But during the early career of Jacques Loussier, the multimillion-selling, eclectic French pianist/composer, who has died aged 84, the rules were very different. This listener’s sensibility is one of those, and so he found the Tuesday evening performance at a sparsely attended Carnegie Hall by the Jacques Loussier Trio tiresome and offensive.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Jacques Loussier Trio in 1973. Loussier later recalled that in 1959 he had told Decca Records that he was a classical pianist and they said they already had plenty. Jacques Loussier: 10 of the best Read moreBut Bach’s 1985 tercentenary had already tempted Loussier back to the piano stool. • Jacques Loussier, pianist, born 26 October 1934; died 5 March 2019

Source: The Guardian March 07, 2019 18:23 UTC