Jacques Loussier

Play Bach Vols. 1 y 2 (24741)

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Play Bach Vols. 1 y 2

Jacques Loussier

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JIC 152343

24741

JAZZ

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CD 9,95 €

3 PANNEL DIGIPACK

The two initial volumes of "Play Bach" (Decca 40.500 & 40.502), on which French pianist Jacques Loussier, along with renowned bassist Pierre Michelot and drummer Christian Garros translated the magic of Johann Sebastian Bach’s compositions into the jazz idiom, were an immediate success. “I don’t play Bach, I play alongside Bach”, Loussier once said. Such was the response to the albums that the pianist would repeat the formula many times over the years. Presented here are the complete early volumes that gained Loussier his much-deserved fame.

PERSONNEL:

JACQUES LOUSSIER, piano
PIERRE MICHELOT, bass
CHRISTIAN GARROS, drums

Recorded in Paris, France in 1959 (Vol.1) & 1960 (Vol.2).

TRACKS:

PLAY BACH #1
01 PRELUDE No.1 in C Major
02 FUGUE No.1 in C Major
03 PRELUDE No.2 in C Minor
04 FUGUE No.2 in C Minor
05 TOCCATA AND FUGUE in D Minor
06 PRELUDE No.8 in E Flat Minor
07 PRELUDE No.5 in D Major
08 FUGUE No.5 in D Major
PLAY BACH #2
PARTITA No.1 in B Flat Major
09 I. ALLEMANDE
10 II. COURANTE
11 III. SARABANDE
12 IV. MENUET I
13 V. MENUET II
14 VI. GIGUE
15 CHORALE“JESU, JOY OF MAN’S DESIRING”