Saxophonist · Composer Maceo
Le Fournis

What followed was years of relentless woodshedding — much of it practiced along a highway outside Paris, the only place loud enough to let a saxophone breathe at full volume without disturbing a soul.

That conviction took him to the United States, where repeated visits deepened his understanding of jazz not as a genre to be studied, but as a living tradition to be inhabited. He absorbed the language at its source — clubs, jam sessions, late-night conversations with the players who shaped the music.

Back in Europe, Maceo quickly established himself as a first-call sideman and collaborator. His work alongside Hadrien Feraud, Mokhtar Samba, Jean-Philippe Rykiel and Gary Novak — drummer of choice for names ranging from Chick Corea to Lee Ritenour — reflects both his versatility and the calibre of musicians willing to share a stage with him.

For the recording sessions, he assembled the players he'd dreamed of working with and flew the music to Los Angeles, mixing in the same rooms where his heroes had cut records he'd worn through as a teenager. The studio became a place to commit fully — no hedging, no compromise, every take a statement.

The single David is a tribute to David Sanborn — written, recorded and mixed before Sanborn's passing in 2024. Sanborn heard the track and gave it his blessing. It now stands as both farewell and acknowledgment: the next generation answering back to the one that came before.

Today Maceo divides his time between the studio and the road — composing, producing, and playing wherever the music calls. The rest is on the record, and on the next one.