Michel Massot (born 25 October 1960, in Halle) is a Belgian

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. He studied at ''Conservatoire de Liège''. He founded

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Fabrizio Cassol Fabrizio Cassol (born 8 June 1964) is a Belgian saxophonist and the first user of the aulochrome (a double-reed instrument). He was born in Ougrée, Belgium. Between 1982 and 1985, he studied at the Liège conservatory and "obtained first prize ...

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Michel Debrulle in the middle of the 1980s. The band became Trio Grande in 1993 after the departure of Fabrizio Cassol, who was replaced by

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. Beside this, he also played with various musicians such as Garrett List,

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, Michel Hatzigeorgiou,

Kris Defoort Kris Defoort is a Belgian avant-garde jazz pianist and composer. Early life Kris Defoort was born in Bruges, Belgium. His brother is saxophonist and composer Bart Defoort. In 1978, he entered the conservatory in Antwerp to study early music an ...

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Kenny Wheeler Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, Order of Canada, OC (14 January 1930 – 18 September 2014) was a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. from the 1950s onwards. Most of his performances were rooted in jazz, but he w ...

(in the Klaus König Orchestra). He is now a teacher at ''Conservatoire de Liège'' (one of his courses is called ''Chamber Rock''). He also is part of the

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. Next to those bands, Massot also plays in Määk's Spirit, a band that is led by Belgian trumpeter Laurent Blondiau.

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