Eddy Louiss

Eddy Louiss

Eddy Louiss at Paris Jazz Festival 2011
Background information
Birth name Édouard Louise
Born (1941-05-02)2 May 1941
Paris, France
Died 30 June 2015(2015-06-30) (aged 74)
Poitiers, France
Genres Jazz
Instruments Hammond organ
Years active 1957-2015
Notable instruments
piano

Eddy Louiss (2 May 1941 – 30 June 2015) was a French jazz musician.[1][2]

His primary instrument was the Hammond organ. As a vocalist, he was a member of Les Double Six of Paris from 1961 through 1963.[3]

He worked with Kenny Clarke, René Thomas, and Jean-Luc Ponty.[4] He was a member of the Stan Getz quartet (with René Thomas and Bernard Lubat)[5] that recorded the Getz album Dynasty (1971).

In duet, he recorded with pianist Michel Petrucciani (1994)[6] and accordionist Richard Galliano (2002). His later recordings—for example, Sentimental Feeling and Récit proche—combine jazz with rock and world music.

In 1964, he was awarded the Prix Django Reinhardt.[7]

Discography

References

  1. "Mort de l'organiste de jazz Eddy Louiss" (in French). Le Figaro. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  2. Eddy Louiss, French Jazz Organist, Dead at 74
  3. "Double Six of Paris", in Leonard Feather, Ira Gitler, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz, Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN 0-19-532000-X
  4. Yanow, Scott. "Eddy Louiss". Allmusic. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  5. See for example 1971 - Stan Getz Quartet - Dum Dum Dum, on Stan Getz Community website. Retrieved 2011-07-09
  6. Bill Marshall, Cristina Johnston, France and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History, Oxford : ABC-Clio, 2005, ISBN 1-85109-411-3, 927
  7. "Les prix Django Reinhardt depuis 1955". ACADEMIE DU JAZZ. Retrieved 22 April 2010.

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