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March 13, 2002

Michel MASSOT

Tuba, trombone

Tuba player Michel MASSOT studied at the Liège Conservatory.

He was involved very soon with the avant garde musical scene, a.o. with Garrett LIST, Henri POUSSEUR, Jean-Pierre PEUVION, etc...

He founded Trio BRAVO with saxophonist Fabrizio CASSOL and drummer Michel DEBRULLE, and started to play the trombone as well. The trio recorded several albums and played at many festivals.

With the replacement of Fabrizio CASSOL by French saxophonist Laurent DEHORS, the trio was renamed TRIO GRANDE

Michel MASSOT participated in various groups such as:
LA GRANDE FORMATION a.o. with Garrett LIST
VARIATIONS ON A LOVE SUPREME with Kris DEFOORT and Fabrizio CASSOL
Tribute to Jaco PASTORIUS (Michel HATZIGEORGIOU)
ACT BIG BAND
Kris DEFOORT's DREAMTIME etc...

He also played in the soundtrack of the movie JUST FRIENDS, written by Michel HERR.

These days, Michel MASSOT is more and more active on the European scene.
He played a.o. with :
Claude BARTHELEMY (gt, F) -with Gary VALENTE (tb), Sofia DOMANCICH (p), Evan PARKER (sax), Hélène LABARRIERE (b), Christof LAUER (ts), Wolfgang PUSCHNIG (as)-
"TOUS DEHORS", the big band of French saxophonist Laurent DEHORS
Rabih Abouh KHALIL
Klaus KÖNIG Orchestra -with Louis SCLAVIS (cl), Kenny WHEELER (tp), Simon NABATOV (p), Tom RAINEY-, etc...

He recently did solo performances as well as duos with trombone player Geoffroy DE MASURE.

Michel MASSOT also plays with Michel DEBRULLE's band Rêve d'Éléphant, with a.o. Laurent BLONDIAU (tp), Pierre BERNARD (fl) and Jean-Yves EVRARD (gt) (CD Racines du Ciel Werf 026).

He founded the band BATHYSCAPHE 5 (CD) and occasionnally plays with the ICTUS Ensemble.

Michel MASSOT teaches at the Liège Conservatory.

SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY
    Trio Bravo "Compact" (Igloo igl 065)
    Trio Bravo "Quatrième monde" (Igloo igl 083)
    Pierre Vaiana "Eldorado" (Igloo igl 067)
    Andy Emler "Méga octet" (Label Bleu LBLC 6533), 1990
    Klaus König Orchestra"At the end of the universe (Enja 6078 2), 1991
    Trio Grande (Igloo igl 109), 1994
    Bathyscaphe (Igloo igl 112), 1994
    Louise Avenue Let's take one more (Carbon7)
    Kris Defoort/Fabrizio Cassol "Variations on a Love Supreme" (W.E.R.F. 05), 1996
    Tous Dehors "Dans la rue" (CC Productions 987617), 1996
    Tous Dehors "Dentiste" (Evidence EVDC 827), 1998
    Kris Defoort "Passages" (Werf 14-15), 1999
    Olivier Thomas "Le second souffle de Josaphat" (Franc'Amour FC 112), 1999.
    Rêve d'Éléphant "Racines du Ciel" (Werf 026)

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