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Martial Solal
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Pianists · 1927–2024

Martial Solal

French jazz pianist and composer (1927–2024)

Born
23 August 1927
Algiers
Died
12 December 2024
Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt
Country
Algeria
Active
1950–2019
Record labels
RCA Victor, EMI, MPS Records, Disques Vogue, Pausa Records
Discography
46 albums

Biography

Martial Solal was a jazz musician who played piano. Martial Solal was born on 23 August 1927 in Algiers and died on 12 December 2024 in Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: RCA Victor, EMI, MPS Records and Disques Vogue. The discography here lists 46 albums, from “Modern Sounds: France” (1954) to “Martial Solal & Michel Portal” (2025). Honours include Prix Django Reinhardt (1955), Grand Prix du Disque (1957) and (1980).

Martial Solal (23 August 1927 – 12 December 2024) was a French jazz pianist and composer.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Modern Sounds: France 1954 · Contemporary Escale à Paris 1956 · Swing Réunion a Paris 1956 · Swing Martial Solal et son grand orchestre 1958 · Swing Martial Solal 1960 · Columbia Records At Newport '63 1963 · Live · RCA Victor
Martial Solal - At Newport '63 1963 · Live
En Liberté 1965 · Columbia Records Electrodes 1966 · Ducretet-Thomson Fafasifa 1967 · CBS Action 1969 · Musique pour l’image Himself 1974 · PDU Locomotion 1974 · PSI Duo in Paris 1975 · Live · Musica Records Plays Duke Ellington 1975 · Musica Records Movability 1976 · MPS Nothing but Piano 1976 · MPS Suite for Trio 1978 · MPS Four Keys 1979 · MPS The Solosolal 1979 · MPS Bluesine 1983 · Soul Note Nuit étoilée / Concerto pour piano et orchestre 1990 · Erato Martial Solal, Toots Thielemans 1992 · Erato Solal - Lockwood 1993 The Vogue Recordings, Vol. II / Trios & Solos 1993 · Vogue Difficult Blues 1996 · John Marks Just Friends 1997 · Dreyfus Jazz Contrastes 1999 · Storyville Records In & Out 1999 · Dreyfus Jazz Les Acteurs 2000 · Sony Music À bout de souffle 2002 · EmArcy NY-1, Live At The Village Vanguard 2003 · Blue Note Newdecaband: exposition sans tableau 2006 · Nocturne Rue de Seine 2006 Solitude 2007 · CAM Jazz Live At The Village Vanguard 2008 · Live · CAM Jazz À bout de souffle - Bande sonore originale 2012 · Doxy Works for Piano & 2 Pianos 2015 · Grand Piano Masters in Bordeaux 2017 · Live · Sunnyside My One and Only Love (Live at Theater Gütersloh) 2018 · Live · intuition Stella by Starlight (Remastered) 2018 Masters in Paris 2020 · Live · Sunnyside Picture Window 2020 Coming Yesterday - Live at Salle Gaveau 2019 2021 · Live Live in Ottobrunn – Solo Piano 2022 · Live · GLM Music Martial Solal & Michel Portal 2025 · Erato Disques

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Albums where Martial Solal is credited as a sideman

1966 Zoller Koller Solal — Attila Zoller, Hans Koller, Martial Solal piano
1968 What Happens?... — Art Farmer - Phil Woods piano
1969 Impressive Rome — Konitz - Solal piano
1969 European Episode — Konitz-Solal piano
1969 Key for Two — Hampton Hawes & Martial Solal piano
1975 Satori — Lee Konitz piano, electric piano
1978 Duplicity — Lee Konitz & Martial Solal piano
1980 Happy Reunion — Stéphane Grappelli & Martial Solal piano
1981 The Date — Jimmy Raney/Martial Solal piano
1982 Live at the Berlin Jazz Days 1980 — Lee Konitz & Martial Solal piano
1986 Nuances — Claude Bolling Jazz All Stars piano
1992 Sweetie Pie — Stan Getz piano
1998 Star Eyes, Hamburg 1983 — Lee Konitz & Martial Solal piano
2001 Jazz in Paris: Lucky Thompson with Dave Pochonet All Stars — Lucky Thompson with Dave Pochonet All Stars piano
2002 Klook's Time — Kenny Clarke piano
2004 The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery — Wes Montgomery piano
2005 Mellow-Dy — Slide Hampton piano
2009 Duplicity — Lee Konitz, Martial Solal piano
2010 In Concert at the Brussels Fair, 1958 — Sidney Bechet-Buck Clayton Sextet piano
2020 The NDR Hamburg Studio Recordings — Wes Montgomery piano

Awards

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Frequently asked questions

What instrument did Martial Solal play?

Martial Solal is known for playing piano.

When and where was Martial Solal born?

Martial Solal was born 23 August 1927 in Algiers.

What are Martial Solal's best-known albums?

Albums in our database include Modern Sounds: France (1954), Escale à Paris (1956), Réunion a Paris (1956), Martial Solal et son grand orchestre (1958) and Martial Solal (1960).

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