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91 years old and still loves... to play? On his album Improvised Stories (Words and Music), Martial Solal shows us the rules of the game, the rules of his game: "I improvised about twenty pieces, rather short ones, each one inspired by a name or a few words written on 52 small squares of paper picked out of a hat. All I had to do was close my eyes and pick one, and that would be my starting point. The whole thing was recorded in a single take, which explains why there are some repetitions and some wild, unexpected pieces... I played the same way I would at home in the morning, just wandering around on the keyboard."
The result shows how Solal is a modest master of jazz piano, or just the piano full stop. Each piece lasting from one to five minutes, these delicious sequences don’t only tell the story of a musician, a city, an instrument, a track or whatever, but most of all the story of Solal himself. And as usual with his recordings, some of his younger colleagues would be wise to listen to these wonderfully fresh and incredibly intelligent improvisations. © Marc Zisman/Qobuz
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Martial Solal, Composer, Artist, MainArtist - Editions Jean-Marie Salhani, MusicPublisher
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Martial Solal, Composer, Artist, MainArtist - Editions Jean-Marie Salhani, MusicPublisher
2018 Disques JMS 2018 Disques JMS
Martial Solal, Composer, Artist, MainArtist - Editions Jean-Marie Salhani, MusicPublisher
2018 Disques JMS 2018 Disques JMS
Martial Solal, Composer, Artist, MainArtist - Editions Jean-Marie Salhani, MusicPublisher
2018 Disques JMS 2018 Disques JMS
Martial Solal, Composer, Artist, MainArtist - Editions Jean-Marie Salhani, MusicPublisher
2018 Disques JMS 2018 Disques JMS
Martial Solal, Composer, Artist, MainArtist - Editions Jean-Marie Salhani, MusicPublisher
2018 Disques JMS 2018 Disques JMS
Martial Solal, Composer, Artist, MainArtist - Editions Sidomusic B. Liechti & Cie, MusicPublisher
2018 Disques JMS 2018 Disques JMS
Martial Solal, Composer, Artist, MainArtist - Editions Jean-Marie Salhani, MusicPublisher
2018 Disques JMS 2018 Disques JMS
Martial Solal, Composer, Artist, MainArtist - Editions Jean-Marie Salhani, MusicPublisher
2018 Disques JMS 2018 Disques JMS
Martial Solal, Composer, Artist, MainArtist - Editions Jean-Marie Salhani, MusicPublisher
2018 Disques JMS 2018 Disques JMS
Martial Solal, Composer, Artist, MainArtist - Editions Jean-Marie Salhani, MusicPublisher
2018 Disques JMS 2018 Disques JMS
Martial Solal, Composer, Artist, MainArtist - Editions Jean-Marie Salhani, MusicPublisher
2018 Disques JMS 2018 Disques JMS
Martial Solal, Composer, Artist, MainArtist - Editions Jean-Marie Salhani, MusicPublisher
2018 Disques JMS 2018 Disques JMS
Martial Solal, Composer, Artist, MainArtist - Editions Jean-Marie Salhani, MusicPublisher
2018 Disques JMS 2018 Disques JMS
Martial Solal, Composer, Artist, MainArtist - Editions Jean-Marie Salhani, MusicPublisher
2018 Disques JMS 2018 Disques JMS
Martial Solal, Composer, Artist, MainArtist - Editions Jean-Marie Salhani, MusicPublisher
2018 Disques JMS 2018 Disques JMS
Martial Solal, Composer, Artist, MainArtist - Editions Jean-Marie Salhani, MusicPublisher
2018 Disques JMS 2018 Disques JMS
Martial Solal, Composer, Artist, MainArtist - Editions Jean-Marie Salhani, MusicPublisher
2018 Disques JMS 2018 Disques JMS
Martial Solal, Composer, Artist, MainArtist - Editions Jean-Marie Salhani, MusicPublisher
2018 Disques JMS 2018 Disques JMS
Album review
91 years old and still loves... to play? On his album Improvised Stories (Words and Music), Martial Solal shows us the rules of the game, the rules of his game: "I improvised about twenty pieces, rather short ones, each one inspired by a name or a few words written on 52 small squares of paper picked out of a hat. All I had to do was close my eyes and pick one, and that would be my starting point. The whole thing was recorded in a single take, which explains why there are some repetitions and some wild, unexpected pieces... I played the same way I would at home in the morning, just wandering around on the keyboard."
The result shows how Solal is a modest master of jazz piano, or just the piano full stop. Each piece lasting from one to five minutes, these delicious sequences don’t only tell the story of a musician, a city, an instrument, a track or whatever, but most of all the story of Solal himself. And as usual with his recordings, some of his younger colleagues would be wise to listen to these wonderfully fresh and incredibly intelligent improvisations. © Marc Zisman/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 00:56:17
- Main artists: Martial Solal
- Composer: Martial Solal
- Label: JMS Productions
- Genre: Jazz
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