The way trumpeter Pascal Ohsé sees it, R&B,
soul, and
jazz are "the closest thing we have to a universal musical language." The longtime
St. Germain associate also believes it is a language that needs an update once in a while, something his
Soel project set out to do from the start. Touring with the jazz and
electronica-blending
St. Germain meant Ohsé had access to St. Germain leader
Ludovic Navarre's enormous collection of vintage vinyl. Digging dusty grooves during the day and playing contemporary, genre-defying music at night influenced the trumpeter to start …
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