Jazz Articles about Francois Tusques

Francois Tusques et le Nouveau Jazz Francais

by Clifford Allen
January 10, 2006

It is somewhat ironic that, as much as European jazz and free improvisation are nestled squarely within the canon of contemporary music--one has to look only at the worldwide recognition of figures like Germany's Peter Brötzmann, England's Evan Parker, or Holland's Misha Mengelberg and their respective integral scenes--the country with the closest ties to vanguard American jazz in the '60s has been almost wholly left out of the picture. France has produced several world-renowned improvisers (for example, clarinetists Michel Portal ...