Nuages (Martial Solal)

Martial Solal · 1975 · Nothing but Piano (MPS, solo)

Context

Solo piano version of Django Reinhardt's theme, recorded by Martial Solal on 7 April 1975 for the album Nothing but Piano (MPS, 1976). It is the eighth of the record's ten tracks.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to French jazz, Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of French jazz: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Traditional revival, Hot Club de France, Gypsy jazz, Jazz in France (interwar years), Jazz of the Maghreb and the Near East.

By the same artist

• M.B.S. Blues (1975)
• Nice Work If You Can Get It (1975)
• Fascinating Rhythm (Martial Solal) (1975)
• Jordu (1962)
• Frise I et II (1962)
• New York Herald Tribune (1959)

Sources

• jazzmusicarchives.com

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