Jacques Loussier Plays Bach: The 50th Anniversary Recording

Jacques Loussier Trio Celebrates a Half-Centruy of Classical-Jazz Innovation

The 1950s were one of the most experimental periods in the history of jazz. In the wake of the big-band era of World War II and the late 1940s, jazz combos on either side of the Atlantic scaled back in size and sought innovative ways to do more with less. The results were often exploratory and experimental. Musicians everywhere grafted different musical ideas to the widely accepted jazz conventions of the day.

For all of the brilliance captured in Jacques Loussier Plays Bach: The 50th Anniversary Recording, the veteran pianist-composer insists that this half-century mark is merely a stop on a much longer journey. “This is the best playing of my life,” says Loussier. “And now we can look forward to our hundredth anniversary. Just another fifty years to go!”