Silk and Salt Melodies
Silk and Salt Melodies is a jazz studio album by French musician Louis Sclavis with Benjamin Moussay, Gilles Coronado and Keyvan Chemirani under the name Louis Sclavis Quartet. This jazz album was released in ECM Records label in August 2014.[3]
Silk and Salt Melodies | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | August 22, 2014 | |||
Recorded | March 2014 | |||
Studio | Studios La Buissonne in Pernes-les-Fontaines, France | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 1:02:36 | |||
Label | ECM ECM 2402 | |||
Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
Louis Sclavis Quartet chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
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Reception
Karl Ackermann in All About Jazz gave a four and a half stars to this album and says that "Putting Silk and Salt Melodies in the context of Sclavis' larger body of work is somewhat irrelevant; he builds, incorporates and moves on. It's a good philosophy for listening as well."[1]
In The Guardian, John Fordham gave this album four stars and says that "The Frenchman [Louis Sclavis] is one of the most consistently satisfying, yet surprising jazz-driven composer-players in Europe" and that "The playing is terrific, but – as so often with Sclavis – the themes are even better.".[2]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Louis Sclavis.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Le parfum de l'éxil" | 9:00 |
2. | "L'homme sud" | 9:22 |
3. | "L'autre rive" | 8:15 |
4. | "Sel et soie" | 7:36 |
5. | "Dance for Horses" | 6:59 |
6. | "Des feux lointains" | 5:49 |
7. | "Cortège" | 8:40 |
8. | "Dust and Dogs" | 5:50 |
9. | "Prato Plage" | 1:05 |
Total length: | 1:02:36 |
Personnel
- Louis Sclavis – clarinet
- Gilles Coronado – guitar
- Benjamin Moussay – piano, keyboard
- Keyvan Chemirani – percussion
References
- "Silk and Salt Melodies (All About Jazz Review)". All About Jazz. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
- "Silk and Salt Melodies (The Guardian Review)". The Guardian. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
- "Silk and Salt Melodies". ECM Records. Retrieved May 18, 2017.