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Jacques Loussier Trio — Prelude No. 1 In C Major
Album: The Bach Book
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Released: 1999
Length: 4:47
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Jacques Loussier on Radio Paradise? I was a little kid in the 60's when I listened to their recordings, over and over... That's probably how I learned to use a turntable...
Posted 1 year ago by marclava    [ Reply ]
I love it! And I am certain Bach would, too.
Posted 1 year ago by rklein    [ Reply ]
I'm at work, cranking away, when halfway through the song, I realized I was quite happily digging it.  I've never heard of these guys (though the Bach guy rings a bell).  But this is what makes RP so awesome -- from out of nowhere, you get a new awesome musical experience.

Thanks, Bill & Rebecca.
Posted 2 years ago by bc    [ Reply ]
Why has no one made a collection similar to this and called it "I'll Be Bach!"?
Posted 2 years ago by kcatalina    [ Reply ]
 TheKing2 wrote:
Don't tell me you listen to RP on your laptop speakers! Blasphemy!

Get a Grace Design m900 and a Sennheiser. No subwoofer needed.

Well. I am at work.. So... at least I've upgraded to bluetooth headphones.  Lol...
Posted 2 years ago by rhlrstn    [ Reply ]
 eileenomurphy wrote:
Try headphones, plugged into your laptop! ...even better, add a headphone amp! ...for $100.00 -$150.00, you can listen in high fidelity!

Back today with my bluetooth headphones and it is a much nicer experience!
Posted 2 years ago by rhlrstn    [ Reply ]
 joelS wrote:

If you can, listen to the Bach Inventions by Jacques Loussier. Not sure it is still available even in France. My favourite record of all time.




Cool! I'll check it out. Thank You!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
If you can, listen to the Bach Inventions by Jacques Loussier. Not sure it is still available even in France. My favourite record of all time.
Posted 2 years ago by joelS    [ Reply ]
Very interesting jazz/blues approach, but more on the Bach score and less on the author's improvisations !    




Posted 2 years ago by marculescub    [ Reply ]
 Enness wrote:

Don't fuck with Bach. 


By your logic, most Bach shouldn't even be played on a piano at all then? 
Posted 2 years ago by planet_lizard    [ Reply ]
SUPERB!!!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
I wish there were an emoji with a goatee wearing a beret smoking weed
Posted 2 years ago by Ipse_Dixit    [ Reply ]
 Rockit9 wrote:

All wrong in so many ways...    


and yet --- just right in as many or more other ways
Posted 2 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
To compare this guy to Kenny G is a fucking insult. Him and his trio are amazing. Watch live in Leipzig Cathedral.
Posted 2 years ago by paul28    [ Reply ]
Bach + Jazz = sublime. Great interpretation.
Posted 2 years ago by Jonathon    [ Reply ]
 eileenomurphy wrote:


Try headphones, plugged into your laptop! ...even better, add a headphone amp! ...for $100.00 -$150.00, you can listen in high fidelity!


EPOS Sennheiser does the trick 
Posted 3 years ago by Dubbelito    [ Reply ]
 Enness wrote:

Don't fuck with Bach. 



He probably loves it. If he weren't dead.
Posted 3 years ago by TheKing2    [ Reply ]
 rhlrstn wrote:

I mean, I don't know about the $1600 subwoofer, but I can say this doesn't sound great coming out of my crappy laptop speakers...

On another note, this is just about the only song I can play on piano...

Interesting to hear it jazzed up like this!

Don't tell me you listen to RP on your laptop speakers! Blasphemy!

Get a Grace Design m900 and a Sennheiser. No subwoofer needed.
Posted 3 years ago by TheKing2    [ Reply ]
I once played this at a recital
I was very nervous and asked my then girlfriend to come with me support me
She walked in the second I finished
Thats how she was, but I loved her
I miss her, I miss us
Posted 3 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
 rhlrstn wrote:

I mean, I don't know about the $1600 subwoofer, but I can say this doesn't sound great coming out of my crappy laptop speakers...

On another note, this is just about the only song I can play on piano...

Interesting to hear it jazzed up like this!
 

Try headphones, plugged into your laptop! ...even better, add a headphone amp! ...for $100.00 -$150.00, you can listen in high fidelity!
Posted 4 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
Don't fuck with Bach. 
Posted 4 years ago by Enness    [ Reply ]
This is so interesting!  
Posted 4 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
Wow, that was a unique if "commercial" interpretation of a Bach piece.
Posted 4 years ago by neptunejeff    [ Reply ]
What an incredible way to do this piece! 
Posted 4 years ago by rlr511    [ Reply ]
The Kenny G of classical music.  Blech.
Posted 4 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
Love the bass!
Posted 5 years ago by nomnol    [ Reply ]
Songs like this are reasons we should financially support RP if it is possible for us to do so!!!  You are not going to hear this on many other mixes.
Posted 5 years ago by SurfDoc    [ Reply ]
 bigtwistee wrote:
Tunes like this one help me justify to my wife why I needed a $1600 subwoofer.
 
I mean, I don't know about the $1600 subwoofer, but I can say this doesn't sound great coming out of my crappy laptop speakers...

On another note, this is just about the only song I can play on piano...

Interesting to hear it jazzed up like this!
Posted 5 years ago by rhlrstn    [ Reply ]
Saw this Trio in 1966 (the Pay Bach years) and they were extraordinary.
Strange how a few decades can render opinion ordinary.
Posted 5 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
French rules !
Posted 5 years ago by CeluiquiCherche    [ Reply ]


“Daily Affirmation with Stuart Smalley”. Stuart Smalley is a caring nurturer, a member of several 12-step programs, but not a licensed therapist.
Posted 5 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
All wrong in so many ways...
Posted 5 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
OK, to my untrained ears -- did the pianist just hit a couple wrong notes? 
You've been demoted. 5 < 4. 
Posted 6 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Yeah, baby, let's hear it for Furry Elise and the Wince Guaraldi Trio. 
Posted 8 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
The transition from classical to jazz didn't quite work. The percussion crashed the gig much too soon,
Posted 9 years ago by hobiejoe    [ Reply ]
I'm old, and at home; guess that explains it.  Excellent!
Posted 9 years ago by BassinBob    [ Reply ]
Wundervoll!
Posted 9 years ago by furoscame    [ Reply ]
xkolibuul wrote:
With Shatner rapping overtop this train wreck would be truly spectacular.
Yeah, because that's the only way I would want to listen to it. Save this for the old folks home pleeeze.
Posted 17 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Is this an attempt to revive the "third wave" or can I get through this song with waders?
Posted 17 years ago by brighthue    [ Reply ]
Seems like the playlist is a major funk....The old RIAA has got everybody down, down, down.
Posted 17 years ago by scottdburnett    [ Reply ]
Idea for new Beck song, "...I'm a Loussier baby, so come hear my trio..."
Posted 17 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
thank you, god bless you, try the veal, hot-cha, some very attractive ladies in the place tonight, you like my pencil-thin moustache? I got more like it back at my place, hey, how ya doin'?
Posted 17 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
xkolibuul wrote:
With Shatner rapping overtop this train wreck would be truly spectacular.
At a Martini bar.
Posted 17 years ago by LizDeines    [ Reply ]
ktnsb wrote:
Yes, in a duet with Ertha Kitt. Yesssss xkolibuul wrote:
With Shatner rapping overtop this train wreck would be truly spectacular.
Posted 17 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
xkolibuul wrote:
With Shatner rapping overtop this train wreck would be truly spectacular.
Yes, in a duet with Ertha Kitt. Yesssss
Posted 17 years ago by ktnsb    [ Reply ]
With Shatner rapping overtop this train wreck would be truly spectacular.
Posted 17 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
lmic wrote:
Or Rasta Povich? Now *there's* an image.
Any relation to Maury Povich, Mr. Connie Chung? JK
Posted 17 years ago by celadonstone    [ Reply ]
fredriley wrote:
Hmm. I remember my Dad wetting himself over this sophisto-jazz crossover over 30 years ago. This kind of jazzing-up of classics was all very modish back in the 60s, but sounds really dated now, the sort of thing I associated with old James Bond films where this would be background music in a casino or sophisticated restaurant where the women smoke cigarettes in long holders. A bit of a museum piece, IMO.
agreed! the best was the switched on bach series - those cheezy synth sounds are laughably dated now and it's not jazz but it's still fun this bach prelude's chord progression is too blandly tonal to be very interesting in a jazz remake
Posted 17 years ago by pret-a-porter    [ Reply ]
jleigh wrote:
This was the first piece of classical music I learned when I started playing again as an adult. I have adulterated it in all sorts of ways. (It plays nicely with a swing tempo! ;-) I must say I don't care much for the jazz overlay.
nosir, I still don't like it. Ick. dropping my rating to a 2.
Posted 17 years ago by jleigh    [ Reply ]
Bagdad Cafe, one of my all time favorite movies! Oscar
Posted 17 years ago by oscar_driver    [ Reply ]
Hot fingers!
Posted 17 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
Tunes like this one help me justify to my wife why I needed a $1600 subwoofer.
Posted 17 years ago by bigtwistee    [ Reply ]
annanyc wrote:
Do you mean Rostropovich or Shostakovich?
I just gotta say that looked like it hurt
Posted 17 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
Hmm. I remember my Dad wetting himself over this sophisto-jazz crossover over 30 years ago. This kind of jazzing-up of classics was all very modish back in the 60s, but sounds really dated now, the sort of thing I associated with old James Bond films where this would be background music in a casino or sophisticated restaurant where the women smoke cigarettes in long holders. A bit of a museum piece, IMO.
Posted 17 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
This instrumental is all over the place...way too much
Posted 17 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
Nice variation of a theme. But it's only worth a 6.
Posted 17 years ago by nu-GFX    [ Reply ]
10 is too low a rating for this masterpiece of Baroque and Jazz.
Posted 17 years ago by rklein    [ Reply ]
This was the first piece of classical music I learned when I started playing again as an adult. I have adulterated it in all sorts of ways. (It plays nicely with a swing tempo! ;-) I must say I don't care much for the jazz overlay.
Posted 17 years ago by jleigh    [ Reply ]
annanyc wrote:
Do you mean Rostropovich or Shostakovich?
Or Rasta Povich? Now *there's* an image.
Posted 18 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
AlienRelic wrote:
But if you want to call one of the major musical movements of the last century, the source of an enormous quantity of very popular and highly respected music, just crap, you are going to have a hard time making that case.
Don't worry, he'll probably use some of his well-funded arguments like the fact that some letters on the CD cover have been colored.
Posted 18 years ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]
slartibart_O wrote:
Sorry, this is just a novelty piece, neither good jazz nor good classical. May be fun to see live but it's a little irritating for being non-committal either way. Not a good argument for playing more jazz or more classical either on RP, more MIles Davis or some Rostakovich would do that.
Do you mean Rostropovich or Shostakovich?
Posted 18 years ago by annanyc    [ Reply ]
physicsgenius wrote:
Awesome song, but who is that noodling around in the background? Oops, I was about to rate it 8 or so when it switched to pure crap jazz.
I know. pure jazz crap awesomeness. goes to a 9. . . just because i don't like you. blah.
Posted 18 years ago by themotion    [ Reply ]
physicsgenius wrote:
Awesome song, but who is that noodling around in the background? Oops, I was about to rate it 8 or so when it switched to pure crap jazz.
Ah, now I'm begining to see. From this and other comments, it's starting to appear that you don't like ANY jazz. That's fine, certainly. But if you want to call one of the major musical movements of the last century, the source of an enormous quantity of very popular and highly respected music, just crap, you are going to have a hard time making that case.
Posted 18 years ago by AlienRelic    [ Reply ]
Sorry, this is just a novelty piece, neither good jazz nor good classical. May be fun to see live but it's a little irritating for being non-committal either way. Not a good argument for playing more jazz or more classical either on RP, more MIles Davis or some Rostakovich would do that.
Posted 18 years ago by slartibart_O    [ Reply ]
Kurt_from_La_Qui wrote:
i su'pose this is nice in it's own way. i tend to agree wiff spliff. eclectic and all... this maybe leaning into the realm of and all. i find classic music a little downer, when i need an upper.
RP is recongized for its eclectic and tasteful programming. This music is an example of it. If you don't like this song, just wait for the next one...
Posted 18 years ago by nampelkafe    [ Reply ]
Pretty cool to hear a fresh take on a classical composition. It doesn't always work, but I appreciate the effort. Another shining example of something you'll only hear on RP. Yeah, the station goes in every possible direction musically and while you may not like each stop along the way, you sure have to enjoy the ride overall.
Posted 18 years ago by cattgirl813    [ Reply ]
I think this was a great selection to add to the variety. You appreciate music more when its contrasted with other music. Similar songs one after the other will render even the great songs average and catchy
Posted 18 years ago by JohnDoeKyrgyz    [ Reply ]
I enjoy the mix of jazz/classical here, but I think that the song fails because it seems to lose a sense of purpose to me. My ears perked up at the transitions between styles, but in the intervening spaces it just got kind of boring.
Posted 18 years ago by Zweiblumen    [ Reply ]
This tune is anything BUT a downer! It's a delicious break from the "all hooks and no bait" indie rock stuff.
Posted 18 years ago by Mojo_LA    [ Reply ]
Spliff wrote:
I really dislike this and the direction RP seems to be going with this type of music.
i su'pose this is nice in it's own way. i tend to agree wiff spliff. eclectic and all... this maybe leaning into the realm of and all. i find classic music a little downer, when i need an upper.
Posted 19 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
Spliff wrote:
I really dislike this and the direction RP seems to be going with this type of music.
Could you expand on this comment? Why do you "dislike the direction RP seems to be going with this type of music"?
Posted 19 years ago by TampaPurple    [ Reply ]
I really dislike this and the direction RP seems to be going with this type of music.
Posted 19 years ago by Spliff    [ Reply ]
bebe wrote:
wow. i grew up on classical music, so im not used to this kind of mixture. ive always liked this johann sebastian bach song, it's very easy to play on the piano. i dont think really like this, it strays from the true essence of the song. the cymbols seem out of place. maybe if there were just strumming of the guitar, it would be okay, but it just seems asynchornized. when it ends the prelude, it sounds a lot better.
Disagree. From a "notes only" standpoint, yes...easy to play. But the SUBTLETIES required for equal note strikes, dynamics, etc....pretty tough. Great piece, though. And I've said it before...Bach is GOD!
Posted 19 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
coding_to_music wrote:
I hear some Jimi Hendrix drumming from Axis Bold as Love
whoah, i thought that was just me - don't bogart that joint, eh?
Posted 19 years ago by MisterVErb    [ Reply ]
wow. i grew up on classical music, so im not used to this kind of mixture. ive always liked this johann sebastian bach song, it's very easy to play on the piano. i dont think really like this, it strays from the true essence of the song. the cymbols seem out of place. maybe if there were just strumming of the guitar, it would be okay, but it just seems asynchornized. when it ends the prelude, it sounds a lot better.
Posted 19 years ago by bebe    [ Reply ]
rklein wrote:
I saw in the playlist that RP sometimes plays classical music. GREAT but apparently I have missed these rare occasions. Looking for what is played I searched for Bach and found out that this track was never played. :( It is by a goodlike composer and perfectly arranged as Jazz. I really mean that Bach must have been inspired by Him directly. (Though personally I do not belive in god, but that's a differnt story)
"I swear to God I'm an Athiest!"
Posted 19 years ago by VooDooChile    [ Reply ]
For me, this interpretation isn't far enough away from a classical one, so it ends up sounding like poorly played Bach. Too bad, because I can see where they are going with it, they just didn't make it there.
Posted 19 years ago by ksb    [ Reply ]
I hear some Jimi Hendrix drumming from Axis Bold as Love
Posted 19 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
Any chance we could hear Glenn pay this sometime? It was the perfect end to "32 short films about Glenn Gould". I like this interpretation.
Posted 19 years ago by outerspace    [ Reply ]
I am in heaven! :goodvibes.gif:
Posted 19 years ago by rklein    [ Reply ]
Do-able. A classic , kicked up half a notch. A 7.
Posted 19 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
piona bench - for playing piano and piccalo - oops
Posted 19 years ago by robyule    [ Reply ]
YourNameHere wrote:
I gave it an 8, but do you ever notice how annoying jazz is when you're not in the mood to hear it? It's like when somebody next to you is all cheery for some inexplicable reason and you're just not in the mood. /puts on some Bonnie Raitt and remains cranky
I sooooo agree with you. But I have to laugh because that's exactly how I feel about Bonnie Raitt. What's it all mean? :-k
Posted 19 years ago by Trustocity    [ Reply ]
I got J acques Loussier TrioThe Best of Play Bach for Christmas on Super Audio CD and it is unbelievable. Like sitting beside him on the piona bench !
Posted 19 years ago by robyule    [ Reply ]
Where's Snoopy?
Posted 19 years ago by Skeletor    [ Reply ]
Awesome song, but who is that noodling around in the background? Oops, I was about to rate it 8 or so when it switched to pure crap jazz.
Posted 19 years ago by physicsgenius    [ Reply ]
Bach is God.
Posted 19 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
8)
Posted 19 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
Jazz is never boring! Jazz is always good! Jazz represents everything good about music! Maybe RP could play more often sounds like Miles Davis, Coltrane, Brad Mehldau, the Marsalis family, Duke Elligton, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Count Basie and the usual suspects.
Posted 20 years ago by vasco    [ Reply ]
Love this piece, and the upright bass player kicks butt!
Posted 20 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
federico wrote:
I beg your pardon, but this is NOT jazz ...
I beg your pardon, but what would YOU call it? It's an interpretation of a classical piece, but it sounds very much like JAZZ to me!
Posted 20 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
YourNameHere wrote:
I gave it an 8, but do you ever notice how annoying jazz is when you're not in the mood to hear it?
I beg your pardon, but this is NOT jazz ...
Posted 20 years ago by federico    [ Reply ]
Where's Mr. McFeely and King Friday? Kinda feels like Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood jazz.
Posted 20 years ago by blackbox    [ Reply ]
YourNameHere wrote:
I gave it an 8, but do you ever notice how annoying jazz is when you're not in the mood to hear it? It's like when somebody next to you is all cheery for some inexplicable reason and you're just not in the mood. /puts on some Bonnie Raitt and remains cranky
You ain't listening to the right jazz! Duke annoying? Never. Prez annoying? Never. The Count annoying? Never. Sassy annoying? Never. The Hawk? Nope, never. Lockjaw? Naw. Red Garland? He'll soothe your bitten nerves. I wish you the best.
Posted 20 years ago by alldog    [ Reply ]
Please keep gems like this on the playlist.
Posted 20 years ago by KevDogRedux    [ Reply ]
I gave it an 8, but do you ever notice how annoying jazz is when you're not in the mood to hear it? It's like when somebody next to you is all cheery for some inexplicable reason and you're just not in the mood. /puts on some Bonnie Raitt and remains cranky :grumpy.gif:
Posted 20 years ago by YourNameHere    [ Reply ]
I had to bump my rating up to 9
Posted 20 years ago by KevinM    [ Reply ]
Nice arrangement. For another jazz piano take on classical standards, try Randy Waldman's "Wigged Out."
Posted 20 years ago by rls    [ Reply ]
The Jake likes this one very much
Posted 20 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
Beautiful
Posted 20 years ago by soulspin    [ Reply ]
AliGator wrote:
My parents had that record;
Mine too. I've liked it too. Loussier's version shows a little better than the "original" version on a harpiscord, that Bach's music has an increddible groove and drive.
Posted 20 years ago by rklein    [ Reply ]
Dave_Mack wrote:
These guys are great. I have a CD of them playing Bach's Italian Concerto (or part of it anyway) that I just love. It's called "Jacques Loussier Plays Bach". Highly recommended.
My parents had that record; we'd listen to it when we were on vacation in this little house in the woods that we have. It's excellent. And it's probably still there in that little house, unless my brother snitched it. I'm sorry I missed Loussier this afternoon. I'd seen rklein's request in the forum. Hope it comes around again soon!
Posted 20 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
Fantastic! Great arrange, never heard it in a "jazzy" version. What else to say? :)
Posted 20 years ago by DRS    [ Reply ]
\\:D/ Thank you Bill. And I am overwhelmed by the acceptance of this track looking at the first ratings.
Posted 20 years ago by rklein    [ Reply ]
These guys are great. I have a CD of them playing Bach's Italian Concerto (or part of it anyway) that I just love. It's called "Jacques Loussier Plays Bach". Highly recommended.
Posted 20 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
I saw in the playlist that RP sometimes plays classical music. GREAT but apparently I have missed these rare occasions. Looking for what is played I searched for Bach and found out that this track was never played. :( It is by a goodlike composer and perfectly arranged as Jazz. I really mean that Bach must have been inspired by Him directly. (Though personally I do not belive in god, but that's a differnt story)
Posted 21 years ago by rklein    [ Reply ]