This all-star band met up for a 30th anniversary concert celebration for a label who's international profile at least has faded in significance since its heyday in the early noughties. Some of the key artists who played a role in Label Bleu's astute coverage of the happening French jazz scene during this period are in the line-up. The talisman is the great double-bass veteran Henri Texier who has recorded over 20 times for the label. Texier's ‘O Elvin’ starts with a typical deeply resounding folk-rooted bass groove from the man himself. One of his most impressive sidemen has been the ambient rock-fuelled guitarist Manu Codjia, someone who should be much better known. Through some of Texier's strongest pieces, cool school woodwind counterpoint, a light-hearted Jacques Tati-like clarinet, winding bebop-ish themes and North African melodic inflexions shine a light on Texier's seductively exotic writing skills. But also spotlight a band of unpretentious stars playing for the team and the team only.