Bach's pieces were always improvisational to a degree and he was able to create fugues on the spot by toying with a theme and seeing how far he could go with it. Truly, Bach would have approved of this interpretation and indeed of jazz as a genre.

I love how you can turn an organ piece into a jazz classic

Oh dear! Last week we lost André Previn and this week Jacques Loussier! How sad. No-one has ever surpassed his recreations of the works of JS Bach and I doubt anyone ever will. Rest in Peace Jacques. I love your work!

Loussier breathes new life into the old scary "Tocatta and Fugue". Bach would love it. Simply marvelous!

With this piece I can imagine Bach drinking a martini in a bar.

If Bach were alive today this is probably how he would play his compositions. Have been a fan of Loussier since the mid '60s. Great.

RIP Mr Loussier et merci mille fois pour tout !

Danke Jacques Loussier für die begeisternde Art Bach mit Jazz zu verbinden! Danke für die vielen schönen Konzerte, etliche durfte ich miterleben... Als Jugendlicher das erste 1974, noch viele später... Im Himmel wird Deine Musik auch leben!

Jazz + Classical = Perfection .

j'ai eu le grand plaisir de voir ce génie sur scène à Toulouse accompagné de Pierre Michelot à la contrebasse et Christian Garros à le batterie... c'était il y a un demi-siècle... quand la série de disques "Play Bach" est sortie.... Toujours aussi sublime!!!

A jazzy blue lobster brought me here

How can you dare to treat Bach like this way??? So great! Greatest Guy!!!

On ne peut pas exister sans plaisir avec Jacques Loussier, même une seconde et c’est difficile d’avoir du chagrin longtemps.. ainsi va l’existence

Loussier ?... Musicien talentueux et simplement génial qui sait s'entourer de non moins géniaux bassiste et batteur. J'ADORE !!!

Just look at that cheeky smile creeping across Jacques' face in the first few bars - he can hardly wait to get in there! One of the greats playing the greatest of all time. Thank you both, and see you /hear you up there one day.

Merci mille fois. C’est comme si mon cœur, mes pensées, tout ce qui est moi passait au grand nettoyage avec amour et passion pour Bach.

Un joyau de la musique, Jean-Sébastien Bach vivrait au XXe siècle ne le déjugerait certainement pas. Bravo Monsieur Loussier

I first heard this in around 1973 - still gives me goosebumps - fabulous

Forever grateful to Jaques Loussier for introducing to the genius of Bach. Rushed out and bought the LP soon as I heard it on the radio back in I don't when. Still have the original LP together with Vols II and III. Full of hiss and clicks but still magical.

The resurrection of Bach.... what an amazing masterpiece !

Cette musique est tellement en phase avec notre Jazz que j'ai pensé que Bach lui même, dans l'intimité de son inspiration et la jouissance de sa création avait certainement eu sous les doigts et dans le coeur tous ces rythmes fabuleux que, bien plus tard, des hommes ont appelé JAZZ!!!!!!

Découvert en 1968 , j'adore cette interprétation magique par Jacques LOUSSIER de J.S. BACH .

Jazz trios are just the best. . . I love this stuff

Saw him at the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues festival three days ago! FANTASTIC show! That trio is a unit, not a band. Perfect music

I remember being 15, working my first job at a KFC and watching this video over and over again on my iPod whenever I had a chance. That was 12 years ago and I can still watch this over and over again.

Bach AND Loussier are timeless modern. Great.

Jacques Loussier must be giving concerts in Heaven. Gran Maestro!!

Jacques Loussier es magnifico

Так прекрасно, когда человек из гениального произведения делает другое, не менее гениальное произведение! Спасибо, Жак!

I love the little jazz episodes where Loussier seems to erupt with delirious abandon while still maintaining complete and masterful control.

this is criminally good

Vincent Charbonnier, le contrebassiste, a eu un grave AVC peu après l'enregistrement de ce morceau, et aujourd'hui il s'occupe du 38 Riv, l'un des plus vieux clubs de jazz parisiens. C'est toujours un plaisir d'aller là-bas et de lui parler. Car, même s'il ne peut (malheureusement) plus jouer, ce monsieur est d'un commerce extrêmement agréable, évidemment grâce à sa science et son expérience.

Großartig, genial! Jacques Loussier hält die Komposition in Würde und und erkennt die Zusammenhänge zu neuer Musik seit der Entstehung. Keine überzogene Dramatik und eine gewaltige, durch alle Gattungen hindurch technisch brilliante Umsetzung. Was für ein Musiker!

I heard Jacques Loussier for the first time in 1963 when my brother came at house with his first record named "Play Bach" (with Christian Garros and Pierre Michelot, winner of the Charles Cros Academy first prize). For me it was a real shock. I played it again and again, I was so crazy about it. It was also the time of West Side Story and of groups like the Swingle Singers, also "swinging" at Bach, whom I listened all day too.

Incredible! This was on the B side of the Play Bach LP. I wore out that record listening to it as a kid. Nice to hear it again after so long. Funny how after 30+ years since last hearing it, I can still remember it note for note in my mind. Bach would have loved this.

Excelent version. Loussier is unique

Bach is gravity and Joy j loussier has This fabulous talent....jsb rejoices in heaven....we hope a series of concert...come on jacques!!!!!

Quand le groupe est venu au Brésil á SãoPaulo avec mes parents je suis allée voir leurs incroyables interprétations . Bach un génie de la musique avec Loussier ,Argino,et Charbonniet tous formidables . La musique quand elle est bonne garde sa magie quelle que soit son interprétation..Bravo pour la vidéo

Mr loussier est décédé le 6 3 2019 un génie de la musique condoléances à sa famille

Rest In Peace. Thanks for the interpretations, always interesting.

very jazztastic interpretation

At that time, thank's to musicians like Jacques Loussier, many people like me discovered Jazz a wonderful way of recycling all kinds of Music. Not that Bach specially needed to be "recycled" in a sense that his music was frozen in the past. But his genious was propelled in another dimension, in modernity. I'm quite sure, after hearing to this cute musical work, that Bach-specialized musicians never played Bach like before.

Otra dimensión de la música de Bach y la versatilidad del Jazz.

merci beaucoup,Jacques et trio pour partager la musique de Bach avec NOUS et ton style JAZZ... ami JUAN MACARIO de Mexique.

Right... this is probably how the "meister" himself would arrange it if he would be with us at this day and age. Brilliant, my number one.

Only try this if you can play the original really well!! Brilliant performance and arrangement!

Man fuehlt sich zwischen den Himmel und Erde! Was fuer ein herrliches Gefuehl! Ich liebe Bach und ich liebe Jazz, beides vereint und durch Jacques Loussier gespielt ist ein Genuss!

a great baroque and jazz virtuoso mr. Louissier I like the arrengement

Amazing performance! It is truly a great work done on blending classical and jazz.

Wonderful version! What a cool way to combine two styles.

Masterful! A joy to hear.

A true Performance of wonderful work!

i came this after hear them on spotify.... .____. THIS MAN IS AWESOME!

Souvenir, souvenir, quand tu nous tiens! Je dédie cette musique à quelqu'un avec je l'ai partagée il y a très longtemps et qui, s'il l'écoute, peut-être se reconnaîtra.

A great performance, thanks!

2 genios se encuentran, Bach y Jacques Loussier! Fantastico!

Beauty times everybody on earth ... Lets not forget Andre and Vincent please , thank you all beautiful trio .

My high school music teacher allowed me to borrow records..bring back Monday ..Jaques Loussier....Wendy Carlos and Symphonies for the 70s .......actually he also allowed me to take home the double bass...a real walkin bass....across the zebra crossing to my house....strange thing looking back....because I was the so called drummer and 2nd clarinet in the band! Blessed to have had such guidance.

pure class not many musicians like them left

such a fantastic remix

Merci pour cette découverte; quel apport à cette œuvre... oui, Bach au bar

I'm forever grateful to JL. It was he who first introduced me to the works of Bach, the greatest composer who's ever lived (or ever will).

The genius of Bach! Love the 5 string stand up bass.

Wonderful I love this piece :) His playing is just phenomenal :)

Lo asombroso de todas sus interpretaciones es que se ajusta estrictamente a la partitura original de Bach.Fantastico y la audición en un Auditorium , sublime.

he's just like a singer!!! i couldn't belive when i heard him... it's a genius!!! i simply love it!!!

I have heard this song so many times, but this is the first time I SEE them play . Thanks coltrane1966 for posting.

Pure genius!

The beginning is so much more powerful on the organ, but the fugue was brilliant!

Great!!! Great!

This is excellent, quality stuff. Fantastic.

Le génie particulier de Monsieur Jacques Loussier.

Grandiosa Composición siempre un enorme placer escuchar al Gran Maestro Jacques Loussier

I had the deepest joy of my life seeing/watching/hearing him in Lausanne a couple yesrs before his death.....thankfully he did not die sooner as Mother and I discovered himon a BBC 4 Friday night when Udo as per usual, was away...MOTHER AND I DELIGHTED FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF...I immediately looked to see where I would have to go to hear him and booked 2 tickets as Udo back.. showed this for a meditation at the brilliant Junior school of Aiglon in 2004 or so....with problems of video!!!! Thank you George and sorry Didier it all made meditation go longer than usual...I wonder ifany child remembers?!?!

genial!!!!espectacular!!!! sensacional!!!! sublime!!!!

Really love the idea, but more I love the execution. Omg.

great music & trio. merci beaucoup ...

Por siempre !!!!!! llenos de vida y belleza ,sus interpretaciones alegran mis días !!

Miss you Maestro

love this cool jazzy-fugal composition!

Um génio.Não haverá outro igual tão cedo.Já o ouço há mais de 30 anos .

Really SUPERB

JACQUES LOUSSIER MARAVILLOSO

Brilliant honouring of Bach!

Great performance! Thank you!

Amazingly beautiful!!

ok i wont lie. i wasn't completely sold until he broke into that fugue holy shittu bravo

grâce à J Loussier j'adoreBach et inversement; jamais l'un sans l'autre

Wounderful version, enjoyed so much

this is fantastic exemplary my musical director told me about this only last night for the first time the skill is beyond belief.

Great. Beautiful work

Merci! Je l'aime beaucoup.

Infinitas Gracias por compartir este gran tesoro. Yo tengo la fortuna de tenerlo en Longplay. Un abrazo fuerte.

This is amazing.

Pure genius.

What a talent!

There is only Jacques Loussier who could catapult JSB into the postmodern time !!! Without him, Bach would be forgotten easily, because today we have many musicians, who are as good or better than Bach ! We have music from them, Bach has never imagined.

MAGNIFICANT JACQUES TY

This drummer is one of the best in the world i swear, check out 5:45-6:00, immense, so simple and subtle and virtuoso

Magnificent!