Martial Solal
French jazz pianist and composer (1927–2024)
Martial Solal (23 August 1927 – 12 December 2024) was a French jazz pianist and composer. He was born in Algiers, Algeria.
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 Martial Solal performs with his Newdecaband in 2006. | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 23 August 1927 Algiers, French Algeria |
| Died | 12 December 2024 (aged 97) Versailles, France |
| Genres | Jazz, classical |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Years active | 1950s–2019 |
After settling in Paris in 1950, he began working with Django Reinhardt, Sidney Bechet and Don Byas. He formed a quartet in the late 1950s. Solal then began composing movie music. He composed music for Jean-Luc Godard's first movie Breathless (À bout de souffle, 1960).
Solal died on 12 December 2024 in Versailles, France at the age of 97.[1]
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