Martial Solal Piano Solo, Live in Munich : Munich Summer Piano Festival 1999 / Dieter Hens, director.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Hens, Dieter, film director.

Solal, Martial, performer.

LOFT.

Language:

English

Genre:

Internet videos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file) : sound, color

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : LOFT, 1999.

System Details:

digital

video file

Summary:

Born in Algiers in 1927, Martial Solal studied classical music in school until he was expelled by the Vichy French government in 1942 because of his parents' Jewish ancestry. From then on, he taught himself on the piano by imitating music on the radio at home, following his instinct and his god-given sense for melody. Once the war finished he moved to Paris and embarked on a long career that saw him rub shoulders with the likes of Django Reinhardt, Sidney Bechet and Don Byas, expatriates who were making the post-war Paris scene their own. Perhaps best known for his sublime soundtrack to the Jean-Luc Goddard's 1960 New Wave masterpiece À bout de souffle, Solal has accrued a nearly 8-decade career as a prolific jazzman, having played his first concerts at age 15. Here, he graces the Munich Summer Piano Festival's 1999 edition, for a solo concert that was billed as an evening with a true veteran of the jazz piano. On the repertoire where tributes to another pioneer of swelling, big band composition, Duke Ellington, as well as the great beguiler, Thelonious Monk and interpretations of classics like "Caravan" and "Foggy Day." Solal comes alive for each track, embodying its internal quirks through shifts in his playing style. A particular highlight is his original, "Ah, Non!" A sight to behold. .

Contents:

Caravan / Juan Tizol

Medley "Prelude To A Kiss" and "Satin Doll" / Duke Ellington

Que reste-t-il / Martial Solal

Round About Midnight / Thelonious Sphere Monk

A Night In Tunisia / John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie

Tea For Two / Vincent Youmans

Solitude / Duke Ellington

Boblicity / John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie

Ah Non! / Martial Solal

Foggy Day / George Gershwin

Body And Soul / John Green.

Participant:

Martial Solal, pianist.

Notes:

Recorded 1999 Munich Summer Piano Festival, Munich, Germany.

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Contains:

Container of: Tizol, Juan. Caravan.

Container of: Ellington, Duke. Medley "Prelude To A Kiss" and "Satin Doll."

Container of: Solal, Martial. Que reste-t-il.

Container of: Monk, Thelonious Sphere. Round About Midnight.

Container of: Gillespie, John Birks "Dizzy". A Night In Tunisia.

Container of: Youmans, Vincent. Tea For Two.

Container of: Ellington, Duke. Solitude.

Container of: Gillespie, John Birks "Dizzy". Boblicity.

Container of: Solal, Martial. Ah Non!

Container of: Gershwin, George. Foggy Day.

Container of: Green, John. Body And Soul.

OCLC:

1260850335