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Jacques Loussier

Jazz
Jazz

Jacques Loussier is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles Aznavour, Léo Ferré, Django Reinhardt and Ignacy Jan Paderewski. Those roots explain a lot about how Jacques Loussier arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Oscar Peterson, Richard Galliano, Brad Mehldau, Chick Corea and Claude Bolling, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Pink Floyd, Elton John, Sting, Chris Rea and Sade, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Jacques Loussier, reaching back through Johann Sebastian Bach and forward to Pink Floyd. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Jacques LoussierJohann Sebastian BachCharles AznavourLéo FerréDjango ReinhardtIgnacy Jan PaderewskiPink FloydElton JohnStingChris ReaSadeEminemDr. DreLeonard BernsteinOscar PetersonRichard GallianoBrad MehldauChick CoreaClaude BollingBill EvansDaniel BarenboimThe Ramsey Lewis Trio

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Jacques Loussier connections

Jacques Loussier grew out of Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles Aznavour, Léo Ferré and Django Reinhardt, shares an orbit with Oscar Peterson, Richard Galliano, Brad Mehldau and Chick Corea, went on to shape Pink Floyd, Elton John, Sting and Chris Rea. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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