Eddy Louiss Explained

Eddy Louiss
Birth Name:	Édouard Louise
Birth Date:	1941 5, df=yes
Birth Place:	Paris, France
Death Place:	Poitiers
Genre:	Jazz, jazz fusion
Occupation:	Musician
Instrument:	Hammond organ, vocals
Years Active:	1957–2015

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

Career

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 of Les Double Six of Paris from 1961 through 1963.^[3] During this time his primary instrument became the Hammond organ.

In 1964, he was awarded the Prix Django Reinhardt.^[4]

For 13 years, between 1964 and 1977, he played with leading French musician Claude 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 with Kenny Clarke, René Thomas, and Jean-Luc Ponty.^[5] In 1971 he was a member of the Stan Getz quartet (with René Thomas and Bernard Lubat)^[6] that recorded the Getz album Dynasty (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 pianist Michel Petrucciani (1994)^[7] and accordionist Richard Galliano (2002). His later recordings, such as Sentimental Feeling and Récit proche, combined jazz with rock and world music.

Discography

• Jazz Long Playing with Daniel Humair and Jean-Luc Ponty (1964)
• Trio HLP with Daniel Humair and Jean-Luc Ponty (All Life, 1966)
• Eddy Louiss Trio with Kenny Clarke, René Thomas (1968)
• Our Kind of Sabi with John Surman, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and 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 presse with Michel Petrucciani, 1994
• Conférence de presse, Vol. 2, 1995
• Louissiana, 1995
• Floméla with Marc Bertaux, Tony Bonfils, Steve Ferrone, Bob Garcia, Jo Maka, Luigi Trussardi, Jean-Louis Viale, 1996
• Multicolor Feeling Fanfare, 1989
• WéBé, 2000
• Recit Proche with Xavier Cobo, Jean Marie Ecay, Paco Sery, 2001
• Jazz in Paris: Bohemia After Dark with Kenny Clarke, Jimmy Gourley, Guy Pedersen, 2001
• Jazz in Paris: Porgy & Bess 2001
• Face to Face with Richard Galliano, 2001
• Ô Toulouse...Hommage à Claude, 2006

With Stan Getz

• Dynasty (Verve, 1971)
• Communications '72 (Verve, 1972)

Notes and References

1. News: Mort de l'organiste de jazz Eddy Louiss. 30 June 2015. Le Figaro. French. 30 June 2015.
2. Eddy Louiss, French Jazz Organist, Dead at 74. Billboard. 10 February 2019.
3. "Double Six of Paris", in Leonard Feather, Ira Gitler, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz, Oxford University Press, 2007,
4. Web site: Les prix Django Reinhardt depuis 1955 . ACADEMIE DU JAZZ . 22 April 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100212231104/http://www.academiedujazz.com/archives.html . 12 February 2010.
5. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p99543|pure_url=yes}} Eddy Louiss ]. Allmusic . Yanow. Scott . 22 April 2010.
6. See for example 1971 - Stan Getz Quartet - Dum Dum Dum, on Stan Getz Community website. Retrieved 2011-07-09
7. Bill Marshall, Cristina Johnston, France and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History, Oxford : ABC-Clio, 2005,, 927