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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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.