Debora Seffer

Debora Seffer (born August 13, 1969 ) is a French jazz musician ( violin , vocals, composition).

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Seffer, whose father is the jazz musician Yochk'o Seffer, began taking piano lessons at the age of six. Then she switched to the violin, which she graduated with three prizes. After she founded her quartet in 1991 with the pianist Thierry Maillard, the next year she released her first album under her own name, which was awarded a Django d'Or in 1993. After the release of her second album, she performed with Marcel Azzola , Christian Escoudé and Biréli Lagrène at the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal in 1994 . Over the next several years she played with Didier Lockwood , Ornette Coleman , Leni Stern , Dennis Chambers , Matt Garrison and Larry Coryell . On her album Standards (RDC 1999) she worked with Kenny Werner , Ray Drummond and Billy Hart . With her new group she merged singing and violin, ethnic music and groove . She can also be heard on Zao albums. Tom Lord recorded eleven jazz recordings in his discography between 1988 and 2012.

Bluesons rouge (La Lichère 1994)
Mantsika (RDC 1997, with Thierry Maillard, Marc Davidovits, Jean-My Truong )
Debora Seffer & Thierry Maillard Hêliotropes (Cristal 2005)
Someone to Watch Over Me (Great Winds 2012, with Thierry Maillard, Bruno Bongarçon, Charley Obin)
Au croisement des chemins (ACEL 2017, with Bojan Zulfikarpašić , Damien Varaillon, Jean-Pascal Molina and Thomas Savy)