François Tusques / Alexandra Grimal / Sylvain Guérineau

François Tusques / Alexandra Grimal / Sylvain Guérineau: La Jungle du Douanier Rousseau

by Eyal Hareuveni
July 7, 2014

This ad-hoc French trio brings tenor saxophone players and free improvisers--Sylvain Guérineau, who is also a gifted painter, and Alexandra Grimal to the musical universe of veteran pianist Francois Tusques, who began to play jazz in post-war France and was a close associate of expatriate Americans like Don Cherry and The Art Ensemble of Chicago during the late 1960's. La Jungle du Douanier Rousseau--its title refers to the naïve paintings of post-impressionist Henri Rousseau--was recorded live and carries the exploratory ...