When Jacques Loussier’s Trio gave their first concerts in 1959 and – almost simultaneously– recorded their first records, the question soon arose: What are they actually playing? Bach for people who do not like Bach, or jazz for people who don’t like jazz? It was a time of extremes for the musicians. All at once their praises were being sung and at the same time some people had nothing good to say about their interpretations. All water under the bridge! Whoever writes about Loussier and PLAY BACH is writing about an institution, a new discovery in the music scene of the time. PLAY BACH came to epitomize an entire subgenre of jazz.