Silk and Salt Melodies

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]

Silk and Salt Melodies
Studio album by the Louis Sclavis Quartet
Released	August 22, 2014 (2014-08-22)
Recorded	March 2014
Studio	Studios la Buissonne Pernes-les-Fontaines
Genre	Jazz
Length	1:02:36
Label	ECM ECM 2402
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Louis Sclavis chronology
Sources (2012) Silk and Salt Melodies (2014) Ida Lupino (2016)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	[1]
The Guardian	[2]

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.	Title	Length
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

• Louis Sclavis – clarinet
• Gilles Coronado – guitar
• Benjamin Moussay – piano, keyboard
• Keyvan Chemirani – percussion