Martial Solal
SOLO PIANO: UNRELEASED 1966 LOS ANGELES SESSION · VOLUME 1
Fresh Sound Records
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.
Tracklisting:
01. Groovin‘ High (Dizzy Gillespie) 4:02
02. Scrapple from the Apple (Charlie Parker) 5:54
03. I Can’t Get Started (Duke-Gershwin) 3:44
04. Night in Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie) 8:53
05. Ornithology (Charlie Parker) 5:43
06. Yardbird Suite (Charlie Parker) 4:31
07. Embraceable You (G. & I. Gershwin) 4:17
08. Now’s the Time (Charlie Parker) 4:36
09. Lover Man (Davis-Ramirez-Sherman) 6:10
10. Blue Monk (Thelonious Monk) 4:38
11. Billie’s Bounce (Charlie Parker) 5:01
12. ‚Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk) 5:28
13. Un Poco Loco (Bud Powell) 3:20
Martial Solal, Solo Piano
Recorded at Whitney Studios, Glendale, California, June 18, 19 (#10 & 13) & 21 (#3,9 & 12), 1966
Original recordings produced by Ross Russell
Produced for CD release by Jordi Pujol
Stereo · 24-Bit Digitally Remastered
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