Jacques Loussier

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Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France

Jacques Loussier (26 October 1934 – 5 March 2019) was a French pianist and composer. He arranged jazz interpretations of many of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, such as the Goldberg Variations. The Jacques Loussier Trio, founded in 1959, played more than 3,000 concerts and sold more than 7 million recordings—mostly in the Bach series. Loussier composed film scores and a number of classical…

Known for

• Jacques Loussier Trio - Play Bach - The 1989 Munich Concert — Self2006
• Jacques Loussier Trio - Play Bach and More — Self - Piano2005
• Le monde est à vous — Self1987
• Midi Première — Self1975
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self1975
• Numéro un — Self1975
• Le Grand Échiquier — Self1972
• Discorama — Self1959

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Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

France

Active from

1934-10-26

Active to

2019-03-05

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Listeners

103,538

Total plays

1,371,476

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 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jac

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Jacques

Gender

male

Citizenship

France

Place of birth

Angers

Place of death

Blois

Occupation

film score composer

Educated at

Conservatoire de Paris

Languages spoken

French

Student of

Yves Nat

Genre

jazz

Instrument

piano

Official website

loussier.com

Image

Jacques Loussier-02.jpg

Number of children

5

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