“As he sat down to play the opening notes of this 2019 concert, Martial Solal, pianist and doyen of French jazz, had not yet decided whether it was to be his last performance. He was 91 at the time and had been in the spotlight for 70 years. His account of his musings on this subject – calm, lucid, Gallic – makes the best album note I’ve read in years.
Age has certainly not softened Solal’s playin”
