Play Bach N°3

by Jacques Loussier

Play Bach N°3 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1963
  • Label: Decca
  • Country: France
  • Length: 33:14
  • Community rating: 3.99/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Continuing his highly successful project of reinterpreting Baroque masterpieces, the French pianist infuses the strict mathematical counterpoint of J.S. Bach with a delicate, swinging jazz rhythm section. The trio navigates the complex fugues and preludes with immense respect for the original compositions, finding the inherent groove hidden within classical structures. The release further popularized the lucrative crossover market between European art music and accessible cool jazz.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, piano, fusion, ensemble, melodic, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Concerto After the Italian Taste, BWV 971: I. — (5:37)
  2. Concerto After the Italian Taste, BWV 971: II. Andante (4:40)
  3. Concerto After the Italian Taste, BWV 971: III. Allegro vivace (6:04)
  4. Invention No. 1 in C Major, BWV 772 (2:24)
  5. Invention No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 784 (3:36)
  6. Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779 (2:46)
  7. Invention No. 14 in B-Flat Major, BWV 785 (1:35)
  8. Invention No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 786 (1:15)
  9. Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 906: Fantasia (5:11)

Credits

  • Jacques Loussier Trio - primary artist
  • Jacques Loussier - arranged by, piano
  • Pierre Michelot - bass
  • Christian Garros - drums
  • Catherine Patault - lacquer cut by
  • Christian Orsini - lacquer cut by

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