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Also known as Martial Solal Dodecaband, Martial Saoul Cohen-Solal

French jazz pianist and composer (1927–2024)

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  • Ma vie sur un tabouret : Autobiographie
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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1927-08-23
Active to
2024-12-12
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Martial Solal (born August 23, 1927 in Algiers, Algeria) is a French jazz pianist and composer, who is probably most widely known for the music he wrote for Jean-Luc Godard's debut feature film À bout de souffle (1960). Solal was the son of an opera singer and piano teacher, who learnt the instrument from the age of six, settling in Paris in 1950. He soon began working with leading musicians including Django Reinhardt and expatriates from the United States like Sidney Bechet and Don Byas. <a hre

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Algiers
Occupation
pianist
Languages spoken
French
Genre
jazz
Instrument
piano
Record label
MPS Records
Image
Martial Solal (cropped).jpg
Work location
Algiers
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date of birth
1927-08-23
Commons category
Martial Solal
name in native language
Martial Saoul Cohen-Solal
start of work period
1950-00-00
copyright representative
SACEM
date of death
2024-12-12
end of work period
2019-00-00
birth name
Martial Saul Cohen-Solal
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