Musical genius

I went to the Jacques Loussier Trio concert. Gosh, Jacques Loussier is a musical genius. I can understand why he can't be categorise either as a jazz pianist who plays classical or a classical pianist who plays jazz. But whatever it is, he is am amazing pianist with incredible creativity. Who would have thought to play Bach jazz style? He has a very serious, distinguished look on him, but a great and subtle sense of humour.

And the trio (piano, double bass and drums) are such a tight unit. Their timing is impeccable. It is obvious that they have played together for a while. It was such a pleasure to listen to the Trio. They started their repertoire with Bach (not surprising since Jacques Loussier's first Trio was called Play Bach since they mostly play Bach jazz style). Then they also Spring, from Vivaldi's 4 Seasons (quite appropriate, I guess). Followed by 2 French composers - Satie and Ravel, with the last piece being Ravel's Bolero. Bolero was apparently written for a full orchestra, but the Trio managed to pull it off very impressively. I am now very tempted to buy an album with that piece on it.

Its been a while since I have been completely mesmerised during a concert. It was definitely a magical musical experience and undoubtedly one of the best concerts of its kind that I have been to. If you come across any of their music, I recommend you buy it without hesitation!