Label Bleu Explained

Label Bleu is a French jazz record label founded by Michel Orier.

Orier established the label in the mid-1980s in Amiens and soon after took over directorship of Amiens's cultural center, where he was able to build a recording studio. Label Bleu has concentrated on releasing jazz; in 1991, a sublabel imprint, Indigo, was founded to release world music titles.^[1]

Roster

• Abraham Inc.
• Acoustic Ladyland
• Chava Alberstein
• Antonio Agri
• Claude Barthélemy
• Stefano di Battista
• Michel Benita
• Bojan Z
• Stefano Bollani
• Safy Boutella
• Barbara Casini
• Catman
• Steve Coleman
• François Couturier
• D'Gary
• DJ Shalom
• Marc Ducret
• Elite Swingsters
• Piers Faccini
• Glenn Ferris
• Paolo Fresu
• Richard Galliano
• General Elektriks
• Inara George
• Regis Gizavo
• Bunky Green
• Andre Hodeir
• Daniel Humair
• Jaojoby
• François Jeanneau
• Wendo Kolosoy
• The Klezmatics
• Lee Konitz
• David Krakauer
• Joachim Kühn
• Eric Legnini
• Dave Liebman
• David Linx
• Julien Lourau
• Joe Lovano
• Gary Lucas
• Mahotella Queens
• Rita Marcotulli
• Carlos Maza
• Lapiro de Mbanga
• Totó la Momposina
• Juan Jose Mosalini
• Oliver Mtukudzi
• Anne-Marie Nzie
• Orchestre National de Jazz
• Jean-Marc Padovani
• Michel Portal
• Rail Band
• Enrico Rava
• Wolfgang Reisinger
• Aldo Romano
• George Russell
• Louis Sclavis
• Vincent Segal
• Andy Sheppard
• Ballake Sissoko
• Socalled
• Gianmaria Testa
• Henri Texier
• Pietro Tonolo
• Djelimady Tounkara
• Boubacar Traoré
• Rokia Traoré
• Diederik Wissels^[2]

Notes and References

1. Gary W. Kennedy, "Label Bleu". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld, 2004.
2. Web site: LABEL BLEU --- INDIGO --- BLEU ELECTRIC : Artistes . www.label-bleu.com . 22 November 2018.