About JazzHausMusik

The record label JazzHausMusik exists since 1980. Along with the "Stadtgarten" it has developed out of a self-organized pool of musicians. JazzHausMusik has remained the only European record label in the field of improvised music that is run by the producing musicians themselves. By autumn 2009 JazzHausMusik has released 185 records. From JHM 33 on, all the releases are available on CD.

JazzHausMusik releases about 10 new productions each year in April and October. It is not by chance that the label has its headquarters in Köln. Köln is considered the capital of the Media and of Jazz in Germany. The reputation of JazzHausMusik among the other European labels for jazz and improvised music is grounded on its creative publishing concept:
It represents new and established musicians from Köln as well as innovative national and international artists.
Proof of the recognition are seven awards of the German record critics and much critical acclaim in the international press.

Groups like Saxophon Mafia, Hans Lüdemann RISM, ensembles with Henning Berg, Thomas Heberer and Dieter Manderscheid or projects of Christina Fuchs, Romy Herzberg and Ulla Oster show innovative concepts on the field of improvised music. New productions, for example the debut of New Zealand saxophone player Hayden Chisholm and the trio Gratkowski-Manderscheid-Hemingway find enthusiastic response in the press and public. The CD-magazine "Stadtgarten Series", a sampler with musical highlights from the scene, continues to create new interest for this vein of music.

JazzHausMusik is not only a record label with own productions but also a distributor. It distributes its own records plus assorted European record labels:
AH-UM and LEO Records from England, Gabriele Haslers FOOLISH MUSIC, LJBB and GROB from Germany, Les Allumés du Jazz from France. Records of the following musicians are available: Django Bates, Anthony Braxton, Marilyn Crispell, Peter Erskine, Mike Gibbs, Gabriele Hasler, Steve Lacy, Phil Minton, Sun Ra, Dirk Raulf, Georg Ruby, Frank Schulte, Cecil Taylor, Kenny Wheeler, Birelli Lagrene, Jimmy Giuffre, Sam Rivers, Steve Lacy, Louis Sclavis a.o. ...