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Zao

French prog rock band
Organization Musical Group Q3082167

Facts

10 properties

Identity

Instance of
musical group

Status and dates

Inception
1971[18]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1971 GND (DNB) 1972 edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗

Relations

Has part(s)
François Cahen, Yochk’o Seffer, Jean-My Truong, Joël Dugrenot, Siegfried Kessler, Didier Lockwood, Akihisa Tsuboi, François Causse, Dominique Bertram[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
More facts +7
Genre
progressive rock, Zeuhl, jazz fusion[2][3][4]
Country of origin
France[8]
Different from
Zao[19]
Has parts
François Cahen, Yochk’o Seffer, Jean-My Truong, Joël Dugrenot, Siegfried Kessler, Didier Lockwood, Akihisa Tsuboi, François Causse, Dominique Bertram
Record label
Musea Records, Vertigo Records, RCA Records[5][6][7]
Start of work period
1971[20]
Work period start
1971
🏷️ Also known as
en Zao ja ザオ nl Zao (Franse band)
🔖 Identifiers · 9
VIAF cluster ID
1146635519841982311
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no2021056778
GND ID
1348748494
AllMusic artist ID
mn0001534585
Billboard artist ID
zao
Discogs artist ID
393494
Freebase ID
/m/01sck6w
MusicBrainz artist ID
5f26d6b7-95df-420b-bbfb-5e8a86800ae8
Rate Your Music artist ID
zao_f2
📚 Sources · 1
  • GND (DNB) as of 2026-09-30 · 2 statements · CC0 1.0 DNB GND open data: CC0 1.0 as stated by data.dnb.de's own /opendata/ listing. Person records (names, birth/death dates and places, gender, occupations, variant names) internal-only; gnd keys of persons marked entity: person.

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CountryP17
France 2026-09-30 GND (DNB) (CC0 1.0) as of 2026-09-30
where from?
Source
GND (DNB)
Edition
20260930 · as of 2026-09-30 · newer edition 20261105 landed
Licence
CC0 1.0
Credit
DNB GND open data: CC0 1.0 as stated by data.dnb.de's own /opendata/ listing. Person records (names, birth/death dates and places, gender, occupations, variant names) internal-only; gnd keys of persons marked entity: person.
Bronze
41a59441281a5f69… opendata-index.html +10 files
Transform
4ort-mint · lake · version not recorded
Dissolved, abolished or demolishedP576
2012 2026-09-30 GND (DNB) (CC0 1.0) as of 2026-09-30
where from?
Source
GND (DNB)
Edition
20260930 · as of 2026-09-30 · newer edition 20261105 landed
Licence
CC0 1.0
Credit
DNB GND open data: CC0 1.0 as stated by data.dnb.de's own /opendata/ listing. Person records (names, birth/death dates and places, gender, occupations, variant names) internal-only; gnd keys of persons marked entity: person.
Bronze
41a59441281a5f69… opendata-index.html +10 files
Transform
4ort-mint · lake · version not recorded
DNB GND open data: CC0 1.0 as stated by data.dnb.de's own /opendata/ listing. Person records (names, birth/death dates and places, gender, occupations, variant names) internal-only; gnd keys of persons marked entity: person.
🔗 Connections
← Mb:member of band 4
Didier Lockwood, Yochk’o Seffer, François Cahen, Jean-My Truong
Genre 3
progressive rock, jazz fusion, Zeuhl
Record label 2
RCA Records, Vertigo Records
Country of origin 1
France
Different from 1
Zao
Has part(s) 1
Didier Lockwood
Instance of 1
musical group
← Different from 1
Zao
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Summary

Zao is a musical group[1].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[21]

  • Country: FR[22]

  • Began / founded: 1971[23]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2012-01-17[24]

  • Genre(s): jazz, jazz fusion, jazz rock, zeuhl[25]

  • Community tags: jazz, jazz fusion, jazz rock, zeuhl[26]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 5f26d6b7-95df-420b-bbfb-5e8a86800ae8[27]

Related Entities

France RCA Records Vertigo Records

References

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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