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Yochk’o Seffer Big Band: YOG3 (CD, 58:04) Musea 1999 MP 3037.AR
Musea
138 rue de Vallieres
57070 Metz.
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To say that Yochk’o Seffer’s Big Band release YOG 3 is an acquired
taste is an incredible understatement.  This is Jazz in Opposition at its
core – the musical landscapes used here most certainly have their roots in
music other than the traditional Western composers. I’ll be right up front
about YOG 3 – with a few exceptions, I found the music to be
incredibly difficult to wade through and very grating on the ears.  However,
I would guess that fans of the JIO/RIO genre would probably enjoy the band’s
instrumental prowess and bizarrely structured chords - there are indeed some
very well played passages here.

One of the band’s stand out areas is the percussion section of Jean-My
Truong and Arnaud Frank – there’s a incredibly wild conga(?) break in the
17-minute track “Szepseg” that really shows how interesting arrhythmic
non-traditional percussion can be when performed by a good musician. Also,
there’s a totally RIPPIN’ traditional (as traditional as these guys get,
anyhow) jazz piano jam from pianist Thierry Maillard at the 6-minute mark of
“Bunkos” that just takes the track to a whole new level with its discordant
and almost disturbing structure.  Unfortunately, to my untrained ears it
just seemed like I had to wallow through too much “brass from another
 planet” sections to get to the really good bits, therefore making the CD as
a whole pretty much unlistenable to this reviewer.

So while my personal opinion is that these very talented musicians could
benefit greatly from the use of more traditional chords (and perhaps a
tuning fork), I’m sure that folks who like the musical “Opposition movement”
will greatly enjoy Yochk’o Seffer’s YOG 3.  There is no denying that
the band contains excellent musicians and very innovative compositions, but
I would certainly caution the casual ear to steer clear of this one.

More information on Yochk’o Seffer can be found at
http://www.musearecords.com

- Michael Askounes (michael@gscyclone.com)



"YOG" CREDITS:

Yochk'o Seffer : direction, composition, anches
Marc Stekar : tuba
Philippe Legris : tuba
Christian Jous : tuba
Bastien Still : tuba
Daniél Landréat ; tuba
Sylvain Miller : saxophones basse et soprano
Alain Bouhey : saxophones alto et soprano
Serge Bertocchi : saxophones baryton et soprano
Antoine Bellec : saxophones ténor et soprano
Thierry Maillard : synthétiseurs et programmations
Siegfried Kessler : piano
Dominique Bertram : basse
Jean-My Truong : batterie
Arnaud Frank : percussion

TRACKLIST:
1. Uszok (8:07) - short REAL AUDIO SOUNDCLIP
2. Szepseeg (17:53) - short REAL AUDIO SOUNDCLIP
3. Bunkos (9:12)
4. Skiro (9:24)
5. Rez Fuvosok (2:18)
6. 2000 Point Zero Part 1 (5:06)
7. 2000 Point Zero Part 2 (6:03)

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