Jacques Coursil, trumpeter and star composer of the New York Free Jazz scene of the 1960s, interrupted his career for more than 40 years to devote himself to the philosophy of mathematics and Creole literature. He returned to the musical scene in 2007, with the album Clameurs that combines years of underground musical work with his pronounced taste for the works of great authors on ngritude. For the first time, a film retraces the life and career of this famous musician. But this is not an autobiographical film, which would clearly be too reductive, but instead, an... impressionistic approach to this highly complex character. In the manner of his music, the atmosphere of the sequences, like juxtaposed photograms, suggest to us the Jacques Coursil of today. His personality is revealed in work with young musicians, as a duo with Archie Shepp or during interviews or moments of musical improvisation. [show more]
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Documentary which takes a look at the life and work of renowned jazz trumpeter and composer Jacques Coursil. Although most prominent in the 1960s, Coursil left the music scene for over 40 years to study and teach the philosophy of mathematics, only to return in 2007 with the album 'Clameurs', which helped him reassert his position as one of the free jazz greats.
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