The meeting of two musical giants is a pretty common thing these days. Far more uncommon is the first collaboration of two musicians from different generations and continents. That is precisely what is so unique and wonderful about the recent partnership of French piano legend Martial Solal and American saxophone giant Dave Liebman and their new recording, Masters In Bordeaux.
Born in Algiers and based in Paris since 1950, Solal is arguably the most important name in jazz from Europe. The 90-year-old pianist has been at the cutting edge of jazz music since the 1950s, as one of the first Europeans to master the bop language, scoring Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless, leading an extraordinary big band, and collaborating with important voices in the music from around the globe.
Twenty years Solal’s junior, NEA Jazz Master Liebman has been a force in the spread of the music. His mastery of the saxophone and his musical eclecticism have made him a role model to many younger players. Liebman’s extensive résumé covers sideman roles with many of the masters, including Elvin Jones and Miles Davis, as well as leading his own revolutionary ensembles.
Though a fan of Solal’s work, Liebman had never met or played with him before 2016. It was the saxophonist’s former student Jean-Charles Richard who was able to bring the two together. Being Solal’s son-in-law, Richard was able to propose a meeting. Liebman provided some music of his longtime collaboration with the great pianist Richie Beirach. It wasn’t long before Solal reached out in hopes of playing with Liebman.
Their first performances were at the Sunside Jazz Club in Paris. Liebman was struck by Solal’s complete control and harmonic adventurousness. The two performed standards and a couple of originals in two successful evenings. The exhilaration of performing together, the challenge of their demanding musical knowledge, and their instant rapport made further meetings a priority.
The duo’s next opportunity came when Jean-Jacques Quesada invited them to perform a concert at Château Guiraud in Sauternes, France as part of the Jazz and Wine Festival in Bordeaux.
The material was selected on the spot. The two decided to play standards that they knew well but that would prove to be intriguing because of the duo’s flair for harmonic experimentation.
The program begins with a fascinatingly deconstructed version of Kern and Hammerstein’s “All The Things You Are,” the two musicians seemingly finishing each other’s musical statements. Cole Porter’s “Night and Day” is introduced by Solal’s introspective plucking before Liebman’s resonant tenor begins to sing alongside, both bringing real sparks with their playing. Spritely soprano introduces Miles Davis’s “Solar” while Solal’s piano plays brilliant and allusive lines setting off some amazing interplay.
Porter’s “What Is This Thing Called Love” begins with a fantastic, pointillist tenor cadenza commences with an exhilarating duo passage, followed by a poignant Solal solo. The duo’s take on Kaper and Washington’s “On Green Dolphin Street” is measured yet still seeking. The Davis, Ramirez, and Sherman chestnut “Lover Man” concludes the set with perfectly weighted drama and intent.
In a true show of musical generosity and spirit, Martial Solal and Dave Liebman have begun a marvelous new partnership. Their new recording Masters In Bordeaux displays the duo’s quickly developing empathy and brilliance in performance.
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El encuentro de dos gigantes musicales es algo bastante común en estos días. Mucho más inusual es la primera colaboración de dos músicos de diferentes generaciones y continentes. Eso es precisamente lo que es tan único y maravilloso de la reciente asociación de la leyenda del piano francés Martial Solal y el gigante estadounidense del saxofón Dave Liebman y su nueva grabación, Masters In Bordeaux.
Nacido en Argel y radicado en París desde 1950, Solal es posiblemente el nombre más importante del jazz de Europa. El pianista de 90 años ha estado a la vanguardia de la música jazz desde la década de 1950, como uno de los primeros europeos en dominar el lenguaje bop, escribiendo Breathless de Jean-Luc Godard, liderando una extraordinaria big band y colaborando con importantes voces. en la música de todo el mundo.
Veinte años más joven que Solal, NEA Jazz Master Liebman ha sido una fuerza en la difusión de la música. Su dominio del saxofón y su eclecticismo musical lo han convertido en un modelo a seguir para muchos intérpretes más jóvenes. El extenso currículum de Liebman cubre papeles secundarios con muchos de los maestros, incluidos Elvin Jones y Miles Davis, además de liderar sus propios conjuntos revolucionarios.
Aunque era fanático del trabajo de Solal, Liebman nunca lo había conocido ni tocado con él antes de 2016. Fue el ex alumno del saxofonista, Jean-Charles Richard, quien pudo unir a los dos. Siendo yerno de Solal, Richard pudo proponer una reunión. Liebman proporcionó algo de música de su larga colaboración con el gran pianista Richie Beirach. No pasó mucho tiempo antes de que Solal se acercara con la esperanza de jugar con Liebman.
Sus primeras actuaciones fueron en el Sunside Jazz Club de París. Liebman quedó impresionado por el control total y la audacia armónica de Solal. Los dos interpretaron estándares y un par de originales en dos veladas exitosas. La euforia de actuar juntos, el desafío de su exigente conocimiento musical y su compenetración instantánea hicieron que las reuniones posteriores fueran una prioridad.
La siguiente oportunidad del dúo llegó cuando Jean-Jacques Quesada los invitó a realizar un concierto en el Château Guiraud en Sauternes, Francia, como parte del Festival de Jazz y Vino de Burdeos.
El material fue seleccionado en el acto. Los dos decidieron tocar estándares que conocían bien pero que resultarían intrigantes debido al talento del dúo para la experimentación armónica.
El programa comienza con una versión fascinantemente deconstruida de "All The Things You Are" de Kern y Hammerstein, donde los dos músicos aparentemente terminan las declaraciones musicales del otro. "Night and Day" de Cole Porter es presentada por el punteo introspectivo de Solal antes de que el tenor resonante de Liebman comience a cantar al lado, ambos trayendo chispas reales con su interpretación. La soprano animada presenta "Solar" de Miles Davis, mientras que el piano de Solal toca líneas brillantes y alusivas que desencadenan una interacción increíble.
"What Is This Thing Called Love" de Porter comienza con una fantástica cadencia puntillista de tenor que comienza con un emocionante pasaje a dúo, seguido de un conmovedor solo de Solal. La versión del dúo de "On Green Dolphin Street" de Kaper y Washington es mesurada, pero sigue buscando. El "Lover Man" castaño de Davis, Ramírez y Sherman concluye el set con un drama y una intención perfectamente ponderados.
En una verdadera demostración de generosidad musical y espíritu, Martial Solal y Dave Liebman han comenzado una nueva y maravillosa asociación. Su nueva grabación Masters In Bordeaux muestra el rápido desarrollo de la empatía y la brillantez del dúo en la interpretación.
This here is the definition of international jazz, recorded in Paris in 1956 by two relaxed, unpretentious, melodic, and well-rehearsed groups including both American and European jazz musicians. These meetings were documented in two excellent albums: “Jazz on the Left Bank” and “Réunion à Paris.”
The remarkably versatile trombonist-writer Billy Byers and pianist Martial Solal wrote these loosely swinging arrangements, and although they took care of one album each, their work blends seamlessly in the hands of a group of consistently professional musicians. Byers playing is satisfying in both albums, while Solal feeds chords almost imperceptibly, with his solos bouncing along effortlessly helped by the propelling force of Benoît Quersin’s skilled bass support.
And although the wonderful, cohesive group sound present in these two albums was significantly shaped by Byers and Solal, all their colleagues demonstrate their usual, considerable skill—the competent playing of trumpeter Dick Mills, the full sound and guts of William Boucaya on baritone, as well as the ever-present taste of drummer Wessel Ilcken on “Jazz on the Left Bank.” Jimmy Deuchar’s exciting solo work on trumpet, and Allen Eager’s flow of ideas on tenor are stimulated by the rhythm effort of Quersin once again, this time with Kenny Clarke’s drums on “Réunion à Paris.” The music in these two albums is an invigorating set of flowing originals and arrangements that make an out of the ordinary listening experience.
https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/billy-byers-martial-solal-albums/46707-jazz-on-the-left-bank-reunion-a-paris-2-lp-on-1-cd.html
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Esta es la definición del jazz internacional, grabado en París en 1956 por dos grupos relajados, sin pretensiones, melódicos y bien ensayados, que incluían músicos de jazz estadounidenses y europeos. Estos encuentros quedaron documentados en dos excelentes álbumes: "Jazz on the Left Bank" y "Réunion à Paris".
El extraordinariamente versátil trombonista-escritor Billy Byers y el pianista Martial Solal compusieron estos arreglos de swing suelto, y aunque se ocuparon de un álbum cada uno, su trabajo combina a la perfección en manos de un grupo de músicos de profesionalidad constante. La interpretación de Byers es satisfactoria en ambos álbumes, mientras que Solal alimenta los acordes casi imperceptiblemente, con sus solos rebotando sin esfuerzo ayudado por la fuerza propulsora del hábil apoyo del bajo de Benoît Quersin.
Y aunque el maravilloso y cohesivo sonido de grupo presente en estos dos álbumes fue moldeado significativamente por Byers y Solal, todos sus colegas demuestran su habitual y considerable habilidad: el competente toque del trompetista Dick Mills, el sonido pleno y las agallas de William Boucaya al barítono, así como el siempre presente gusto del batería Wessel Ilcken en "Jazz on the Left Bank". El emocionante trabajo en solitario de Jimmy Deuchar a la trompeta, y el flujo de ideas de Allen Eager al tenor se ven estimulados por el esfuerzo rítmico de Quersin una vez más, esta vez con la batería de Kenny Clarke en "Réunion à Paris". La música de estos dos álbumes es un vigorizante conjunto de originales fluidos y arreglos que constituyen una experiencia auditiva fuera de lo común.
https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/billy-byers-martial-solal-albums/46707-jazz-on-the-left-bank-reunion-a-paris-2-lp-on-1-cd.html
In June 1966, invited by the shrewd American producer and author Ross Russell, Martial Solal traveled to Los Angeles to record these forgotten and unreleased solo piano sessions. Russell, who had launched the legendary label Dial Records back in 1946 to record Charlie Parker, had spent several years away from the jazz scene after shutting Dial down in 1949. When he decided to return to the jazz record business, he organized a series of recordings at Glendale’s Whitney Studio, which had a wonderful Steinway. Unfortunately, Russell’s new project didn’t come to fruition, and so Solal’s recordings never saw the light.
Now we can finally hear them in two CD volumes. They show Martial Solal at his best, his incontestable talent, dazzling virtuosity and invention, but also his good taste and sense of humor in the execution. The originality of his conception, paired with his elegant control and technique, put him on a par with the great American pianists.
https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/martial-solal-albums/6637-solo-piano-unreleased-1966-los-angeles-session-volume-1.html
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En junio de 1966, invitado por el astuto productor y autor estadounidense Ross Russell, Martial Solal viajó a Los Ángeles para grabar estas sesiones de piano solo olvidadas e inéditas. Russell, que había lanzado el legendario sello Dial Records en 1946 para grabar a Charlie Parker, había pasado varios años alejado de la escena del jazz tras cerrar Dial en 1949. Cuando decidió volver al negocio discográfico del jazz, organizó una serie de grabaciones en el Whitney Studio de Glendale, que contaba con un maravilloso Steinway. Por desgracia, el nuevo proyecto de Russell no llegó a buen puerto, por lo que las grabaciones de Solal nunca vieron la luz.
Ahora por fin podemos escucharlas en dos volúmenes en CD. Muestran lo mejor de Martial Solal, su incontestable talento, su deslumbrante virtuosismo e inventiva, pero también su buen gusto y sentido del humor en la ejecución. La originalidad de su concepción, unida a un control y una técnica elegantes, le sitúan a la altura de los grandes pianistas americanos.
https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/martial-solal-albums/6637-solo-piano-unreleased-1966-los-angeles-session-volume-1.html
Born into a musical family, Kenneth Spearman Clarke as a child played piano and trombone as well as drums. and was working professionally in music while still in his teens. By l937 he was in New York with pianist Edgar Hayes' big band, making his first records. In 1938, the Hayes band toured Scandinavia, and Clarke got his first taste of Europe, making his debut as a leader on a record date in Sweden, featuring himself on vibes (a la Lionel Hampton). Back home, he joined Teddy Hill's band and was fired for experimenting with some new ideas, including off-beat accenting on the bass drum (a concept later to become known as "dropping bombs"). He then joined Bechet, who didn't seem to mind, and also worked with his bassist brother Frank in Buddy Johnson's up-and-coming blues and jump band. Then came Minton's, and work with Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Carter's big band, and Coleman Hawkins. A tour of duty in the Army kept Clarke away from the mainstream of jazz during 1944 and '45, but when he returned in 1946, one of his first jobs was with old friend Dizzy Gillespie’s big band. which he rejoined after an important stint with Tadd Dameron's fine little group at the Royal Roost in New York.
Clarke, by now nicknamed "Klook," returned to Europe with the Gillespie band in l948, stayed on in France for a few months, and came back to Paris in the spring of 1949 (with a Dameron group including Miles Davis) for the first important international jazz festival. This time he stayed for almost two years, doing much to help establish modern jazz in Europe. but also touring with Bechet. Back in New York, he joined former Gillespie colleagues john Lewis and Milt jackson plus bassist Percy Heath in the Modern jazz Quartet and also kept very busy as a studio musician, notably for the Savoy’ label. In the summer of 1956 he returned to France for good, and made his home there for the nearly 30 years of life that remained to him. Among the highlights of those decades was a l3-year association (from 1960 to 1973) as co-leader with the Belgian pianist-arranger composer Francy Boland of the Clarke-Boland Band — one of the musically most significant big bands of the period. From time to time, Clarke returned to the U.S. to visit with relatives, but seldom to play. But on what turned out to be his last trip home, he performed and recorded with some notable avant-garde drummers. lt's fitting that Kenny Clarke's musical swansong was something so fresh and unusual, for he was a musician never content to rest on his laurels...
Dan Morgenstern (from the liner Notes)
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Nacido en el seno de una familia de músicos, Kenneth Spearman Clarke tocaba de niño el piano y el trombón, además de la batería. En 1937 ya estaba en Nueva York con la big band del pianista Edgar Hayes, con la que grabó sus primeros discos. En 1938, la banda de Hayes realizó una gira por Escandinavia, y Clarke tuvo su primera experiencia en Europa, debutando como líder en una fecha de grabación en Suecia, presentándose a sí mismo en el vibráfono (a la Lionel Hampton). De vuelta a casa, se unió a la banda de Teddy Hill y fue ficado por experimentar con algunas ideas nuevas, incluyendo la acentuación fuera de compás en el bombo (un concepto que más tarde se conocería como "dropping bombs"). Luego se unió a Bechet, a quien no pareció importarle, y también trabajó con su hermano bajista Frank en la prometedora banda de blues y jump de Buddy Johnson. Luego vino Minton's, y el trabajo con Ella Fitzgerald, la big band de Benny Carter y Coleman Hawkins. Un período de servicio en el ejército mantuvo a Clarke alejado de la corriente principal del jazz durante 1944 y 45, pero cuando regresó en 1946, uno de sus primeros trabajos fue con la big band de su viejo amigo Dizzy Gillespie, a la que se unió de nuevo tras un importante período con el pequeño grupo de Tadd Dameron en el Royal Roost de Nueva York.
Clarke, apodado ya "Klook", regresó a Europa con la banda de Gillespie en 1948, permaneció en Francia durante unos meses y volvió a París en la primavera de 1949 (con un grupo de Dameron que incluía a Miles Davis) para el primer festival internacional de jazz importante. Esta vez permaneció durante casi dos años, contribuyendo en gran medida a establecer el jazz moderno en Europa, pero también haciendo giras con Bechet. De vuelta a Nueva York, se unió a los antiguos colegas de Gillespie, John Lewis y Milt Jackson, además del bajista Percy Heath, en el Modern Jazz Quartet, y también se mantuvo muy ocupado como músico de estudio, especialmente para el sello Savoy'. En el verano de 1956 regresó definitivamente a Francia, donde estableció su hogar durante los casi 30 años de vida que le quedaban. Entre los aspectos más destacados de esas décadas se encuentra una asociación de 13 años (de 1960 a 1973) como colíder, junto con el compositor pianista y arreglista belga Francy Boland, de la Clarke-Boland Band, una de las grandes bandas musicales más importantes de la época. De vez en cuando, Clarke regresaba a Estados Unidos para visitar a sus familiares, pero rara vez para tocar. Pero en lo que resultó ser su último viaje a casa, actuó y grabó con algunos notables bateristas de vanguardia. Es apropiado que el cisne musical de Kenny Clarke fuera algo tan fresco e inusual, ya que fue un músico que nunca se contentó con dormirse en los laureles...
Dan Morgenstern (de las notas de presentación)
Biography by arwulf arwulf
French
pianist, composer, and bandleader Martial Solal's intuitive approach to
improvisation has earned him an honored place among the greatest minds
in all of jazz. Thoroughly versed in the tradition from New Orleans (he
worked extensively with Sidney Bechet) to big-band swing to bop to
post-bop and beyond, Solal has also composed chamber music, written
scores for more than 20 films, and recorded more than 70 albums as
soloist and leader. For more than 60 years, Solal has personified the
cross-pollinated splendor of European jazz by utilizing styles and
influences from both sides of the Atlantic to generate and sustain
musical ideas that almost invariably come across as intelligent,
pleasant, and gratifying. Solal is highly regarded as one of the great
storytelling soloists; many critics praise his unaccompanied outings --
his 1954 debut French Modern Sounds, 1974's Himself, and 1998's Jazz 'n
(E)motion are prime examples). Likewise, Solal is also a formidable duo
partner who pushes others to great heights of improvisation and harmonic
inquiry. Besides Bechet, he has toured and recorded with some of the
great jazz soloists, including Niels Henning Ørsted-Pedersen
(Movability, 1976) Lee Konitz (Duplicity, 1978), Stéphane Grappelli
(Happy Reunion, 1980), Michel Portal (Fast Mood, 1999), and modernists
such as Dave Douglas (Rue De Seine, 2006) and David Liebman (Masters In
Bordeaux, 2017).
A student of 20th century European composers
such as Béla Bartók, Igor Stravinsky, Alban Berg, and Olivier Messiaen,
his early influences on piano were Fats Waller, Teddy Wilson, and Art
Tatum, followed by Erroll Garner, Bud Powell, and Bill Evans. Some might
hear elements of Herbie Nichols or Dodo Marmarosa. Both Oscar Peterson
and Duke Ellington held him in highest esteem. As a composer he is
clearly descended from both Ellington and Thelonious Monk. Each of these
currents flows freely yet systematically through his music, tempered by
his own unique sensibilities and a vast store of impressions harvested
and manifested during a lengthy lifetime spent in absorption,
reflection, and emanation.
Born to French parents in Algiers,
North Africa, on August 23, 1927, Martial Solal grew up under the
influence of his mother, an opera singer who encouraged him to learn to
play piano, clarinet, and saxophone. In 1942 the Vichy government's
adopted Nazi racial policies (enforced in the French colony of Algeria)
resulted in his expulsion from school, solely on account of his father's
Jewish ancestry. Already familiar with the classical piano repertoire
from Bach to Debussy, young Solal now became a full-time musical
autodidact. A turning point occurred when he pushed himself to emulate a
recording he heard over the radio, unaware that he'd been listening to a
piece for piano four hands. (Similarly, finger-style guitar virtuoso
Guy Van Duser cited an overdubbed Chet Atkins record as an important
inspiration for his own exceptional accomplishments.) By the age of 15,
Solal was performing publicly, often playing to an audience of U.S.
Armed Forces personnel.
Solal continued to study and perform
while enlisted in the military, began working professionally in 1945,
and moved to Paris in 1950, performing in nightclubs and making his
first recordings as soloist and sideman, sometimes under the name of
O.J. Jaguar. During this period he worked with bassist Pierre Michelot
and in bands led by trumpeter Aimé Barelli, drummers Gerard Pochonet and
Benny Bennett, and triple-threat trumpet/clarinet/tenor sax man Noel
Chiboust. Solal formed a quartet in 1951 with trumpeter Roger Guerin,
bassist Paul Rovère, and drummer Daniel Humair. He recorded with an
ensemble under the direction of composer Andre Hodeir in 1952, then cut
an LP with his own trio and participated in Django Reinhardt's very last
session in 1953. In 1955 Solal played on what appears to have been
Argentine composer and bandoneon virtuoso Astor Piazzolla's first
European recording date. He jammed with guitarist Henri Crolla and
progressive clarinetists/tenor saxophonists Hubert Rostaing and Maurice
Meunier, and in 1956 was heard on one of earliest albums ever to appear
under the name of Claude Bolling.
Solal's artistic collaborations
with visiting or expatriate U.S. jazz musicians during the '50s and
early '60s included sessions with trumpeter Clark Terry, trombonist
Quentin "Butter" Jackson, saxophonists Sidney Bechet, Don Byas, Lucky
Thompson, and Stan Getz, guitarist Jimmy Gourley, bassist Joe Benjamin,
and drummers Kenny Clarke and Roy Haynes, as well as bassist Curtis
Counce among a small contingent of instrumentalists associated with
bandleader Stan Kenton. In 1960, Solal achieved international fame when
he scored music for the soundtrack to Jean-Luc Godard's film A Bout de
Soufflé. Together with trumpeter Roger Guerin, alto saxophonist Pierre
Gossez, vibraphonist Michael A. Hauser, bassist Paul Rovère, and drummer
Daniel Humair, Solal created a fascinating suite of deceptively simple
variations that greatly enhanced the film's restless pacing, thrilling
plot, and revolutionary editing. Other film projects would include
scores for films by Godard's contemporaries Jean-Pierre Melville, Henri
Verneuil, Edouard Molinaro, and Jean Becker, as well as Jean Cocteau's
Testament of Orpheus and Franz Kafka's The Trial as interpreted by Orson
Welles.
A period of busy productivity ensued, including live
performances and several albums with Humair and bassist Guy Pedersen. In
1963, Solal appeared live in Berlin, at the Hickory House in New York,
in Montreal, and at the Newport Jazz Festival with bassist Teddy Kotick
and drummer Paul Motian. A brief alignment with Attila Zoller and Hans
Koller resulted in a configuration remembered as Zo-Ko-So. From
1965-1969, Solal's reconstituted trio included Gilbert "Bibi" Rovère and
drummer Charles Bellonzi. In 1967 Solal was heard in San Francisco and
at the Monterey Jazz Festival. During the '60s he recorded with
guitarist Wes Montgomery and trombonist Slide Hampton, initiated a
long-standing artistic relationship with saxophonist Lee Konitz, and
performed in duet with pianist Hampton Hawes backed by Pierre Michelot
and Kenny Clarke. During the '70s Solal recorded as a soloist at various
locales including Villingen, Germany, and Warsaw, Poland; in duets with
Konitz, Stéphane Grappelli, Joachim Kühn, and bassist Niels-Henning
Ørsted Pedersen; in trios with Pedersen, Rovère, Jean-François
Jenny-Clark, and Humair; in quartets with Konitz, Pedersen, Dave
Holland, guitarist John Scofield, and Jack DeJohnette; and with a band
led by George Gruntz.
During the '80s Solal led a 25-piece big
band, appeared live at New York's Town Hall with an ensemble led by
Daniel Humair, and continued to record as a soloist. Solal's two piano
concerti, composed during the '80s, were recorded in 1989. A resurgence
of activity occurred during the '90s, as he teamed up with pianists
Katia and Marielle Labèque and engaged in creative duets with pianist
Joachim Kühn, violinist Didier Lockwood, mouth organist Toots
Thielemans, trumpeter Eric Le Lann, and tenor saxophonist Johnny
Griffin. Solal's trios now involved bassists Marc Johnson and Gary
Peacock, drummers Paul Motian and Peter Erskine. He also made an album
with bassist Mads Vinding and Daniel Humair backed by the Danish Radio
Jazz Orchestra.
Martial Solal inaugurated the 21st century by
composing music for Les Acteurs, a film directed by Bertrand Blier, and
remained active in the recording studios. In one setting, Solal's
quartet was augmented by an orchestra conducted by Patrice Caratini.
Solal's 12-piece "Dodecaband" interpreted an album's worth of Ellington
tunes and his "Une Piece Pour Quatre" was included with compositions by
Phil Woods, Paquito d'Rivera, and Aldemaro Romero in an album by the
Accademia Saxophone Quartet.
In 2007, Solal released Exposition
Sans Tableau featuring a scaled-down "Newdecaband" that included
vocalizations by his daughter Claudia Solal. Also around this time, he
collaborated with clarinetist Rolf Kuhn and with trumpeter Dave Douglas.
He then delivered the trio album Longitude with brothers Louis and
François Moutin. A concert album, Live at the Village Vanguard, followed
in 2009. In 2016, Solal joined fellow French pianist Eric
Ferrand-N'Kaoua for Martial Solal: Works for Piano and Two Pianos. The
following year, he and saxophonist David Liebman released the duo album
Masters in Bordeaux, followed by the solo outing My One and Only Love:
Live at Theater Gütersloh in 2018.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/martial-solal-mn0000310170/biography
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