February 06, 2020

Zigzag ‎– Pièces Manquantes 1976 (2014, CD/LP, France)



Tracklist:
01. An Teir Peder
02. Dromadaire
03. Variations
04. Ballade
05. Complainte
06. Hypnose
07. Heitor
08. Hommage a JH I
09. Hommage a JH II
10. Tibet

Line-up:
Claude Le Péron: Bass, Choir
Nicolas Carver: Baryton Saxophone, Bass Clarinet.
Nobby Clarke: Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophon, Flute, Choir
Jean "Popoff" Chevalier: Soprano Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Percussions, Choir
Philippe Grandvoinet: Piano, Choir
Michelle Sarna: Vocals.
Alain "Antoine" Chagnon: Drums, Percussions, Choir
A superb, almost magical chamber music progressive set most similar to the masterpieces of Jacques Thollot, Cinq Hops, or French Mosaic. This is, obviously, a reissue from 2014 of unreleased material, entirely composed by Jean-Luc Chevalier, as you can easily see if you compare with the tracklist of his first, ST record (which oddly enough came out almost a decade later due to his involvement with Magma). That later record and others by him recycled many of these very worthy compositions but I think with a considerable diminution in progressiveness as might be expected from the late year.