Martial Solal

Known for: Sound / Music
Date of birth: 1927. August 23.
Place of birth: Algiers, Algeria

Martial Solal (born August 23, 1927) is a French jazz pianist and composer. Solal was born in Algiers, French Algeria, to Algerian Jewish parents. He was persuaded to study clarinet, saxophone, and piano by his mother, who was an opera singer. He was expelled from school in 1942 because of his pare...