Jazz Articles about Soel

Soel: Memento

by Woodrow Wilkins
March 14, 2005

The lineage of Memento winds through many directions. Trumpeter Pascal Ohse is a member of St. Germain, the best-selling European group led by Ludovic Navarre. When it came time for Ohse to unveil his first solo effort, he chose to call it Soel, a West African name that honors his Guinean roots. He unveils a part-acoustic/part-electronic work that breaks the boundaries of soul, funk, and blaxploitation soundtracks. The music is a hybrid of funk, world beat, ...