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Martial Solal at the Vanguard (Part 2)

Posted Thu Oct 11, 2007, 11:50 PM ET

Martial Solal’s early set at the Village Vanguard tonight was as exuberant as expected. The ghost of Tatum was riding high, as the French pianist, celebrating his 80th birthday with only his third appearance in New York City in the past 44 years, mad-dashed through a dozen or so standards—including “Caravan,” “I Can’t Get Started,” “My Heart Belongs to Daddy,” even “Body & Soul”—in ways that no one has ever heard them, carving up the scores like a Cubist (more Braque than Picasso, with shards of Duchamp tossed in for wit), stretching and squeezing bars, yet somehow sustaining the tempo and the melody with tenuous but seamless aplomb. His music might be a mere virtuosic lark, were it not for his harmonies—brooding, bristling, caramel-rich chords, clusters of them, alternately embellishing, paring down, or playing against the conventional changes.

The Vanguard was as packed as I’ve ever seen it on a weeknight, though a few seats were open for the late set. Solal plays through Sunday. A French documentary crew was video-taping the performance. I’m told a CD is also in the works. If you can’t see him out now, you can at least hear him later.

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