Silk and Salt Melodies

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Silk and Salt Melodies
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Studio album by
the Louis Sclavis Quartet
ReleasedAugust 22, 2014 (2014-08-22)
RecordedMarch 2014
StudioStudios la Buissonne
Pernes-les-Fontaines
Genre Jazz
Length1:02:36
Label ECM
ECM 2402
Producer Manfred Eicher
Louis Sclavis chronology
Sources
(2012)		Silk and Salt Melodies
(2014)		Ida Lupino
(2016)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Silk and Salt Melodies is a jazz album by the Louis Sclavis Quartet recorded March 2014 and released on ECM August later that year. The quartet features Gilles Coronado on guitars, Benjamin Moussay on keys, and Keyvan Chemirani on percussion. [3]

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Reception

Karl Ackermann in All About Jazz gave a four and a half star review saying, "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]

The Guardian awarded the album four stars, with John Fordham saying, "The Frenchman [Louis Sclavis] is one of the most consistently satisfying, yet surprising jazz-driven composer-players in Europe.... 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.TitleLength
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 Quartet

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References

  1. 1 2 "Silk and Salt Melodies (All About Jazz Review)". All About Jazz . Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Silk and Salt Melodies (The Guardian Review)". The Guardian . Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Silk and Salt Melodies". ECM Records . Retrieved May 18, 2017.
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