First Recording The Trio Sessions
These 1953 recordings of Algerian pianist Martial Solal were originally made for the Swing and Vogue label in Paris and document some of his earliest work. Even at this stage his vivid imagination and determination to extend the language of the piano is evident – standards are usually transformed into something original and exciting.
During the period of these recordings Solal was regularly appearing at the Club St. Germain as well as at the Ringside where he met touring musicians like J.J. Johnson, Clifford Brown, Don Byas and Lucky Thompson. It isn’t difficult to understand why they were all massively impressed by this young pianist. Bobby Jasper wrote in 1955: ‘The lyricism, the reassuring feeling that things were on the right path, the audacious attitude of the musician who plumbed right to the depths of himself and made music from jazz and jazz from music, it was from Martial that I secretly went to draw these things every evening.
First Recording The Trio Sessions
These 1953 recordings of Algerian pianist Martial Solal were originally made for the Swing and Vogue label in Paris and document some of his earliest work. Even at this stage his vivid imagination and determination to extend the language of the piano is evident – standards are usually transformed into something original and exciting.
During the period of these recordings Solal was regularly appearing at the Club St. Germain as well as at the Ringside where he met touring musicians like J.J. Johnson, Clifford Brown, Don Byas and Lucky Thompson. It isn’t difficult to understand why they were all massively impressed by this young pianist. Bobby Jasper wrote in 1955: ‘The lyricism, the reassuring feeling that things were on the right path, the audacious attitude of the musician who plumbed right to the depths of himself and made music from jazz and jazz from music, it was from Martial that I secretly went to draw these things every evening.