Martial Solal

INCLUDES 9 BONUS TRACKS

Presented here is Martial Solal’s complete original soundtrack to Jean-Luc Godard’s legendary 1960 film "A bout de souffle" (premiered in the United States as "Breathless"). The movie is about a wandering criminal (Jean-Paul Belmondo) and his American girlfriend (Jean Seberg). It was Godard’s first feature-length work and represented Belmondo’s breakthrough as an actor. The film was one of the earliest, most influential examples of French New Wave (nouvelle vague) cinema.

As a bonus, the music composed and performed by Martial Solal for two more films by other directors, Claude Bernard-Aubert’s Match contre la mort (1959), and Emile Degelin’s film Si le vent te fait peur (1960). The latter also features the great Clark Terry on trumpet.

PERSONNEL:

SIDE A: A BOUT DE SOUFFLE

ROGER GUERIN, trumpet
PIERRE GOSSEZ, alto sax
MICHEL HAUSSER, vibes
MARTIAL SOLAL, piano & leader
PAUL ROVERE, bass
DANIEL HUMAIR, drums
Plus string section.

SIDE B: BONUS TRACKS

B1-B4: Match contre la mort. Same personnel as above.
Paris, France, December 7, 1959.

B5-B9: Si le vent te fait peur
CLARK TERRY, trumpet
FERNARD VERSTRAETE, trumpet
CHARLES VERSTRAETE, trombone
PIERRE GOSSEZ, alto sax
WILLIAM BOUCAYA, baritone sax
MARTIAL SOLAL, piano
BENOIT QUERSIN, bass
ARMAND MOLINETTI, drums
Paris, France, April 14, 1960.

SIDE A:

01 LA MORT
02 DUO
03 NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE
04 POURSUITE
05 L’AMOUR, LA MORT
06 DIXIELAND
07 THÈME D’AMOUR
08 LA MORT [version 2]
09 POURSUITE [version 2]
10 CAMPAGNE-PREMIÈRE

SIDE B

01 GÉNÉRIQUE
02 BALLET
03 HISTOIRE DU CIRQUE
04 MONTHLÉRY
05 CLARK’S BLUES
06 CHAR A VOILE
07 RADIO TERRY
08 DANCING
09 PIN-UP