Fabrizio Cassol (born June 8, 1964) is a Belgian saxophonist and the first user of the aulochrome (a double soprano saxophone).

He was born in Ougrée , Belgium. Between 1982 and 1985, he studied at Conservatoire Royal de Liège and obtained the first prize for saxophone while majoring in chamber music. He is graduated in improvisation and composition. From 1984, he pursued learning with François Daneels, John Ruocco, Denis Luxion, Steve Coleman, Evan Parker, Joe Lovano. At the same time, his first group (Trio Bravo ) with Michel Massot (tuba, trombone) and Michel Debrulle (drums)) began touring. In 1991, he flied away to the Central African forest with fellows Stéphane Galland and Michel Hatzigeorgiou to encounter the Aka pygmies, a trip which lead to forming the band Aka Moon. This remains his main project but he also played with other musicians like Garrett List, William Sheller , Jacques Pelzer , Toots Thielemans, David Linx , Henri Pousseur , Kris Defoort and DJ Grazzhoppa .

Since September 10, 2001, he's using the aulochrome, a new horn created by François Louis . He presented the instrument to the public in Paris in October 2002. He lives in Brussels at the time. He won the Belgian Golden Django in 1998 as best French-speaking artist.

References

• Jazz in Belgium biography
• The aulochrome official website