Eddy Louiss (2 May 1941 – 30 June 2015) was a French

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...

musician. 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 Les Double Six (also known as the Double Six of Paris) was a French vocal jazz group established in 1959 by Mimi Perrin. The group established an international reputation in the early 1960s. The name of the group was an allusion to the fact that the ...

of Paris from 1961 through 1963. During this time his primary instrument became the Hammond organ. In 1964, he was awarded the Prix

Django Reinhardt Jean Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953), known by his Romani nickname Django ( or ), was a Romani-French jazz guitarist and composer. He was one of the first major jazz talents to emerge in Europe and has been hailed as one of its most ...

. For 13 years, between 1964 and 1977, he played with leading French musician

Claude Nougaro Claude Nougaro (, oc, Claudi Nogaròu; 9 September 1929 – 4 March 2004) was a French songwriter and singer. Life and career Claude Nougaro was born in Toulouse to a respected French opera singer, Pierre Nougaro, and a piano teacher, Liette ...

. 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. He worked with

Kenny Clarke Kenneth Clarke Spearman (January 9, 1914January 26, 1985), nicknamed Klook, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. A major innovator of the bebop style of drumming, he pioneered the use of the ride cymbal to keep time rather than the hi-ha ...

, René Thomas, and

Jean-Luc Ponty Jean-Luc Ponty (born 29 September 1942) is a French jazz violinist and composer. Early life Ponty was born into a family of classical musicians in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano. At sixteen, he was admitt ...

. In 1971 he was a member of the Stan Getz quartet (with René Thomas and Bernard Lubat) that recorded the Getz album ''Dynasty'' (1971). 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 Michel Petrucciani (; ; 28 December 1962 – 6 January 1999) was a French jazz pianist. From birth he had osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic disease that causes brittle bones and, in his case, short stature. He became one of the most accomplish ...

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/ref> and accordionist Richard Galliano (2002). His later recordings, such as ''Sentimental Feeling'' and ''Récit proche'', combined jazz with rock and world music.

Discography

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Jazz Long Playing ''Jazz Long Playing'' is the debut album by French violinist Jean-Luc Ponty recorded in Paris in June and July 1964. It was reissued in 2000. ''Jazz Long Playing'' is one of two albums produced by Ponty; ''Sunday Walk'' in 1967 was his second. T ...

'' with Daniel Humair and

(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 John Douglas Surman (born 30 August 1944) is an English jazz saxophone, bass clarinet, and synthesizer player, and composer of free jazz and modal jazz, often using themes from folk music. He has composed and performed music for dance performanc ...

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (, 27 May 1946 – 19 April 2005), also known by his abbreviated nickname NHØP, was a Danish jazz double bassist. Biography Pedersen was born in Osted, near Roskilde, on the Danish island of Zealand, the son of ...

and Daniel Humair, 1970 * ''Orgue, Vols. 1 & 2'', with Kenny Clarke,

Jimmy Gourley James Pasco Gourley, Jr. (June 9, 1926 – December 7, 2008) was an American jazz guitarist who spent most of his life in Paris. Gourley was born in St. Louis in 1926. He met saxophonist Lee Konitz in Chicago when both were members of the s ...

, 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 * ''

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'' (Verve, 1971) * '' Communications '72'' (Verve, 1972)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Louiss, Eddy 1941 births 2015 deaths French jazz pianists French male pianists French jazz organists Musicians from Paris 20th-century organists 20th-century French musicians French male organists 21st-century organists 21st-century French musicians 20th-century French male musicians 21st-century French male musicians French male jazz musicians Les Double Six members