Martial Solal

Martial Solal Martial Solal French jazz pianist and composer (1927–2024) Martial Solal (23 August 1927 – 12 December 2024) was a French jazz pianist and composer. Quick facts Background information, Born ... Martial Solal Solal performs with his Newdecaband in 2006. Background information Born (1927-08-23)23 August 1927 Algiers, French Algeria Died 12 December 2024(2024-12-12) (aged 97) Versailles, Yvelines, France Genres Jazz, classical Occupation(s) Musician, composer Instrument Piano Years active 1950s–2019 Close Life and career Solal was born in Algiers, French Algeria on 23 August 1927,[1] to Algerian Jewish parents. He was persuaded to study clarinet, saxophone, and piano by his mother, who was an opera singer.[2] He was expelled from school in 1942 because of his parents' Jewish ancestry. Algeria…

GENRES: Jazz, Piano