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 Bachâs compositions into the jazz idiom, were an immediate success. âI donât play Bach, I play alongside Bachâ, 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 CHORALEâJESU, JOY OF MANâS DESIRINGâ 16 PRELUDE No.6 in D Minor 17 ARIA ( 18 PRELUDE No.16 in G Minor 19 FUGUE No.16 in G Minor 20 PRELUDE No.21 in B Flat Major
TOTAL TIME: 72:31 Min.
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