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 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 is best remembered for his innovative jazz rendition of J. S. Bach's Air on a G String for the Hamlet Cigar advert. Earning him the nickname 'The G String Man', Loussier went on to ...

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, ...

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, the renowned jazz interpreter of classical music, showed the allure of classical modernity as he and his bass-drum trio jazzed up Bach in Korea. The French artist visited Korea for ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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