Boxset / Compilation · 2019
Tracklist
Disc 1
1.Dinah (Lewis-Young-Akst) 3:01
2.La Chaloupée (Jacques Offenbach) 2:45
3.Ramona (Wayne-Wolfe Gilbert) 2:55
4.Once in a While (Edwards-Green) 2:39
5.Poinciana (Nat Simon) 2:59
6.The Champ (Dizzy Gillespie) 3:00
7.Farniente (Martial Solal) 3:17
8.Pennies from Heaven (Johnston-Burke) 2:39
9.Darn That Dream (Van Heusen-DeLange) 3:31
10.I Only Have Eyes for You (Warren-Dubin) 2:53
11.You Stepped Out of a Dream (Brown-Kahn) 2:30
12.The Way You Look Tonight (Kern-Fields) 2:51
13.Signal (Jimmy Raney) 2:55
14.Midi 1/4 (Martial Solal) 2:50
15.Just One of Those Things (Cole Porter) 2:30
16.You're Not the Kind of Boy (Smith) 2:48
17.My Funny Valentine (Rodgers-Hart) 3:38
18.Ridikool (Martial Solal) 2:43
19.You Go to My Head (Coots-Gillespie) 2:51
20.The Song Is You (Kern-Hammerstein) 2:27
Disc 2
1.Ouin-Ouin (Martial Solal) 4:20
2.Theme a tics (Martial Solal) 3:02
3.Bonsoir (Martial Solal) 4:18
4.Very Fatigué (Martial Solal) 3:44
5.Middle Jazz (Martial Solal) 4:12
6.Jordu (Duke Jordan) 6:01
7.Nos Smoking (Martial Solal) 6:24
8.Special Club (Martial Solal) 7:30
9.Dermaplastic (Martial Solal) 4:48
10.Aigue-Marine (Martial Solal) 4:24
11.Averty, c’est Moi (Martial Solal) 6:23
12.Gavotte à Gaveau (Martial Solal) 5:52
13.Frise, Part I & II (Martial Solal) 9:37
Line-up/Musicians
Personnel on CD 1:
Tracks #1-4: Martial Solal, piano; Pierre Michelot, bass; Pierre Lemarchand, drums.
Recorded in Paris, May, 16, 1953
Tracks #5-8: Martial Solal, piano; Jean-Marie Ingrand, bass; Jean-Louis Viale, drums.
Recorded in Paris, February 24, 1954
Tracks #9-12: Martial Solal, piano; Joe Benjamin, bass; Roy Haynes, drums.
Recorded in Paris, October 28, 1954
Tracks #13-16: Martial Solal, piano; Jean-Marie Ingrand, bass; Jean-Louis Viale, drums.
Recorded in Paris, November 9, 1954
Tracks #17-20: Martial Solal, piano; Benoît Quersin, bass; Jean-Louis Viale, drums.
Recorded in Paris, April 29, 1955
Personnel on CD 2:
Tracks #1-5: Martial Solal, piano; Guy Pedersen, bass; Daniel Humair, drums.
Recorded in Paris, July 18, 1960
Tracks #6-12: Same as #1-5
Recorded in Paris, live at Salle Gaveau, May 3, 1962
Track #13: Same as #1-12
Recorded in Paris, June 8, 1962
About this release
Fresh Sound FSRCD9822 (Spain)
Sources CD 1:
Tracks #1 & 2, from Swing 425, also on Martial Solal Vol.1 (Vogue LD 200)
Tracks #3 & 4, from Swing 426, also on Martial Solal Vol.1 (Vogue LD 200)
Tracks #5 & 6, from Swing 444, also on Martial Solal Vol.1 (Vogue LD 200)
Tracks #7 & 8, from Swing 445, also on Martial Solal Vol.1 (Vogue LD 200)
Tracks #9-16, from Martial Solal Vol.2 (Swing M.33.340)
Tracks #17-20, from Martial Solal (Vogue EPL 7137)
Sources CD 2:
Tracks #1-5, from Martial Solal (Columbia FPX 191)
Tracks #6-12, from Martial Solal Trio “Jazz à Gaveau”
(Columbia FPX 221)
Track # 13, from Martial Solal Trio “Frise I et II”
(Pathé Marcony ESDF 1430)
Thanks to snobb for the addition and js for the updates