Jean-Sébastien Bach

composition · 1685–1750 · Eisenach

German composer whose fugues, canons and passions have fed many jazz musicians. Jacques Loussier played him in a trio from 1959 (Play Bach), and the Modern Jazz Quartet took a canon from The Musical Offering on Concorde (1955).

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Styles

• Third stream

Landmark tracks

• La Passion selon saint Matthieu (1727)
• L'Offrande musicale (1747)

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