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Jacques Loussier Trio: Mozart Piano Concertos 20/23
by C. Michael Bailey
Jacques Loussier clangs musical genera together like an orchestral cymbalist reaching crescendo. After having weaved his way through Bach, Chopin, Handel and Satie, maestro Loussier turns his attention to Mozart's 250th birthday. For this celebration, Loussier ambitiously chooses the Piano Concertos in D minor (No. 20, K.466) and A major (No. 23, K. 488) for a jazz excursion. The pianist employs his classic piano trio, augmented by a string orchestra. The results, while mixed, still demand hearing, as do Loussier's ...
read moreJacques Loussier Trio: The Bach Book
by AAJ Staff
Remember those old Reese's peanut butter cup commercials that had the two guys, one with a jar of peanut butter, the other with a chocolate bar, crashing into each other? After the one guy gets his chocolate bar stuck in the other guy's peanut butter, he quips “ you got peanut butter on my chocolate “ the other guy retorting “ you got chocolate in my peanut butter." A fortuitous accident to be sure, because when the two realize what ...
read moreJacques Loussier Trio: Ravels' Bolero
by AAJ Staff
As with his CD The Bach Book , Jacques Loussier is again embellishing the work of another master composer on this recent Telarc release entitled Ravel's Bolero. This CD is as much, and even more so about Loussier's own compositional abilities, for with the exception of the title cut, all songs were composed and arranged by Loussier.As great a record as the Bach Book is, Bolero easily surpasses it on many different levels. Maybe it's the fact that ...
read moreJacques Loussier Trio: Ravels' Bolero
by AAJ Staff
As with his CD The Bach Book , Jacques Loussier is again embellishing the work of another master composer on this recent Telarc release entitled Ravel's Bolero. This CD is as much, and even more so about Loussier's own compositional abilities, for with the exception of the title cut, all songs were composed and arranged by Loussier.As great a record as the Bach Book is, Bolero easily surpasses it on many different levels. Maybe it's the fact that ...
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