Jacques Loussier Trio - Toccata & Fugue In D Minor

Jacques Loussier Trio - The Best of Play Bach 24 Feb 2004

It seems almost like clockwork the regularity with which Jacques Loussier Trio's ever-popular recordings pop up from Telarc. They are jazz interpretations of various classical composers and started originally with Bach.
Particularly popular in Europe, Jacques and his partners are increasingly popular in the States.
As you might guess, he was classically trained and somehow just naturally drifted into jazz and specifically jazz interpretations of classical masters of composition. Somewhere, some long time ago, I remember reading a brief comment by some musicologist or music reviewer stating that if Bach were alive today he would certainly be a jazz composer. Perhaps that feeling extends to Loussier.
I was very impressed with much of the quieter and reflective portions of the "Toccata and Fugue" though near the opening chords it sounded as if Loussier was trying to get too much out of the piano or the microphone was being briefly overloaded and not a big deal in any event.