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Martial Solal

Pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader Martial Solal is one of France's most accomplished jazz musicians, whose career has spanned seven decades. Born in Algiers on August 23, 1927, he studied piano from the age of six and became a professional musician in 1945. In 1950, he moved to Paris, where he found work in the orchestras of Benny Bennet and Aimé Barelli, before embarking on his own career. He recorded with a trio on the Swing label, accompanied Django Reinhardt, Astor Piazzolla, Kenny Clarke, Lucky Thompson and Sidney Bechet, and performed at the Club Saint-Germain, bef...