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Jérôme Masco

With a solid jazz training at the Bordeaux Conservatoire and Pôle Supérieur, he is one of the most active saxophonists from the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in south-west France, notably in Yoshiwara, a protean group specialising in live film music (film-concerts), or Robin & the Woods, created with guitarist Robin Jolivet.

A melodic improviser with a hushed sound, he can be found in Alban Darche's Le Gros Cube #2 and alongside a host of musicians from the south-west of France.

Awards

2018 - Action Jazz Award (Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France) with Robin & the Woods

2021 - Coup de Coeur Radio France with Robin & the Woods' Moonfall album


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Album Review

Robin & The Woods: Moonfall

Read "Moonfall" reviewed by Mario Calvitti


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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Seeking Directions

Jazz Family
2024

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Moonfall

Grain(s) de Riz
2021

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