Jacques Coursil

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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.