Jacques Loussier was born in Angers, in northwestern France, October 26, 1934. He started playing piano at the age of ten and quickly demonstrated tremendous ability. When Loussier was just sixteen, ...

Friday 6 May 2005 16:00-17:00 (Radio 3) Since his work in Play Bach Trio, pianist Jacques Lousier has carved a definite niche for his style of jazz. Julian Joseph talks to him about his improvisations ...

Following the sad news that the Bach-loving jazz pianist Jacques Loussier has died, we've delved into the archive to find one of his most irresistible performances Jacques Loussier, the jazz pianist ...

Jacques Loussier, a French pianist who led a trio that performed jazzy interpretations of Johann Sebastian Bach, selling millions of albums and touring the world, died on March 5 at a hospital in ...

The Jacques Loussier Trio represents something of an anomaly a musical ensemble devoted to presenting jazzedup versions of traditional classical pieces The group originated in the late 1950s via the ...

Jacques Loussier, who was born in 1934 in France, started taking formal piano lessons at the age of ten in the town of Angers, finding his first J. S. Bach piece, the G-minor Prelude early on. He fell ...

Jacques Loussier clangs musical genera together like an orchestral cymbalist reaching crescendo. After having weaved his way through Bach, Chopin, Handel and Satie, maestro Loussier turns his ...

Jacques Loussier, a French pianist who led a trio that performed jazzy interpretations of Johann Sebastian Bach, selling millions of albums and touring the world, died March 5 at a hospital in Blois, ...

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.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. At the age of 10, Jacques Loussier was practising Bach fugues and preludes as an eager young piano student. At 25, he premiered his ...

As part of "Think Global," Public Radio's week of special coverage, Performance Today has been exploring connections between folk music and classical music all week. Today, we wrap things up with what ...