Born and raised in New York City, Bleu has been a professional singer/musician since his Junior High School days.
Throughout his many years around the world on stage, he has backed-up and toured with such notaries as
Aerosmith, Wilson Pickett, Slade, Betty Wright, J.Geils Band, Joe Tex, Foghat, New Birth, Al Green, Isaac Hayes and
Lonnie Youngblood to name a few.
His formal training includes High School of the Performing Arts, Berklee College of Music, New School of Social Research, Greenwich House School of Music and HB Drama School.
In the early '90's, Bleu had relative success as a Columbia/Def Jam recording artist under the management and direction of entertainment mogul
Russell Simmons. As a multi-instrumentalist, he also worked as a Columbia studio musician, playing on tracks for such artists as Oran Juice Jones, Alyson Williams, Chuck Stanley, earning him favorable reviews for his musicianship by NYC publications the Village Voice and the Daily News.
Since 1968, Bleu has been performing
the ONLY authentic Jimi Hendrix tribute show worldwide. This show, still going strong in its 42nd year, was formed while Bleu was a member of Hendrix's official fan club at Warner/Reprise records. He is currently in post-production on a film based on Hendrix' life.
Jimy Bleu is a radio DJ/host at
WFDU 89.1FM (NJ/NYC area), hosting his own R&B/Soul/Funk/Blues show heard Tuesdays 1-3:45pm). Streaming live & archived at
www.wfdu.fm .
Bleu can be heard & seen at:
http://www.myspace.com/bleuanddivinityhttp://www.newdivinity.com