Release Date: 13 April 2018
Label: Intuition
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 608917132724
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Description
'My One and Only Love is the new live album from French pianist Martial Solal, recorded at the Theater Gütersloh in November, 2017.
'"Martial Solal has, in abundance, those indispensables of the musicians' craft: sensitivity, creativity, and a prodigious technique. Most of all, he sparkles with refreshment." These words of praise were written by his "soul brother" Duke Ellington for Solal's US debut album, recorded mostly at Newport in 1963 with Bill Evans' rhythm section Paul Motian on drums and Teddy Kotick on bass. More than half an exciting century later the legendary French pianist and composer, who excelled with works for soundtracks, orchestras, big bands and his own groups, as well as in the meantime duo settings with jazz masters from Lee Konitz to Dave Liebman, once again proved why the Duke loved him madly.
As soon as Martial Solal sat down at the piano in the Theater Gütersloh for soundcheck, all the months of preparation and practice for this solo-concert, and the strain of the travel here from his home in Chatou near Paris seemed to disappear. "At home I don't even make music, I just practice scales and things", he said, after explaining why he looks forward to play on a great grand piano on stage. "I have two pianos at home: I practiced for years on an old upright piano with a light keyboard touch, and I was frequently suffering when meeting on stage instruments with a heavier touch. Then I bought in 1977 a grand piano Kawai and asked the piano maker to adjust it with a heavy touch response, to be perfectly at ease on all kind of pianos I am invited to play. I always have the music in my head, but it only comes out on the right instrument."
Tracklisting
Sebastian Sternal & hr-Bigband
Oregon
Enrico Pieranunzi
Oregon
Fred Frith
Jon Hassell
Iyeoka
OREGON
Martial Solal
Martial Solal
Martial Solal
Martial Solal
