Martial Solal – Solo Piano: Unreleased 1966 Los Angeles Session · Volume 2
Fresh Sound Records FSRCD 960
Martial Solal (p)
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. Pennies from Heaven (Johnson-Burke) 3:34
02. Blues Martial (Martial Solal) 2:43
03. Fig Leaf Rag (Scott Joplin) 3:52
04. Exactly Like You (McHugh-Fields) 3:42
05. Ain’t Miss Behavin’ (Fats Waller) 4:10
06. Begin the Beguine (Cole Porter) 4:12
07. Ah Non! (Martial Solal) 4:00
08. But Not for Me (G. & I. Gershwin) 3:15
09. Suite #105 (Martial Solal) 7:19
10. Kansas City Stomp (Jelly Roll Morton) 3:05
11. La Chaloupée (Jacques Offenbach) 3:20
12. Everything Happens to Me (Adair-Dennis) 5:03
13. Un Poco Loco (Bud Powell) 4:24
Martial Solal, Solo Piano
Recorded at Whitney Studios, Glendale, CA, June 19 (#2-6, 10 & 13), 21 (#1,7-9, 11 & 12), 1966
Original recordings produced by Ross Russell
Produced for CD release by Jordi Pujol
Stereo · 24-Bit Digitally Remastered
Info von hier:
https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/martial-solal-albums/6692-solo-piano-unreleased-1966-los-angeles-session-volume-2.html
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Freue mich riesig darauf – die beiden CDs sind jedenfalls eine grossartige Entdeckung – und schön auch, dass sie noch zu Lebzeiten herauskommen.
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