"A Good Thing, devoted to some of the most creative music around." (Penguin Guide To Jazz on CD)
"...the Cliche-free independent" (The Guardian)
"...their low-key approach to marketing has not stopped signings such as Polar Bear receiving recognition beyond the hopes of most jazz players." (The Independent)

NEWS & TOURS (last updated - 05 February 2010)abel in 2010: Golden Age of Steam, Twelves Trio, Paula Rae Gibson,
trioVD 2010 tour Feb @The Vortex and 12 Points Festival more/ Babel @LOOP Collective Festival... more
Richard Fairhurst's Triptych CD now available to purchase online moreRichard Fairhurst Trio
Big Air listen to the band live at Saalfelden Festival 2009 on BBC Radio Jazz on 3 for 3 more days here
Babel CDs for 2010: Golden Age of Steam,Twelves Trio,Paula Rae Gibson,Richard Fairhurst's Triptych more
Amit Chaudhuri You can now exclusively purchase here the new CD of leading writer/musician's This is Not Fusion CD more
Tom Arthurs Babel artist (duo Mesmer with Richard Fairhurst) commission with BBC Concert Orchestra

Chris Batchelor-Steve Buckley
Big Air
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& Jim Black,Myra Melford,Oren Marshall
5* review:The Guardian,BBC Music Mag
'the best British jazz record for 20 years'- Brian Morton

Welcome to the website for the Babel Label, London's award-winning independent jazz (and beyond) recording company. We've got loads going on here. You can get up-to-date information on all our album releases, biographies as you would expect from a label's website, but you can also buy online CDs and download HIGH QUALITY tracks DIRECTLY from this site. You can also find Babel on myspace where you can check out some new album tracks , the label director Oliver's blog, where he pontificates on the world (especially of jazz), and you can follow 'Babellabel' on twitter as well as information on our club, about a new CD shop run by the label of hard-to-get indie jazz CDs (both online and at the Vortex), and much, much more...so start exploring right now