Un Autre Monde
Album line-up
NAÏSSAM JALAL Flute, Nay, Vocals, Composition
MEHDI CHAÏB Sax. tenor & soprano, perc.
KARSTEN HOCHAPFEL Guitar, Cello
DAMIEN VARAILLON Double bass
ARNAUD DOLMEN Drums
+ National Symphonic Orchestra of Bretagne under the direction of Zahia Ziouani
This new repertoire continues Naïssam Jalal musical journey, blending non-Western traditions with new sonic territories to imagine « Un Autre Monde » (« An Other World »). She draws inspiration from today’s turbulent era marked by social injustice, ecological crisis, and the urgent need to rethink how we live together. Each piece explores dreamlike utopias, anti-racist reflections, or the voice of a suffering Earth. Through this music, Naïssam Jalal seeks to bring light, hope, and the possibility of a different future.
Jazz Magazine – « Shock »
« Another world then. The one after, here and now. The music of this flutist, an essential figure of the French jazz scene, is a whole world, occupied by rhythms, melodies and voices that feed on influences drawn from across the seas and oceans to, who knows, dream of a unique continent. Naïssam Jalal leads this quest for plural unity carried by all the songs of the possible, at the head of a group where each musician takes care to express the most emotion possible in each chord, each note, each blow. The themes have a soft dreamlike force, the beat is sensual and hypnotic, the sound recording honours these messengers of the appeased beauty. »
France Musique
« An inspired and prolific flutist and composer, Naïssam Jalal has followed a remarkable musical journey driven by passion and curiosity. Born in the suburbs of Paris to Syrian parents, she has absorbed and transcended the essence of European and Arab classical music, the art of jazz improvisation, the urgency of hip hop, the euphoria of funk, and the vitality of African traditions all with a keen sense of synthesis and an exceptionally sensitive breath. »
Le Club de Mediapart
« The flutist Naïssam Jalal’s new album, accompanied by the group Rhythms of Resistance and the Orchestre National de Bretagne conducted by Zahia Ziouani, is a double release. Double CD, double perspective, double depth, double glazing, double meaning… The arabesques of the flute and the nay carry us toward ‘Another World,’ a place where one immerses in music to truly live rather than merely survive. »
Jazz’Halo
« Naïssam Jalal’s signature lies in her skillful blending of the Western flute, nay, and vocalizations in a highly personal way, unlike Roland Kirk or Magic Malik. The quintet remains at the heart of this live concert, beautifully showcased by the superb setting provided by the Orchestre National de Bretagne, a setting that adds a new dimension to music that fuses Eastern tradition, jazz, and classical music, all guided by a keen sense of melody. »
Jazzaround
« Naïssam Jalal pursues her social, racial, and ecological struggles as convincingly as ever. She puts so much persuasiveness in her music, it reminds the great struggle anthems of John Coltrane, Nina Simone, or Archie Shepp. A sound celebration full of life and hope. This double album is both a concentration of the fears of our time and the lights that we hope to see resurface. »
Jazz News
« Essential »