The Igloo label

Record label

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 was initially created in Belgium

Belgium

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 to cater for improvised and electro-acoustic music, but gradually specialised in modern jazz. It has released material by most of Belgium's jazz talent, including Philip Catherine

Philip Catherine

Philip Catherine is a Belgian jazz guitarist.-Biography:He was born in London from an English mother and Belgian father....

, Nathalie Loriers

Nathalie Loriers

Nathalie Loriers is a Belgian jazz pianist and composer.In 1991 Loriers formed her own quartet with Kurt Van Herck , Philippe Aerts and Mimi Verderame . She also has her own trio with Salvatore La Rocca and Hans Van Oosterhout...

, Diederik Wissels

Diederik Wissels

The Dutch-born award-winning jazz pianist Diederik Wissels was born in Rotterdam in December 1960. In 1968, he moved to Brussels, Belgium and later attended Boston's Berklee College of Music. In his early career, he played with Chet Baker, Joe Henderson and Toots Thielemans, amongst others...

, Musicazur and Charles Loos

Charles Loos

Charles Loos is a Belgian jazz pianist and composer. In 1972 he began studying composition and jazz orchestra at Berklee College of Music in Boston, while he already followed a classical formation in Belgium. Back in his country, he co-founded Les Lundis d'Hortense, a Belgian association for...

 as well as younger talents such as Melanie De Biasio and the Pascal Schumacher Quartet

Pascal Schumacher

Pascal Schumacher is a Luxembourg jazz musician, composer and percussionist who has founded a number of groups including the Pascal Schumacher Quartet. He also plays and composes classical chamber music.-Education:...

. The label celebrated its 30th anniversary with a concert on November 28, 2008 in Brussels.

Igloo runs a separate imprint called IglooMondo for world-based projects such as Majid Bekkas, Wendo Kolosoy

Wendo Kolosoy

Antoine Wendo Kolosoy — known as Papa Wendo — was a Congolese musician. He was considered the "Father" of Congolese rumba music, a musical style blending rumba, beguine, waltz, tango and cha-cha.-Early life:...

 and Manou Gallo

Manou Gallo

Manou N'Guessan Gallo is a musician, born August 31, 1972 in Divo, Ivory Coast.Brought up by her grandmother in Ivory Coast, Gallo first performed at the age of 12 when she put on a show with friends from her village...

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