Label Bleu
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. Bleu has concentrated on releasing jazz; in 1991, a sublabel imprint, Indigo, was founded to release world music titles.
Label Bleu
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- 1986.
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- France.
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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. Bleu has concentrated on releasing jazz; in 1991, a sublabel imprint, Indigo, was founded to release world music titles.
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1986
Label Bleu established.
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- 1.Gary W. Kennedy, "Label Bleu". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld, 2004.
- 2.LABEL BLEU --- INDIGO --- BLEU ELECTRIC : Artistes. www.label-bleu.com.
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