Play Bach N掳1

by Jacques Loussier

Play Bach N掳1 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1959
  • Label: Decca
  • Country: France
  • Length: 37:32
  • Community rating: 3.72/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Launching an immensely successful, career-defining series, the French pianist elegantly reframes the intricate counterpoint of Johann Sebastian Bach within a modern, swinging jazz trio format. The incredibly tight rhythm section respectfully provides a subtly propulsive foundation, allowing the leader to inject deeply inventive improvisational flourishes into the classic Baroque melodies. The highly accessible crossover project proved phenomenally popular, introducing centuries-old classical structures to a vast new audience.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, acoustic, instrumental, piano, ensemble, fusion, rhythmic, improvisational

Tracklist

  1. Partita, No. 1 in B Flat Major (En Si B茅mol), Allemande (6:21)
  2. Partita, No. 1 in B Flat Major (En Si B茅mol), Courante (2:32)
  3. Partita, No. 1 in B Flat Major (En Si B茅mol), Sarabande (2:59)
  4. Partita, No. 1 in B Flat Major (En Si B茅mol), Menuet I (2:01)
  5. Partita, No. 1 in B Flat Major (En Si B茅mol), Menuet II (2:01)
  6. Partita, No. 1 in B Flat Major (En Si B茅mol), Gigue (3:12)
  7. Chorale (4:11)
  8. Prelude, No. 6 (2:09)
  9. Aria (3:27)
  10. Prelude, No. 16 (2:59)
  11. Fugue, No.16 (2:45)
  12. Prelude, No. 21 (2:48)

Credits

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