Catalogus

Bach's Goldberg variations (2000)

Plays Bach Encore! (1992)

Geremasterde heruitgave uit 2007 van dubbel-album uit 1992. Op de eerste schijf doet de Franse, in 1934 geboren pianist waar hij al sinds de laten jaren '50 beroemd om is: het spelen van subtiel-swingende jazzbewerkingen van Bach-composities. In trio-opstelling speelt hij de concerten BWV 1056 en BWV 1060, de partita BWV 825 en de fuga BWV 578. CD2 valt buiten dit concept, want deze bevat eigen Loussier-composities voor symfonie-orkest. Het Prague Kammer Orchestra (PKO) met soloviolist Jean Pierre Wallez en percussionist André Arpino speelt zijn Concert voor Viool en Percussie, vol knipogen naar Piazzolla's klassieke tangomuziek en door de aard van de percussiepartij toch ook naar jazz. Dan volgen het orkeststuk Tableux vénitiens en een Trompetconcert met Guy Touvron als solist.

Vivaldi - The Four Seasons (1997)

"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." (Scott Yanow, Allmusic)

Bach To The Future

Twee LP's op één CD.

Schumann | Kinderszenen (Scenes From Childhood) (2011)

"Over the years, third stream music has been criticized in both the jazz and Euro-classical worlds. Thankfully, Jacques Loussier hasn't paid attention to the naysayers in either the jazz or classical worlds, and after all these years, the French pianist (77 at the time this album was released) is still taking chances. This 2011 release finds Loussier putting his spin on Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood), by German romanticist Robert Schumann (1810-56). Schumann wrote that nostalgic, 13-song work in memory of his childhood. Loussier performs the piece in its entirety, and he approaches it not as European classical music, but as acoustic post-bop jazz. Thankfully, Kinderszenen is appropriate for Loussier, who maintains the 13 songs' nostalgic outlook but does so in a consistently jazz-oriented fashion. Loussier sounds like he is fondly remembering his own childhood. This 49-minute CD is among Loussier's creative successes." (Alex Henderson, Allmusic; 4 uit 5 sterren)

Mozart piano concertos 20/23 (2006)

Bach To Bach Celebrating 25 Years Of Play Bach (1988)

Al sinds 1963 maakt de Franse pianist jazzy bewerkingen van Bach-composities, aldus een persoonlijk mengsel van klassiek en swingende jazz creërend. Op dit jubileumalbum bewerkt hij een aantal van Bachs bekendste composities, zoals de beroemde orgeltoccata BWV 565, het Italiaans concert BWV 971 en Air uit de Suite BWV 1068.