Label Bleu

ITEM	Artist	Titel	Reldate	Comment
LBL 2547	ASERE	CUBAN SOUL	14.09.98	Using the tonalities of Son , determined in the 30s, with guitar, tres (small guitar with three double strings), double-bass, brass and percussion, their compositions and their covers of little known pieces reveal great originality, stemming from exuberance and modernity.
LBL 6581	BADAULT/SPRANG-HANSSEN	EKWATA	31.07.97	Pianist, composer, arranger, orchestra conductor, Denis Badault is a man for any experience.
LBL 6607	BALDWIN, JAMES/DAVID LINX	A LOVER'S QUESTION	02.12.99	Wonderful teller and singer of his own texts. A calm and striking voice defending the cause of black Americans. Much more than a jazz record, " A lover s question " is a successful alchemy of music and poetry.
LBL 6510	BANDE A BADAULT	VACANCES AU SOLEIL	13.01.97
LBLC 6631	BARTHELEMY, CLAUDE	SEREINE	23.05.02	At once proclaimed the quickest guitarist of the planet, when entering the avant-garde jazz world, he can also show an amazing subtlety on slow rhythms.
LBL 6613	BATTISTA, STEFANO DI	VOLARE	26.01.98	Young saxophonist has figured out how to impose the ardor and virtuosity of his playing in the most diverse of contexts, to the point of being considered today as one of the surest values of contemporary European jazz.
LBLC 6611	BENITA, MICHEL	LOWER THE WALLS	16.09.99	Michel Benita has already covered an impressing route. Lee Konitz, Martial Solal, Joshua Redman, Roy Haynes or Enzo Enzo are among the numerous musicians who have been seeking his pure, clear and simple bass sound.
LBL 6532	BENITA, MICHEL	PREFERENCES	13.01.97	1993 Recordings; Guitar, Double Bass w/Dewey Redman - Sax (Tenor)/ Aldo Romano - Drums/ Rita Marcotulli - Piano
LBL 6552	BENITA, MICHEL -QUARTET-	SOUL	13.01.97	1990 Recordings; Guitar, Double Bass w/Dewey Redman - Sax (Tenor)/ Aldo Romano - Drums/ Rita Marcotulli - Piano
LBL 6555	BERGONZI, JERRY	PEEK A BOO	13.01.97	As a tenor saxophonist and composer, Bergonzi asserts himself further on this date with a quintet of established players. Trumpeter Tiger Okoshi forms a good partnership with 'Gonz up front, while the dazzling piano pyrotechnics of Joachim Kuhn, the solid bass playing of Dave Santoro, and the very able drumming of Daniel Humair give the leader quite a foundation from which to work. All eight cuts, save one, are neo-boppish, modern, mainstream vehicles written by Bergonzi, and they express a quick-witted, head-solo-tail written format which, for the most part, swings pretty hard.
LBL 6565	BOJAN Z QUARTET	BOJAN Z QUARTET	13.01.97	Julien Lourau - Saxophone/ Bojan Zulfikarpasic - Piano/ Francois Merville - Drums/ Marc Buronfosse - Bass
LBL 6590	BOJAN Z QUARTET	YOPLA!	28.05.96
LBLC 6635	BOLLANI, STEFANO	FLEURS BLEUES	22.08.02	Italian pianist
LBL 6541	BRUNET, ALAIN	ROMINUS	13.01.97	1991 Recordings
LBL 6625	CARATINI JAZZ ENSEMBLE	DARLING NELLIE GRAY	23.03.00	Modern Big Band
LBL 6602	CARATINI, PATRICE	HARD SCORES	09.12.96	2-CD: Bassist with a sturdy background, a round and warm sound, Patrice Caratini is maybe before all an exceptional orchestra inventor-conceiver.
LBL 6623	CASINI, BARBARA/ENRICO RAVA	VENTO	20.04.00
LBL 6567	CELEA, J.P./COUTURIER, F./ KUBLER, F.	PASSAGGIO	13.01.97	Bass, Piano, Bass (Acoustic)/ Synthesizer, Piano/ Vocals
LBL 6597	CELEA/LIEBMAN/REISINGER	MISSING A PAGE	10.05.99
LBL 6592	CELEA/LEIBMAN/REISINGER	WORLD VIEW	17.02.97
LBLC 6653	COLEMAN, STEVE	ON THE RISING OF THE 64 PATHS	10.04.03	One of the greatest Afro-American musicians (Sax) of the past 20 years
LBLC 6643	COLEMAN, STEVE & FIVE ELE	RESISTANCE IS FUTILE	23.05.02	2-CD: Three ballades (Easy living, Straight ahead and Beyond all we know) played with simplicity by a piano-saxophone duo constitute one of the big surprises of this album.
LBL 6543	COUTURIER, FRANCOIS	PASSAGGIO	31.07.97
LBLC 2575	D'GARY	AKATA MESO	22.05.02	One of the most astonishing international guitarists, a musician sought after by guitar enthusiasts the world over for his unheard-of playing style and his wild open-tunings.
LBL 6584	DONATO, MICHEL/ARVANITAS,	MAREE BASS..E	13.01.97	Bassist
LBL 6531	DUCRET, MARC	GRIS	13.01.97	Guitar w/Enrico Rava - Trumpet/ Francois Jeanneau - Sax (Soprano)/...
LBL 6519	DUCRET, MARC	LE KODO	13.01.97	1988 Recordings
LBL 6508	DUCRET, MARC -TRIO-	LA THEORIE DU PILIER	13.01.97	1987 Recordings
LBLC 6581	EKWATA	DUO	05.12.95
LBL 6553	EMLER, ANDY	HEAD GAMES	13.01.97	Turbulent pianist, fond of big bands, does not hesitate to draw his sound material from as various repertoires as the Basque, Danish, Tibetan, rock, funk or jazz traditions.
LBLC 2548	FRIMIN VIRY	TI MARDE	31.12.99	In La Reunion, Firmin is known as the man who came to the rescue of Maloya, the traditional Creole music, whose survival was seriously menaced by a heavy and partisan assimilation by the state, as, incidentally, for the other oral traditions. Firmin has conserved the total instrumental transmission.
LBLC 6547	GALLIANO, RICHARD	NEW MUSETTE	13.01.97	Learning to play accordion in his early age, Galliano started improvising and adapting accordion to jazz music under the influence of Miles Davis sessions Birth of the Cool and Max Roach s and Clifford Brown s hard bop.
LBLC 6500	GOYONE, DANIEL	2	13.01.97	He is one of these composers who venture off the beaten track with a particular taste for the unknown. While remaining highly discreet, Daniel Goyone unceasingly invents and rebuilds his own language, freeing himself from usually applied harmonic and rhythmic structures.
LBLC 6600	GOYONE, DANIEL	HAUTE MER	29.03.99
LBL 6550	GOYONE, DANIEL	LUEURS BLEUES	13.01.97	Piano w/Trilok Gurtu - Drums/ Richard Galliano - Accordion, Bandoneon/...
LBL 6580	GOYONE, DANIEL	IL Y A DE L'ORANGE DANS LE BLEU	27.04.95
LBL 6561	HERVE, ANTOINE -TRIO-	FLUIDE	11.04.95
LBL 6563	HODEIR, ANDRE	ANNA LIVIA PLURABELLE	13.01.97	Composer, Arranger
LBL 6545	HUMAIR, DANIEL	EDGES	13.01.97	The dean of Europe s modern jazz drummers has been one of the International jazz community s most respected and active musicians since the late 5O's.
LBL 6619	HUMAIR, DANIEL	QUATRE FOIS TROIS	10.11.97	2-CD
LBL 6530	HUMAIR/JEANNEAU/TEXIER	UP DATE 3.3	13.01.97
LBLC 6630	INNOCENT X	HAUT/BAS	17.10.02	Trio, mystical quotation for a funny band, a drum player for two guitars and an absolutely unclassifiable music. Pierre Fruchard and Etienne Bonhomme constitute the framework of this papal triptych: behind these patronymics are hiding the two shotfirers who set in fire Natalia M.King s album and concerts, one of last year s rock music revelations.
LBLC 2573	JAOJOBY	AZA ARIANAO	22.05.02	Jaojoby is one of the founders of Salegy, and is without a doubt it s most famous interpreter.
	JAZZ ORCHESTRA	MONK/MINGUS/ELLINGTON	29.01.94
LBL 6518	JEANNEAU, FRANCOIS -QUARTET	TAXIWAY	27.03.97
LBL 6501	KONITZ, LEE	MEDIUM RARE	21.05.87	w/June Tabor/ David Bowie/ John Cale/ Nils Lofgren/ NRBQ/ Oysterband/ Richard Thompson/...
LBL 6617	KRAKAUER, DAVID	A NEW HOT ONE	19.10.00	Clarinetist, Krakauer's compositions also pay homage to R&B, jazz, classical and funk.
LBLC 6637	KRAKAUER, DAVID	TWELVE TRIBES	30.05.02	Klezmer Madness fuses traditional Jewish klezmer music with rock, funk, modern jazz, and much more. Electric guitarist Kevin O'Neill kicks off the opener, "Tribe Number Thirteen," with blistering crunch chords, ringing harmonics, and stinging leads, while accordionist Will Holshouser joins Krakauer in celebratory unison choruses amid notions of a Jewish wedding.
LBL 6573	KUHN, JOACHIM	ABSTRACTS	01.08.97	Virtuoso pianist, emblematic personality of European free jazz.
LBL 6564	KUHN, JOACHIM	FAMOUS MELODIES	01.08.97	Avant-Garde Piano, Keyboards
LBL 6560	KUHN/HUMAIR/JENNY/CLARK	USUAL CONFUSION	13.01.97
LBLC 6591	LENA, BATTISTA	BANDA SONORA	11.04.98	Those who follow Italian jazz will undoubtedly have known about Lena for some time, as a fine guitarist on numerous recordings by Roberto Gatto (with whom he has shared a good part of his career).
LBLC 6641	LENA, BATTISTA	I COSMONAUTI RUSSI	07.11.02	2-CD
LBL 6502	LEVALLET/MARAIS/ PIFARRELY	EOWYN	13.01.97	Bass
LBLC 6606	LINX, DAVID	BANDARKAH	04.05.98
LBL 6586	LINX, DAVID	UP CLOSE	25.03.96	Vocals w/Diederik Wissels - Piano/ Hans VanOosterhout - Cymbals, Drums/ Frans Van Der Hoeven - Bass
LBL 6576	LOURAU, JULIEN	GROOVE GANG	24.05.95	Exceptional saxophonist alongside Henri Texier, Bojan Z or Abbey Lincoln.
LBL 6524	LOVANO, J -WIND ENSEMBLE-	WORLDS	13.01.97	1989 Recordings, Original 1995 CD Evidence 22132
LBL 2582	Lucas,Gary	Edge of Heaven	14.01.03	" Shotfirer " with Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa, composer of the two hits in Jeff Buckley s album (Grace and Mojo Pin), Gary Lucas is particularly a guitarist easily recognizable through his phrasing and sound.
LBL 6572	MACHADO, JEAN-MARIE	BLANCHES ET NOIRES	13.01.97	Pianist, he is one of the most inventive jazz musicians of his generation.
LBLC 6662	MAGIC MALIK	00-237 XP-1	27.02.03	2-CD: Magic Malik is a precious musician whose name is known by few, yet most people have already caught a strain of his music and a glimpse of his silhouette, always topped off by a woolly hat and prolonged by a flute.
LBLC 6632	MAGIC MALIK ORCHESTRA	MAGIC MALIK	13.06.02
LBL 6551	MARCOTULLI, RITA	NIGHT CALLER	13.01.97	Accomplished Italian pianist, arranger and composer.
LBLC 6601	MARCOTULLI, RITA	WOMAN NEXT DOOR	25.05.98
LBL 6610	MARGUET, CHRISTOPHE -QUAR	LES CORRESPONDANCES	04.05.00
LBL 6582	MARQUET, CHRISTOPHE	RESISTANCE POETIQUE	26.03.97
LBLC 2577	MOSALINI, JUAN JOSE	CIUDAD TRISTE	15.01.02	Juan José Mosalini is known in Europe as the ambassador of the living tango, in other words, one of the rarest bandoneon players able to give life to the tango under all its forms and representations, from the origins to the present day.
LBLC 2522	MOSALINI/AGRI QUINTET	MOSALINI/AGRI QUINTET	22.05.02
LBLC 2583	MOSALINI/GIECO	ALLER RETOUR (EN CONCERT)	22.05.02
LBLC 2543	NZIE, ANNE-MARIE	BEZA BA DZO	08.03.99	World, At 67 years old, Anne-Marie Nzié, the Voice of Gold, the Queen Mother of Bikutsi, the fetish singer of several generations of Cameroonians, is at the height of her art.
LBL 6549	PADOVANI, J.M.	MINGUS CHERNAVACA	13.01.97	His saxophone just as well to the paso-doble or the Flamenco, as to a more classic jazz, alongside musicians such as Barthélemy or Texier, played in quartets or quintets.
LBL 6534	PADOVANI, J.M.	NIMENO	13.01.97	Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
LBL 6566	PADOVANI, J.M. -QUARTET-	NOCTURNES	13.01.97
LBL 6605	PALATINO	TEMPO	16.11.98
LBL 6544	PORTAL, MICHEL	ANY WAY	13.01.97	Saxophone, Clarinet w/Victor Bailey - Bass (Electric)/ Robin Eubanks - Trombone/ Gil Goldstein - Clavier/ Trilok Gurtu - Percussion/ Didier Lockwood - Violin/ Kenny Wheeler - Trombone/ David Friedman - Marimba/...
LBL 6604	PORTAL, MICHEL	DOCKINGS	30.07.02	On this session, Michel Portal is featured with an eclectic and impressive crew from different backgrounds, generations, and nationalities. Two rising figures of the French scene (pianist Bojan Zulfikarpasic and bassist Bruno Chevillon), two American stars (bassist Steve Swallow and drummer Joey Baron), and German trumpeter Markus Stockhausen, son of composer Karlheinz, join forces to create stimulating music.
LBL 6513	PORTAL, MICHEL	MEN'S LAND	13.01.97	w/Jack DeJohnette - Drums/ Harry Pepl - Guitar/ Mino Cinelu - Percussion/ Jean Francois Clark - Bass/ Dave Liebman - Sax (Soprano)
LBL 6574	PORTAL, MICHEL	MUSIQUES DE CINEMAS	15.05.95	w/Aldo Romano - Drums/ Ralph Towner - Guitar/ Paolo Fresu - Trumpet/ Richard Galliano - Accordion/ Juan Jose Mosalini - Bandoneon/ Nguyen Le - Synthesizer, Guitar
LBL 6539	QUATRE	EARTHCAKE	13.01.97	Enrico Rava - Trumpet, Bugle/ Miroslav Vitous - Contrabass/ Franco d'Andrea - Piano/ Daniel Humair - Drums
LBLC 2572	RAJERY	FANAMBY	22.05.02	Explosive fusion between the musical heritage of Madagascar and their own personal artistic expression.
LBL 6579	RAVA, ENRICO	CARMEN	16.12.95	Trumpet, Flugelhorn
LBLC 6629	RAVA, ENRICO	MONTREAL DIARY / B	14.11.02
LBL 6559	RAVA, ENRICO	RAVA L'OPERA VA	13.01.97
LBL 6595	RAVA, ENRICO	RAVA NOIR ALTAN	07.11.96
LBLC 6629	RAVA, ENRICO & PAOLO FRES	SHADES OF CHET	22.05.02
LBLC 6639	RAVA, ENRICO -QUINTET-	PLAYS MILES DAVIS	06.06.02
LBLC 2544	REPAC, NICOLAS	LA VILE	22.05.02
LBL 6568	REXIER, HENRI	MAD NOMAD(S)	05.12.95	Bass, Percussion, Cymbals, Drums (Bass), Gong, Contrabass w/Jacques Mahieux - Percussion, Cymbals, Drums, Cloche/ Francois Corneloup - Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)/ Julien Lourau - Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)/ Tony Rabeson - Percussion, Cymbals, Drums, Gong/ Bojan Zulfikarpasic - Synthesizer, Piano/ Noel Akchote - Guitar/ Sebastien Texier - Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
LBL 6615	ROMANO, ALDO	CORNERS	10.05.99	Drums, plays a jazz that teases convention: from his free jazz experiments in the 1970s to the Romano/Sclavis/Texier trio, inventors of nomadic jazz.
LBLC 6609	ROMANO, ALDO/LOUIS SCLAVIS/ HENRI TEXIER	SUITE AFRICAINE	16.09.99	Modern Creative, World Fusion: Drums/ Clarinet, Sax (Soprano)/ Contrabass Guitar
ENJ 93922	ROSEMAN, JOSH -UNIT-	CHERRY	18.01.01	Trombone, The band's off-tempo take on Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" is worth a listen, as is their Morphine-like rendition of Nirvana's "Smell's Like Teen Spirit." But these tunes feel like tossed-off jokes meant to attract attention and they get tiresome quickly. The unit's version of Burt Bacharach's "Land of Make Believe," on the other hand, is poignant and sticky sweet in all the good ways. Roseman also throws in some Sun Ra, Marvin Gaye, the Beatles, and other tunes to cover all his influences. Original Release 2001 CD Enja 9392 & 2001 CD Knitting Factory 303
LBL 6587	RUSSELL, GEORGE	LIVING TIME ORCHESTRA IT'	22.01.97	Connection between Stravinsky, Dizzy Gillepsie, Miles, Coltrane, Mingus, Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor and Stockhausen.
LBL 65278	RUSSELL, GEORGE	LONDON CONCERT VOLS.1 & 2	13.01.97	2-CD: Original Release 1989 Stash ST-CD 560 & ST
LBL 6516	SCHNEIDER, LARRY	SO EASY	13.01.97	Sax (Tenor), Sax (Soprano)
LBL 6596	SCLAVIS, LOUIS	CEUX QUI VEILLENT LA NUIT	28.05.96	Sax (Tenor), Sax (Soprano), Clarinet (Bass), Clarinet
LBLC 6656	SCLAVIS, LOUIS	CHINE & CHAMBER MUSIC	27.03.03	2-CD: 1987 & 1989 Recordings
LBL 6626	SCLAVIS, LOUIS	CLARINETTES	23.03.00	1984 Recordings
LBLC 6616	SCLAVIS, LOUIS	DANSES ET AUTRES SCENES	16.02.98	w/Marc Ducret - Guitar/ Vincent Courtois - Cello/ Richard Galliano - Accordion/ Francis Lassus - Percussion, Drums/ Dominique Pifarely - Violin/ Bruno Chevillon - Contrabass
LBLC 6646	SEGAL, VINCENT	T BONE GUARNERIUS	23.01.03	Cellist for all fields with Mathieu Chédid, Dick Annegarn, Nana Vasconcelos, Susheela Raman, Blackalicious or Elvis Costello, Vincent Segal is one of the most elusive musicians of his generation. Bumcello, his duo with the drummer Cyril Atef, hustled all French stages for the past three years.
LBL 6583	SHEPPARD, ANDY	INCLASSIFICABLE	24.07.95	Sax (Tenor), Sax (Soprano), Flute
LBL 2576	SISSOKO, BALLAKE	DELI	19.10.00	Ten fingers for twenty-one strings, and magic takes place, surely, calmly. Ballaké Sissoko enlaces us in his suave and crystalline sonority and his kora, magnified by his talent as a melodist and an improviser.
LBL 2520	SUPER RAIL BAND DE BAMAKO	MANSA	18.03.96	Savannah Blues to urban Manding rock.
LBL 6540	TEXIER TRIO	SCENE IS CLEAN	13.01.97	Aldo Romano - Drums/ Henri Texier - Bass/ Alain Jean-Marie - Piano
LBL 6558	TEXIER, H. -AZUR QUARTET-	AN INDIAN WEEK	13.01.97
LBL 6648	TEXIER, HENRI	AZUR QUINTET	07.11.02	2-CD: Like his double bass, Henri Texier is a pillar, a landmark within European jazz.
LBLC 6525	TEXIER, HENRI -QUARTET-	HENRI TEXIER QUARTET	13.01.97
LBL 658889	TEXIER, HENRI	IZLAZ & COLONEL SKOPJE	11.03.96	2-CD: Vocals, Percussion, Bass
LBL 6525	TEXIER, HENRI	LA COMPANERA	04.08.97	1983 Recordings
LBL 6506	TEXIER, HENRI	PARIS BATIGNOLLES	27.03.97	1986 Recordings Live
LBL 6638	TEXIER, HENRI	REMPARTS D'ARGILE	18.01.01
LBLC 6612	TEXIER, HENRI	RESPECT	22.05.02	This quintet set (which features altoist Lee Konitz, valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer and drummer Paul Motian), the instrumentation (with includes both Henri Texier's acoustic bass and Steve Swallow's electric bass), and the fresh repertoire (two songs apiece from each of the five musicians), it is surprising to realize that this is essentially a straight-ahead bop date.
LBL 6608	TEXIER, HENRI & AZUR QUIN	MOSAIC MAN	25.01.99	w/Glen Ferris - Trombone/ Tony Rabeson - Drums/ Bojan Zulfikarpasic - Piano/ Sebastien Texier - Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
LBL 6628	TONOLO, PIETRO	PORTRAIT OF DUKE	29.06.00	Italian tenor saxophonist has chosen three partners with a similar approach, in which the general result is more important than each soloist's particularities.
LBLC 2580	TOUNKARA, DJELIMADY	SIGUI	23.05.02	2-CD: is the "guitar hero" of modern Malian music. Using tradition as his inspiration, he has modernized and adapted to the guitar the kora and ngoni - instruments that have for centuries accompanied the great Mandigue eras.
LBLC 2524	TRAORE, ROKIA	MOUNEISSA	04.05.98	Twenty-seven years old and is already recognized as one of the greatest voices in all of Africa today. She comes to us from Mali, from Bamako.
LBL 6556	TRIO MACHADO	SEQUENCE THMIRYQUC	13.01.97
LBL 657778	V/A	20 ANS DE JAZZ EN FRANCE	04.08.97	2CD 26 Tracks: Nana Vasconcelos - Percussion/ Philip Catherine - Guitar/ Christian Escoude - Guitar/ Trilok Gurtu - Percussion, Drums/ Joachim Kuhn - Piano/ Steve Lacy - Sax (Soprano)/ Didier Lockwood - Violin/ Chris McGregor - Flute, Piano/ Pierre Michelot - Contrabass/ Tony Oxley - Drums/ Enrico Rava - Trumpet/ Babik Reinhardt - Guitar/ Aldo Romano - Drums/ Martial Solal - Piano/...
LBL 6517	V/A	9/11 P.M. TOWN HALL	13.01.97	Daniel Humair-drums w/Joachim Kuhn - Piano/ Martial Solal - Piano/...
LBL 6507	V/A	IMAGENES	13.01.97
LBL 6548	V/A	LA BORDONA	13.01.97
LBL 6569	V/A	LE QUERREC-CARNET DE ROUT	12.07.95	This recording from the West African tours of the Romano/Sclavis/Texier trio in the early '90s is one in a series of three. That this band played in Africa and was documented by photographer Guy LeQuerrec (who suggested the tour to the various African arts councils in the first place, and is credited here with playing "Leica") was remarkable in and of itself.
LBL 2539/40	V/A	MASA MUSIC FROM AFRICA	14.09.98	2-CD
LBL 6585	V/A	PALATINO	05.02.96
LBL 2512	V/A	URBAN HIGHLIGHTS	13.01.97	From the streets of Johannesburg to the dancing clubs of Buenos Aires, from Tango to Maloya, music from all over the world is present on this album, which brings together the best artists.
LBL 6526	V/A	VIOLENTO	13.01.97
LBL 6512	WATSON/LACY/LINDBERG	AMIENS CONCERT	13.01.97	1987 Recordings
LBL 6535	WATSON/LINDBERG	MEMORY OF WATER	13.01.97	Modern Creative, Neo-Bop
LBLC 6614	ZULFIKARPASIC, BOJAN	KORENI	29.03.99	This name - that of an outstanding pianist - is like a ray of sunlight shining out over the Mediterranean Sea, the sea of his childhood in Ex-Yugoslavia, cradle of a certain culture and music that have never left him since.
LBLC 6624	ZULFIKARPASIC, BOJAN	SOLOBSESSION	29.08.02	First solo outing by pianist Bojan Zulfikarpasic, which is mainly composed of originals, including a jerky and troubled reprise of the moving "Zulfikar-pacha."