Group

ZAO

French "Zeuhl" band from 1970s

From: Paris, France
Active: 1971–2012
Releases: 8

jazz
jazz fusion
jazz rock
zeuhl

About

Zao was a progressive rock/zeuhl band that was founded by two ex-members of Magma: Yochk'o Seffer (saxophone, clarinet) and François Cahen (piano). They were active from 1971 to 1994 and released six studio albums.

In 1976, Magma violinist Didier Lockwood also joined the band and appeared on their albums Kawana and Live!.

From Zao (French band) on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Members

François Cahen 1971–now · original member
Yochk’o Seffer 1971–now · original member
Didier Lockwood 1976–now
Joël Dugrenot now
Mauricia Platon now
Gérard Prévost now
Jean-Yves Rigaud now
Jean-My Truong now

Discography

Albums 6

Z=7L 1973
Osiris 1974 Apple Music
Shekina 1975
Kawana 1976
Typhareth 1977
Akhenaton 1994

Live 2

Zao in Tokyo 2007
Live! 2003

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: 5f26d6b7-95df-420b-bbfb-5e8a86800ae8

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.

ZAO

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