EDDY LOUISS
Genres: Hard Bop, Big Band, Post Bop, Soul Jazz, World Fusion, Post-Fusion Contemporary, Jazz Related Soundtracks, Avant-Garde Jazz • France

born on 12/5/1941 in Paris, Île-de-France, France died on 30/6/2015 in Poitiers, Poitou-Charentes, France Eddy Louiss has spent most of his career leading his own group in France, but twice has made particularly notable recordings, both on organ. He had sung as a member of the Double Six (1961-1963), played piano with Johnny Griffin in the mid-'60s, and worked at times with Kenny Clarke and Jean-Luc Ponty. But he is best-known for recording Dynasty with Stan Getz (1971) and for his duet set with pianist Michel Petrucciani (1994) on Dreyfus. from allmusic