Benjamin Glibert

Sylvaine Hélary: Glowing Life

by Henning Bolte
March 8, 2021

Is flute an odd one out in the present jazz field? Not really and not at all in France. France not only has Michel Edelin in the older generation, it has still more flautists in the younger generation that are also bandleaders in their own right, for example Magic Malik, Eve Risser, Naïssam Jalal and, of course, Sylvaine Hélary. The music of French flautist-vocalist Sylvaine Hélary (1986) has its beyond- quality of a special kind. On her 2021 ...