Healing Rituals
Album line-up
NAÏSSAM JALAL flute, vocals, nay, composition
CLÉMENT PETIT cello
CLAUDE TCHAMITCHIAN double bass
ZAZA DESIDERIO drums
Naïssam Jalal has composed eight imaginary healing rituals in response to the violence of our world. These “Healing Rituals” provide shelter for suffering spirits and bodies through silence, trance and beauty. Although very contemporary, these rituals are in line with the healing rituals of the ancestral and often animistic traditions that inspired them.
« Despite the upheavals shaking the world today, Naïssam Jalal stays true to a path of gentleness. As a flutist, composer, and vocalist, she has, project after project, created music that reconnects with its instinctive power. Tirelessly. Healing Rituals may well represent a climax — a kind of quintessence of what the flutist seeks. Almost whispered, the music unfolds as a true ritual, inspired by traditional cultures and their practices to accompany life and heal its ills. The invisible, a central theme in Naïssam Jalal. » Sons d’hiver
The album is mentioned in the press as one of the best albums of 2023: The 10 best jazz albums by The Guardian, Honourable Mention by The New York City Jazz Records, Top of The World by Songlines, TOP 10 albums by MixedWorldMusic and Radio Nova. Naïssam Jalal was named one of the best flautists of the year by Jazz News, Jazz Magazine and El Intruso, and was nominated for the Victoires du Jazz 2023.
The Guardian – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
« a cinematic album (…) a comparable 21st century visionary, a remarkable artist. » John Fordham
BBC Radio 6
« (…) you know when you hear something and it just takes you away, just something different about it, which you haven’t heard before and you just want to find out more, discover more… I got that from Naïssam Jalal. » Gilles Peterson
FIP Radio
« The flautist, vocalist and composer unleashes her vital energy in a powerful ninth album. »
Radio Nova
« Because these eight rituals call forth and consecrate a moment of peace, beauty and love. »
Télérama
« With these fresh, delicate vibrations where Gnawa rhythms meet airy, flowing melismas — she is sure to keep moving us to tears. »
Jazz News
« Eight animistic rituals that reconcile the elements, honor the stars and heal the living. »
Le Monde
« An introspective music of intensely soothing gentleness, while still embracing trance and the liberating cry. »