PROTOTYPE

Yochk'o Seffer's Zeuhl links are very much gone here. its a much more 'standard' jazz trio of Sax, Bass and drums, jamming their way through a whole hour of meandering free jazz. Mostly. Occasionally a violin makes an appearance for a bit of variety, otherwise for me its the style of jazz I find a bit boring, where it's totally unstructured and doesn't lead anywhere. There's absolutely no doubting Seffer is a talented saxophonist, but this is an album for collectors purely interested in brilliant saxophony. Best track for me, which has that variety of violin and the best interplay between sax, drums and bass, is the penultimate one, Ritual Performance.