Martial Solal

Martial Solal

Sound

Birthday

1927/08/23 (97 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Algiers, Algeria

Also know as

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Biography

Martial Solal (born August 23, 1927) is a French jazz pianist and composer. Solal was born in Algiers, French Algeria, to Algerian Jewish parents. He was persuaded to study clarinet, saxophone, and piano by his mother, who was an opera singer. He was expelled from school in 1942 because of his parents' Jewish ancestry. Algeria was a French colony, and the Vichy regime in France was following Nazi policies. Solal educated himself after having studied classical music in school. He imitated music ...Read more

Acting
Play Your Own Thing: A Story of Jazz in Europe
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(2006) Play Your Own Thing: A Story of Jazz in Europe

as Self

Victoires de la musique
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(1985) Victoires de la musique

as Self

Le Grand Échiquier
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(1972) Le Grand Échiquier

as Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
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(1975) Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self

Discorama
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(1959) Discorama

as Self