Editing Jacques Loussier (section)

{{Short description|French jazz pianist and composer (1934–2019)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Jacques Loussier
| image             = Jacques Loussier-02.jpg
| caption           = Loussier in 2004
| background        = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_date        = {{birth date|df=yes|1934|10|26}}
| birth_place       = [[Angers]], France
| death_date        = {{death date and age|df=yes|2019|3|5|1934|10|26}}
| death_place       = [[Blois]], France
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Classical music|Classical]]|[[jazz]]|[[third stream]]}}
| occupation        = Musician, composer
| instrument        = Piano
| label             = {{hlist|[[Decca Records|Decca]]|[[Philips Records|Philips]]|[[Telarc International|Telarc]]|[[Naxos Records|Naxos]]}}
| associated_acts   = [[Jacques Loussier Trio]]
| image_upright     = 1.2
}}

'''Jacques Loussier''' (26 October 1934 – 5 March 2019) was a French pianist and composer. He arranged jazz interpretations of many of the works of [[Johann Sebastian Bach]], such as the ''[[Goldberg Variations]]''. The [[Jacques Loussier Trio]], founded in 1959, played more than 3,000 concerts and sold more than 7 million recordings—mostly in the Bach series. Loussier composed film scores and a number of classical pieces, including a [[Mass (music)|Mass]], a ballet, and violin concertos. His style is described as [[third stream]], a synthesis of jazz and classical music, with an emphasis on [[Improvisation (music)|improvisation]].<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/subgenre/third-stream-ma0000012292/artists|title=Third Stream Music Artists|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=2019-03-10}}</ref>