Loussier Trio

Jacques Loussier Trio - Play Bach (1972) [Vinyl Rip 16/44 & mp3-320 + DVD] Re-up

Jacques Loussier Trio – Play Bach (1972)
Vinyl Rip 16/44 | Flac(Image + Cue) > 270 Mb
MP3 CBR 320Kbps > 149 Mb | Artwork(jpg) > 5.36 Mb
DVD-5: NTSC 4:3 (720x480) VBR | LPCM, 2 ch, 24 bit, 96 kHz > 2.21 Gb
London Stereophonic MAX-118 | Chamber Jazz, Classical

Pianist/composer Jacques Loussier demonstrated musical ability at an early age, starting to play at the age of ten and entering the Conservatoire National de Musique in Paris at 16. Loussier's main professor there was Yves Nat, who in turn was encouraged by Faure, Saint-Saens, and Debussy as a student himself. Loussier continued this distinguished tradition, graduating at the top of his class…

Jacques Loussier Trio - Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (1987)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at Jan. 24, 2020
Jacques Loussier Trio - Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (1987)

Jacques Loussier Trio - Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (1987)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 34:10 | 211 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: London Records | Catalog: 820-480-2

There's something ironic about the attraction jazz musicians all seem to feel for the work of J.S. Bach. It's not that jazz and classical music aren't related on the contrary, jazz itself is a fusion of the rhythmic complexity of African music and the harmonic complexity of European music it's that Bach's particular genius was for counterpoint, a technique that jazz largely ignores. You can't improvise without abandoning strict counterpoint, and yet to depart from Bach's contrapuntal structures is, often, to disembowel his music. So there's a certain tension in the air when jazz players take on Bach. All of that said, there's simply no denying the charm of Loussier's trio arrangements.

Jacques Loussier Trio - Mozart: Piano Concertos 20/23 (2005)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at June 5, 2023
Jacques Loussier Trio - Mozart: Piano Concertos 20/23 (2005)

Jacques Loussier Trio - Mozart: Piano Concertos 20/23 (2005)
EAC | APE (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 59:22 | 315 MB
Genre: Classical, Jazz | Label: Telarc | Catalog: CD-83628

This doesn't really work, but Jacques Loussier's attempt to make Mozart work as jazz is sufficiently complex enough to make you ask, as you're hearing it, why it isn't working, and maybe that's a worthwhile thing. As the liner notes point out, it is most often Bach among classical composers whose music has served as the basis for jazz experiments. Mozart-jazz is much rarer.
Jacques Loussier Trio, Güher & Süher Pekinel - Take Bach (2000)

Jacques Loussier Trio, Güher & Süher Pekinel - Take Bach (2000)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 54:41 | 285 MB
Genre: Classical, Jazz | Label: TELDEC Classics | Catalog: 8573-80823-2

TAKE BACH is another in the history of recordings which treat the music of Bach in an experimental way. The approach of the Jacques Loussier Trio with pianists Güher and Süher Pekinel is one of melding Bach's concerti into jazz pieces through arrangement and improvisation. The idea is logical, as Baroque music is based often on a "figured bass," or set of symbols which the instrumentalist of the time (usually a keyboard player) would know how to interpret and build chords based upon the performance aspects of the time.
Jacques Loussier Trio - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons - New Jazz Arrangements (1997)

Jacques Loussier Trio - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons - New Jazz Arrangements (1997)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 258 MB | Covers - 9 MB
Genre: Jazz, Classical | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Telarc (CD-83417)

Pianist Jacques Loussier has certainly had an unusual career, much of it spent performing jazz interpretations of Bach's music. While his original works have been noteworthy, Loussier's most famous projects have been his transformations of Bach's music. In 1997 he tackled Vivaldi's Four Seasons, four concertos that he performed and recorded with his trio. As with Bach's pieces, Loussier pays respect to Vivaldi's melodies and the development of the works while swinging the music. He divides each of the concertos into three parts, improvises tastefully while keeping the themes in mind, and leads his trio through some uncharted territory. Loussier occasionally recalls the style of John Lewis and Allegro Non Molto from the Summer piece has some resemblances to Lewis' "Django." Due to Loussier's impressive technique, respect for both idioms and his well thought-out concept, this unique set is a complete success.
Jacques Loussier Trio - The Best Of Play Bach (2004) MCH PS3 ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Jacques Loussier Trio - The Best Of Play Bach (2004)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 60:05 minutes | Scans included | 3,7 GB
or DSD64 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Full Scans included | 1,59 GB
or FLAC 2.0 (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 1,16 GB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | Label: Telarc # SACD 63590

Jacques Loussier came up with his Play Bach jazz conceptions while still in the conservatory around 1950. He started recording them in 1959, and he's been at it ever since, adapting other classical composers along the way, but always returning to Bach. It made sense then, and it makes sense now, for Bach's linear, continuo-driven, contrapuntal style has always implied a swinging pulse; even some inspired, if strictly score-bound classical recordings of Bach sound as if they are poised for takeoff.

Jacques Loussier Trio - Plays Debussy (2000)  Music

Posted by gribovar at March 30, 2021
Jacques Loussier Trio - Plays Debussy (2000)

Jacques Loussier Trio - Plays Debussy (2000)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 216 MB | Covers - 26 MB
Genre: Jazz, Classical | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Telarc (CD-83511)

When Jacques Loussier gave the music of Johann Sebastian Bach the jazz treatment (as others, notably the Modern Jazz Quartet, had before him), it worked really well. The tumbling flow of Bach's contrapuntal lines, the square rhythms that just beg to be played with a swing feel - everything about Bach that makes his music the farthest thing from jazz seems to make jazz adaptations inevitable. The French composer Claude Debussy is a less obvious choice, and on this album you see why. Debussy was a much more impressionistic composer, and his music doesn't have either the rhythmic vitality or the sense of driving tonal logic that fuels the music of Bach. That makes it harder to fit his compositions into a jazz context. That Loussier succeeds as much as he does is a compliment to his sensitivity as a pianist and to his trio's ability to work with him intuitively…
Jacques Loussier Trio play Bach… and more (2004/2014) [BDRip 1080p]

Jacques Loussier Trio play Bach… and more (2004/2014)
BDRip 1080p | MKV | 1916x1080 (16:9) at 29.970 fps, AVC (High@L4.1) | 8.19 GB
Audio: 48 kHz, 2 channels, AAC | Length: 01:37:00
Genre: Classical, Jazz

Jacques Loussier Play Bach - 5 Original Albums (2017)  Music

Posted by ArlegZ at Dec. 27, 2021
Jacques Loussier Play Bach - 5 Original Albums (2017)

Jacques Loussier Play Bach - 5 Original Albums (2017)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 894 Mb | Total time: 167:47 | Scans included
Classical, Jazz | Label: DECCA | # 5379411 | Recorded: 1959-1965

Pianist Jacques Loussier showcases his world-renowned fusion of jazz and classical music on five classic Plays Bach collections on Decca: these recordings, featuring the famous version of ‘Air On A G String’, have previously sold approximately six million albums.
The Jacques Loussier Trio Play Bach - The 1989 Munich Concert (2006) [DVD & CD]

The Jacques Loussier Trio Play Bach - The 1989 Munich Concert (2006)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Decca, 074 3154 | ~ 433 or 183 Mb | Scans(jpg) -> 27 Mb
DVD-9: NTSC 4:3 (720x480) VBR | LPCM, 2 ch / DTS, 5 ch -> 3.14 Gb
Chamber Jazz | Classical

Pianist/composer Jacques Loussier demonstrated musical ability at an early age, starting to play at the age of ten and entering the Conservatoire National de Musique in Paris at 16. Loussier's main professor there was Yves Nat, who in turn was encouraged by Faure, Saint-Saens, and Debussy as a student himself. Loussier continued this distinguished tradition, graduating at the top of his class…