Sou Alle, Ali Ben (ne Soualle, Charles Jean Baptiste) 14.jul.1824-a1877 France Pas-de-Calais, Arras - France, ?
clarinetist, saxophonist, studied clarinet with Hyacinthe Klose at the Conservatoire de Paris, 1842 2d prix clarinet, 1844 1er prix clarinet, 1844 appointed bandmaster of the Marine de Senegal, 1847 he returned to Paris to enter the orchestra of the Opera Comique, 1848 he went to London where he played in the orchestra of Her Majesty's Theatre at Haymarket, 2.mar.1851 after he had learned to play the saxophone he debuted at Societe de L'Union Musicale in Paris, 22.aug.1852 he was hired by Jullien to play in his orchestra in London, shortly after he toured the Orient, 1853 Turkey where he changed his name to Ali-Ben-Sou-Alle and the name saxophone to turcophone (slightly modified saxophones of Adolphe Sax which he called turcophone, turcophono and turcophonini), since 1853 he always performed in turkish costume, 1853-1856 he was in Australia, Java, Singapore and Manilla, 1856 in China, Hong Kong, Canton, Hindustan, Calcutta India and Madrid, 8/20.aug.1864 he played every evening at the Royal Italian Opera House Covent Garden and October at the inauguration of the new English Opera at Covent Garden in London, 31.dec.1864 he gave a concert for the first time in his native Arras, 1865 he was ?former director of music for the Rajah of Mysore India, 27.mar.1865 he played in the Concert des Tuileries at Theatre Italien in Paris, 1865 he was in England to dedicate an album of his compositions to the Queen and Prince of Wales, 1877 he resided at Boulevard de Clichy 6 in Paris ; 11.sep.1847 in Arras he married couturiere Celestine Josephine Hequet ; son Victor Soualle (Arras 1849-12.apr.1851 Lezennes) ; son Edmond Soualle married Henriette Wertheimer on 17.jun.1877 in Paris