Perception ‎– Mestari (1973, LP, France)

Though Yochk'o Seffer's (here known as Jeff Seffer) membership in this exceptional quartet alongside Siegfried Kessler, Didier Levallet and Zao drummer Jean-My Truong actually preceded his involvement with Magma, this final Perception recording (their third) stems from a period when Seffer had left Magma and initiated the extraordinary Zao with fellow former Magmoid Francois Cahen, a group whose place in musical history remains far more cemented than this more overtly jazz-qua-jazz formation, not least due to to the fact that only one of Perception's impossible to find album's have ever seen reissue, though the lack of any typical zeuhl signifiers to be found here likely plays a part in sustaining that obscurity as well. Thats a real pity, as there's some seriously blissed searching beauty spewing forth from all fronts here. (MS) 

 

Side A
A1. Trabla Air (10:28)
A2. Chott Djerid (12:15)
Side B
B1. Mestari (19:00)

Musicians:
Jeff (Yochk'O) Seffer: Bass Clarinet, Sopranino Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Performer
Didier Levallet: Contrabass
Siegfried Kessler: Electric Piano, Clavinet
Jean-My Truong: Percussion