Martial Solal - On Green Dolphin Street

[MrPaco137]

@Virtuosic1 ok, thanks a lot from Fresnillo, Mexico

[MrPaco137]

@Virtuosic1 Grat Music, where is this guy from?

[Virtuosic1]

@MrPaco137 He's french-algerian. been recording in relative anonimity for 60+ years. Like Tristano and Zeitlin, Martial is unique. A voice extremely different from the rest of the pack.

[MisteryGuitarBoy]

is it "Nuits de Saint-Germain-de-Près" the song they finish playing at the beginning of this video?

if so, I would ve thankful if anyone could link me to the recording, or provide a setlist for this session :D great video

[gustavoaran]

Where this video comes from...There is a complete version of this video any place on earth....please inform

[pigsinvirtualspace]

@gustavoaran from the blue sign in the corner i can tell you that its a german broadcast-station BAYERN 3 / B3

perhaps they can help you there..

[monkey747]

what year is this from?

[TimyCovert]

Great stuff !!

I prefer this early style to what he has done in the last decades.

[exjazzbassbaz]

awesome stuff from martial.slikktim has a point .but i am more interested in our own ronnie stephenson what a drummer world class.many thanks.

[Andreeeiiii]

crazy, how he controls the piano

[SlikkTim]

I'll beg to differ but to me this version is about as pretentious and corny as jazz can be. Taking any basic standard and complicating it the most absurd of ways ain't musical to me. Plus the solo is a collection of "lookame I can play fast shit". No dynamics, intercation with the band or progression in the solo. Just for kicks, listen to Sonny Clark play this, and it's a whole different story... Jazz ain't better because it ressembles a classical solo piano piece.

[leftywilbury]

@SlikkTim

that makes sense, and you can hear bill evans '73 tokyo version as a good example too.

[superchuds]

@SlikkTim thats the opinion of a very simple minded person who ant handle virtuosity.

[zenbooter]

im back to savor,,,ps. Chet's "Let's Get Lost" aired last night ...a gas...for me a Rimbaudian flashback,,,memories,, in the end it was a speedball man

[jwklbm326]

Great!, Uncle Ronnie is terrific Katie.

[IntuitionDigression]

Simply a genius

[zenbooter]

afegilu- what about the mighty BE? Mary Lou Williams-Ahmad Jamal,only just for starters.

[zenbooter]

omg they are so efn good jeez

[egyptianminor]

Awesome...flawless technique and great style...The bassist kinda reminds me of Ray " Goodfellas" Liotta

[johncassio]

THE BEST VERSION EVER

[robertojimenez204]

¡Mazacote del gordo papá!!!

[fenjazz4]

what a tight bass piano line

[zenbooter]

A machine gun piano. My first thought when I heard him in 62'. thanks GBagley. LP I purchased at the time was his " MARTIAL SOLAL"- EUROPE'S GREATEST JAZZ PIANIST. Anyone know of it ,,please leave me a message. Thanks.

[Virtuosic1]

@zenbooter The technical ability of Tatum and Oscar + the harmonic/rhythmic and contrapuntal inventiveness of Lennie Tristano/Denny Zeitlin = Martial Solal, the best of all worlds and for 60 years the greatest jazz pianist! I've been transcribing and playing his music for 35 years, and I'm always amazed!

[paynow]

Simply outstanding.

[blue47er]

Notice the way Ronnie Scott hangs around to admire the audacious verve and rhythmic dynamism of this fabulous trio. Solal's techniquie is quite awesome, and backed by two wonderful musicians this version of On Green Dolphin Street is a small classic to be savoured and enjoyed time after time. Thanks for posting.

[seanlikestoeat]

i have faith in humanity again

[SoundsUzed]

WOW!! just... WOW!!!!!!

[robertojimenez204]

Wow....this guy is something else!!

[memzehni]

Solal: inventive as Jaki Byard, superb as Phineas Newborn, swinging as Oscar Peterson, musical as Errol Garner... wow!!

[pauldav1d]

And I LOVE the stride-influenced left-hand, but without ever playing stride...

[pauldav1d]

Can't decide whether to i want to practice or just quit...

Nah, I'll just practice! BRILLIANT.

[loudrussell]

i want to play like this - Wes is sitting in the background!

[zinwah]

Great! You know it must be with the rest of the band so evidently digging it! And yes, Mr Stephenson was a great drummer and a lovely guy-even though I only met him a couple of times

[katie200101]

there my uncle on the drums ronnie stephenson im not jokein i realy miss him best uncle ever! :'(

[CHISSY14]

miss him loads too he is my husbands grandad

[300bigboss]

@katie200101 no joke stephenson was really your uncle????

[katie200101]

@300bigboss yeah im not jokeing, i swear

[300bigboss]

@katie200101 holy jam he must've been that best at reunions... lucky

[wassermeister]

man i wanna get more into jazz like this but i just dont know what to listen :( anyone?

[redSuikoden]

I also started listening to jazz, just buy some albums from Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Art Blakey and etc....

The ones above are just a fraction, but I can't type all day long! ;)

[afegilu]

what about Bill Evans Trio?

[jsxtal]

try keith jarrett

standards vol. 1

standards vol. 2

[djangoph1le]

I wonder why Wes didn't play on this. What a shame.

[boerum]

love the eternal. great performance, what year was this recorded in?

[Marlg]

1965

[ColmOSullivanRed]

1965

[jazz1bro]

Excellent !

[boerum]

great playing. love the eternal part of it! just for my curiosity, what year was this recorded?

thanks for posting it.

[amrob]

shit siiik playing=)=)

[ParanoiDxd]

great music

[holdemjoe]

One of my favorite pianists for many years-in the words of Johnny Griffin after the performance-"ridiculous,man!" Any more of 60's Solal trio out there-perhaps the one with Hamair and Guy Pederson? Please?

[holdemjoe]

of course that's Daniel HUMAIR..wish I'd learned to type in high school!

[halby720]

awesome!

[LeGueslin]

Séance avec Wes Montgomery et Johny Griffin. Excusez du peu!

[pianojazz66]

For me Solal is the best European Jazzpianist and I`m very glad for this post. Thank you!!!

[crazyguy106]

Fantastic video!

Thank you for this!

[happyslappysoong]

haha nice old school clip you found here

[renaudbassplayer]

wooow, that was totally awesome. I love old jazz ^^

[klickBG]

Jazz cant be old ! JAZZ IS ETERNAL, you coud hear the same tunes played by talanded guys again today !(excuse my english)

[renaudbassplayer]

hummm, I know

[klickBG]

so this is no OLD JAZZ

[renaudbassplayer]

yeah but the video is old, I think you can understand that, huh ?

[sleeepingpills]

That's not true at all. Jazz ideas evolve with time. There are many ideas that carry through the years, but there are just as many characteristics and ideas that define certain times in jazz.

[klickBG]

man i am talking about the thing that you can hear in THIS song - On Green Dolphin Street....... ofcourse jazz evolves but IT NEVER GET OOOOOLD,!!!!!! hear again this tune and go to someone that play's stuffs like that, you wont hear a big diference