Naïssam Jalal

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Naïssam Jalal & Rhythms of Resistance feat. Mederic Colignon at the INNtöne Jazzfestival 2017

Naïssam Jalal ( Arabic نيسم جلال, DMG Naisam Ǧall , also Naysam Jalāl , * 1984 in Paris ) is a French flautist ( Nay ) and composer who moves stylistically between jazz , folk and world music .

Live and act

Jalal was born in France as the daughter of Syrian immigrants; she comes from a family of artists. As a child she received a classical musical education. At the age of 17 she began to occupy herself with improvisation under the impression of the John Coltrane album Olé . In search of her cultural roots, Jalal traveled to her parents' homeland at the age of 19; in Damascus she had lessons on the Nay at the Great Music Institute. At the age of 19 she moved to Egypt, where she took lessons in classical Arabic music from the violinist Abdu Dagher; she also worked with the jazz musician Fathy Salama . During this time, recordings were made with the formation El Dor El Awal around Ahmed Omar and Mohamed Sami ( Arabic قرار إزالة Qarār Izāla ).

In 2006 she returned to France; Since then she has worked there in various band projects, such as the jazz band Aerophone led by Yoann Loustalot , with whom the 2013 album Flyin 'With was created. In 2009 she recorded her debut album; In 2011 Jalal founded her group Rhythms of Resistance , with which she recorded her second album Beirut . In 2016 she performed with her band at the Jazzdor Berlin festival ; In the same year the production Osloob Hayati and the album Almot Wala Almazala, dedicated to the martyrs of the Syrian uprising , appeared . In 2017 she performed with her band and this program at the INNtöne Jazz Festival .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johannes Kaiser: "Creating music that is as diverse as possible" in Deutschlandradio Kultur on August 8, 2016, accessed January 16, 2017
  2. ↑ Katia Toure: La resistance au bout du souffle - portrait in Liberation
  3. ↑ The Search for Freedom (2017) in Deutschlandradio Kultur
personal data
SURNAME Jalal, Naïssam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jalāl, Naysam; نيسم جلال (Arabic)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French flautist (nay) and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris