Play Bach n° 1 (Prélude en do majeur)

Jacques Loussier Trio · 1959 · Ouverture de Play Bach n° 1 (Decca, 1959), prélude en do majeur de Bach en trio piano, basse, batterie

Context

First track of Play Bach No. 1, the first record by the Jacques Loussier trio (Decca, 1959): Bach's Prelude in C major played in a trio with Pierre Michelot on bass and Christian Garros on drums. The trio, formed in 1959, recast Baroque music, Bach's above all, in a jazz idiom and was a big hit with the public, less so with purists.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Third stream. Among the origins and influences of Third stream: Cool (Birth of the Cool).

By the same artist

• Air on the G String (Play Bach) (1959)
• Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (1959)

Sources

• jazzmusicarchives.com
• EN: Jacques Loussier Trio

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