Souffles
Naissam Jalal
The music ranges from boisterous but coherent to exquisite and enchanting. It demands and deserves attentive listening.
Souffles
Naissam Jalal
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The music ranges from boisterous but coherent to exquisite and enchanting. It demands and deserves attentive listening.
About
'Souffles'('Breaths') is the 10th album from award-winning French flautist and composer Naissam Jalal.Written as an intimate and inspired dialogue between wind-instrument players it features Naissam in aseries of duets with eight prominent figures in jazz and improvised music, including Archie Shepp, Yom, Sylvain Rifflet, Thomas de Pourquery, Louis Sclavis, and Emile Parisien. Blending her own breath with these exceptional wind instrumentalists, Naissam has created eight vibrant duos.
Naissam Jalal's 2023 album 'Healing Rituals' brought her recognition in the UK with 5 excellent reviews, including both The Guardian and Songlines, and airplay on Jazz FM and 6Music.
Contents and tracklist
1. Souffle #5 (feat. Thomas de Pourquery)
2. Souffle #3 (feat. Yom)
3. Souffle #4 (feat. Sylvain Rifflet)
4. Souffle #7 (feat. Louis Sclavis)
5. Souffle #6 (feat. Irving Acao)
6. Souffle #8 (feat. Robinson Khoury)
7. Souffle #9 (feat. Emile Parisien)
8. Souffle #1 (feat. Archie Shepp)
Awards and reviews
July 2025
The music ranges from boisterous but coherent to exquisite and enchanting. It demands and deserves attentive listening.
June 2025
Despite the prevailing intimacy, the music can be impassioned if not explosive at times and there is a considerable amount of low register richness in the performances that contrasts well with the wispiness of the flute and also cushions its legato descents into sensual darkness...This is music with a depth of feeling to match its beauty of execution.
