Francis Dreyfus
Francis Dreyfus | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 2, 1940 |
| Died | June 24, 2010 (aged 70) |
| Occupation | Record producer |
| Known for | Founder of Disques Motors, Disques Dreyfus, and Dreyfus Jazz |
| Notable work | Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre |
| Children | Julie Dreyfus (with Pascale Audret) |
Francis Dreyfus (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃sis dʁɛfys]; 2 March 1940 – 24 June 2010) was a French record producer, who focused on jazz and electronic music, publishing Jean-Michel Jarre's first commercially successful work, Oxygène.
1971, Dreyfus was the founder of the French record label, Disques Motors, and became the producer of Christophe. In 1985, he founded Disques Dreyfus. In 1991, Dreyfus also founded a jazz label called Dreyfus Jazz, whose artists have included Marcus Miller, Steve Grossman, Richard Galliano and Alan Stivell.