (Note Productions CD 437000-3)
1993 – Play Bach 93 Volume 1 (Note Productions CD 437000-2)
1994 – Play Bach Aujourd'hui Les Thèmes en Ré (Note Productions CD 437000-4)
1995 – Jacques Loussier Plays Bach (Telarc), Compilation "Play Bach 93" et "Les Thèmes en Ré" (Note Productions)
1996 – Lumières "Messe Baroque du 21ième siècle" (Note Productions CD 43707)
2007 - Jacques Loussier Plays Bach - Encore& #33; (Telarc 83671-25)
2009 - Jacques Loussier Plays Bach: The 50th Anniversary Recording (Telarc 83693-25)
2011 - Schumann: Kinderszenen (Scenes From Childhood) (Telarc TEL-32270-02)
References
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cite journal|last=Haddon|first=Briton|coauthors=Luce, Henry Robinson|year=1962|journal=Time|volume=79|issue=1-13|page=65
cite news|url= http://www.theage.com.au/news/Reviews/Jacques-Loussier-Trio/2004/11/22/1100972307651.html? from=storyrhs|title=Jacques Loussier Trio|last=Nicholas|first=Jessica|date=23 November 2004|work=The Age|publisher=The Age Company Ltd.|accessdate=12 February 2010
cite news|url= http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article6479970.ece|title=Jacques Loussier Trio: Plays Bach, the 50th Anniversary Recordings|last=Bungey |first=John|date=12 June 2009 |work=Times Online|accessdate=15 February 2010
cite web|url= http://www.novaconcerts.com/jacquesloussier.html|title=Jacques Loussier|work=Nova Concerts|accessdate=12 February 2010
http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/assets/documents01/Artists/Jacques-Loussier-Trio/83693/Jacques-Loussier-Plays-Bach-Bio.pdf Biography Concord Music Group
"Jacques Loussier" in The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz , Volume 1, p 626
External links
http://www.loussier.com/ Official website
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p6998
http://www.classicaltv.com/search-tag/jacques-loussier/396 Loussier plays Schumann, Vivaldi (Classicaltv.com)
http://www.skyarts.co.uk/music/article/jacques-loussier-plays-bach-and-more Review of his "Bach and more" disk on Sky Arts website
http://www.skyarts.co.uk/music/article/jacques-loussier-plays-vivaldi Review of his Vivaldi disk on Sky Arts website
Persondata| NAME = Loussier, Jacques | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = French pianist and composer | DATE OF BIRTH = 26 October 1934 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Angers | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Loussier, Jacques Category:1934 births Category:Crossover (music) Category:French jazz pianists Category:Living people Category:Third Stream musicians Category:People from Angers
