Eddy Louiss
Eddy Louiss | |
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 Eddy Louiss at Paris Jazz Festival, 2011 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Édouard Louise |
| Born | 2 May 1941 Paris,France |
| Died | 30 June 2015(aged 74) Poitiers |
| Genres | Jazz,jazz fusion |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Hammond organ,vocals |
| Years active | 1957–2015 |
Eddy Louiss(2 May 1941 – 30 June 2015) was a Frenchjazzmusician.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Eddy started playing in his father Pierre's orchestra in the 1950s. Pierre changed the family name from Louise to Louiss. As a vocalist, he was a member ofLes Double Sixof Paris from 1961 through 1963.[3]During this time his primary instrument became theHammond organ.
In 1964, he was awarded the PrixDjango Reinhardt.[4]
For 13 years, between 1964 and 1977, he played with leading French musicianClaude Nougaro.After that, he made the decision, one that his son Pierre described as "not that easy", to split from Nougaro to head out on a solo career.[1]
He worked withKenny Clarke,René Thomas,andJean-Luc Ponty.[5]In 1971 he was a member of theStan Getzquartet (with René Thomas and Bernard Lubat)[6]that recorded the Getz albumDynasty(1971).[2]
Eddy Louiss had his left leg amputated in the early 1990s after suffering artery problems, following which he made few public appearances.
In duet, he recorded with pianistMichel Petrucciani(1994)[7]and accordionistRichard Galliano(2002). His later recordings, such asSentimental FeelingandRécit proche,combined jazz with rock andworld music.
Discography
[edit]- Jazz Long PlayingwithDaniel HumairandJean-Luc Ponty(1964)
- Trio HLPwith Daniel Humair and Jean-Luc Ponty (All Life,1966)
- Eddy Louiss Triowith Kenny Clarke, René Thomas (1968)
- Our Kind of SabiwithJohn Surman,Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersenand Daniel Humair, 1970
- Orgue, Vols. 1 & 2,with Kenny Clarke,Jimmy Gourley,Guy Pedersen(America,1971)
- Bohemia After Dark,with Jimmy Gourley, Guy Pedersen, Kenny Clarke, 1973
- Histoire Sans Parole,1979
- Sang mêlé,1987
- Eddy Louiss/Michel Petrucciani (live),1994
- Conférence de pressewith Michel Petrucciani, 1994
- Conférence de presse, Vol. 2,1995
- Louissiana,1995
- Flomélawith Marc Bertaux, Tony Bonfils,Steve Ferrone,Bob Garcia, Jo Maka,Luigi Trussardi,Jean-Louis Viale,1996
- Multicolor Feeling Fanfare,1989
- WéBé,2000
- Recit Prochewith Xavier Cobo, Jean Marie Ecay, Paco Sery, 2001
- Jazz in Paris: Bohemia After Darkwith Kenny Clarke, Jimmy Gourley, Guy Pedersen, 2001
- Jazz in Paris: Porgy & Bess2001
- Face to FacewithRichard Galliano,2001
- Ô Toulouse...Hommage à Claude,2006
WithStan Getz
- Dynasty(Verve, 1971)
- Communications '72(Verve, 1972)
References
[edit]- ^ab"Mort de l'organiste de jazz Eddy Louiss".Le Figaro(in French). 30 June 2015.Retrieved30 June2015.
- ^ab"Eddy Louiss, French Jazz Organist, Dead at 74".Billboard.Retrieved10 February2019.
- ^"Double Six of Paris",in Leonard Feather, Ira Gitler,The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz,Oxford University Press, 2007,ISBN0-19-532000-X
- ^"Les prix Django Reinhardt depuis 1955".ACADEMIE DU JAZZ. Archived fromthe originalon 12 February 2010.Retrieved22 April2010.
- ^Yanow, Scott."Eddy Louiss".Allmusic.Retrieved22 April2010.
- ^See for example1971 - Stan Getz Quartet - Dum Dum Dum,on Stan Getz Community website. Retrieved 2011-07-09
- ^Bill Marshall, Cristina Johnston,France and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History,Oxford: ABC-Clio, 2005,ISBN1-85109-411-3,927
External links
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- 1941 births
- 2015 deaths
- French jazz pianists
- French jazz organists
- Musicians from Paris
- 20th-century French organists
- French male organists
- 21st-century French organists
- 21st-century French musicians
- 20th-century French male musicians
- 21st-century French male musicians
- Les Double Six members
- French male jazz pianists