The SAOUTA quartet brings together the oud, soprano saxophone, double bass, and percussion. The group draws on Arabic, Mediterranean, and jazz music to create a sound identity where tradition and contemporary creation meet.

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The compositions provide a precise framework that leaves ample room for improvisation. The balance between written score and spontaneity allows the musicians to develop a fluid collective playing style, where each instrument is considered a voice in its own right.

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Listening, presence, and exchange are at the heart of the project: the music is built in the moment, in constant dialogue between the musicians and with the public.

The new repertoire, Traces, explores the conscious and unconscious memories that flow through us — gestures, voices, silences, stories passed down or transformed. Each piece questions what continues to resonate within us: joys, struggles, dreams, wounds.

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SAOUTA thus fits into a space where East and West meet, where writing and improvisation coexist, and where shared imaginaries nourish a resolutely contemporary expression.

 

[ Distribution ]

Damien Brassart: saxophone

Akram ben Romdhane: oud
Jim Monneau: double bass
Simon Lereux: percussion

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Tournée Art&Vie : 273-1