JG discography This is a list of albums released on the German label JG between 1969 and 1980. Gaps in the sequence may be catalog numbers that were not used or albums that have not been identified.

Nelson's Waltz / When Jani Comes Late, Wolf Escher Quintet, 1969, JG Records JG 01 Tracks : Nelson's Waltz, When Jani Comes Late Musicians : Wolf Escher, Jürgen Schuller, Werner Geck, Meinhard Puhl, Dieter Rosenkranz A 7" single.

Let Us Swing: German Jazz Makers Vol 1, Sidewalk Hot Jazz Orchestra, 1969, JG Records JG 02 Tracks : Walk That Thing, I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby, Immigration Blues, Charlie Johnson Stomp, Some Of This Days, Freeze Out, Charleston's Best Dance After All, Miss Hannah, Milk Cow Blues, Hot Mustard Trouble, Mississipi Wobble, Paradise Wobble Musicians : Not knowm Appears to have been released with a number of front cover variations

Trio Quartet Quintet, Walter Strerath, 1969, JG Records JG 03 Tracks : New Gospel, Waltz For Ellen, The Unknown, Dance For Rosa, Speed-Up, Watermelon Girl, Little Ya-Ya, Rainy Day, 3/4 In Minor Musicians : Walter Strerath, Hans Thomas, Manfred Lindner, Andreas Scheel, Gerd Putz

Remembering Sixty-Nine: Ein Jahr Jazz Altena-Iserlohn, Various Artists, 1969, JG Records JG 04/05 Tracks : Olé (Xhol Caravan), Sahara (Wolf Doldinger Quartett), When You're Smiling (Blue Note Juniors), Leo's Boogie (The Boogie Woogie Company), Long, Deep And Wide (Sidewalk Hot Jazz Orchestra), I'm On My Way (Dave Pike Set), Joy Spring (Jon Eardly All Stars), Depression (Joachim Kühn Band), 3/4 In Minor (Walter Strerath), Suite Page One/Bell (Jazz Trinity (The Three)), Summertime (Werner Geck Quartett + One)

First Trip, Cherry Pies, 1969, JG Records JG 06 Tracks : Everything Is Gonna Be Allright, Drivin' To Awo-Omama, Hmm, Ah Oh, Fairy Tale In G Musicians : Gerd Wunsch, Reinhard Geck, Ulrich Stracke, Detlef Röhre, Herbert Poschmann A 7" EP.

Black Birds Of Paradise, Blackbirds Of Paradise, 1970, JG Records JG 07 Tracks : Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie, Aunt Hagars Blues, Arabellas Weddingday, Paducah, Somebody Stole My Gal, Rhythm Club Stomp, Deep Henderson, Margie, Meanest Kind Of Blues, Sugar, I've Found A New Baby, Miss Hannah Musicians : Uwe Heinecke, Ulrich Bela, Hartwig Potner, Michael Schmidt, Owe Hansen, Peter Ruts, Hans Schwenkkros, Harold Auls

No album identified, JG Records JG 08

No album identified, JG Records JG 09

Brown Taste, Jan Huydts Trio, 1970, JG Records JG 10 Tracks : Protuberans, Brown Taste I, Protuberans, 3 x 4, Brown Taste II, Struggle For Life, Brown Taste III, 3 x 4 II Musicians : Jan Huydts, Alfred Haurand, Leo de Ruiter

No album identified, JG Records JG 11

No album identified, JG Records JG 12

No album identified, JG Records JG 13

No album identified, JG Records JG 14

No album identified, JG Records JG 15

No album identified, JG Records JG 16

No album identified, JG Records JG 17

Live In Altena, John Surman Trio, 1970, JG Records JG 18 Tracks : Billie The Kid, Tallness, Dee Tune, In Between, Spikenard Musicians : John Surman, Barre Phillips, Stu Martin Recorded live in Altena in January 1970. Appears to have been released with a number of cover designs.

No album identified, JG Records JG 19

No album identified, JG Records JG 20

Internationales New Jazz Meeting auf Burg Altena 1970, 1970, JG Records JG 21/22 Tracks : Untitled (Jiggs Whigham Trio), Untitled (Joachim Kühn - Eje Thelin Group & Rolf Kühn), Untitled (Wolfgang Dauner Trio), Untitled (Albert Mangelsdorff Quartet), Untitled (New Jazz Trio), Untitled (Dave Pike Set), Untitled (John Surman Trio) Notes : Recorded live on June 27, 1970.

Männergesangsverein 1922 Essen Holsterhausen, 1970, JG Records JG 23 Tracks : Lied in den Rosen, Wer jagen will, Die Weiber von Arlon, Es wallt ein Mann zum Weine gehm

Remembering '70, 1971, JG Records JG 24/25 Tracks : China Boy (Four City Seven + One), I Can't Dance (Blackbirds Of Paradise), St. Louis Shuffle (Sidewalk Hot Jazz Orchestra), Ohne Titel (Niels Unbehagen Quartett), But Anyway (The Dave Pike Set), Night Laughing (Rüdiger Schulz Quartett), Ohne Titel (Jan Huydts Trio + Theo Loevendie), Summertime (Wolfgang Dauner Trio), Yarrak (Alexander V. Schlippenbach Trio), Dee Tune (John Surman Trio + Alan Skidmore), Blueslife (Champion Jack Dupree), Japanese Bride (Champion Jack Dupree), Up And Down7 (Xhol Caravan)

The Sidewalk Hot Jazz Orchestra - That's How We Feel Today, 1971, JG Records JG 26 Tracks : Saratoga Shout, That's How I Feel Today, Serenade For Duke, Rent Party Blues, Feeling Drowsy, I Want You Just Myself, Sugar Foot Stomp, Pishy-Pishy, The Boy In The Boat, Pass Out Lightly, Cannibal's Ball, Everybody Loves My Baby

2. Internationales New Jazz Meeting auf Burg Altena, 1971, JG Records JG 27/28 Tracks : Just For Altena (Peter Brötzmann Trio), KLM (Alan Skidmore Quintet & Mike Osborne), And Think Again (Alan Skidmore Quintet & Mike Osborne), No Name Piece (Tomasz Stanko Quintet), Introduction (Unknown), Free Spirits (New Jazz Ensemble '71 With Karin Krog), Timelife Revisiting (Albert Mangelsdorff Quartet & The Trio) Notes : A double LP of music recorded live at the International New Jazz Meeting Burg Altena in June 1971.

Pishi Pishi / Serenade For Duke, The Sidewalk Hot Jazz Orchestra, 1971, JG Records JG 29 Tracks : Pishi Pishi, Serenade For Duke

Jazzmessage From Poland, Thomasz Stanko Quintet, 1972, JG Records JG 30 Tracks : Aeoioe / Heban, Piece For Diana (Wood Music's Series) Musicians : Tomasz Stanko, Janusz Muniak, Zbigniew Seifert, Bronislaw Suchanek, Janusz Stefanski

At The New Jazz Meeting Altena, Jan Fryderyk Dobrowolski And Jacek Bednarek, 1972, JG Records JG 31 Tracks : Concert Part I, Fara, Allegretto, Exodus Musicians : Jan Fryderyk Dobrowolski, Jacek Bednarek

Altena '72, Various Artists, 1973, JG Records JG 32/33 Tracks : Untitled (Michal Urbaniak Group), Untitled (Scandinavia New Jazz Group), Untitled (Wolfgang Dauner Et Cetera), Untitled (Karl Berger Company) Notes : Recorded live at 3. Internationales New Jazz Meeting auf Burg Altena on June 24 and 25, 1972.

Thomasz Stanko & Adam Makowicz Unit Featuring Czeslaw Bartkowski, 1975, JG Records JG 34 Tracks : Musicians : Thomasz Stanko, Adam Makowicz, Czeslaw Bartkowski

Jazzfestival Balver Höhle: Hot Jazz Opening 1974 & 75, Various Artists, 1975, JG Records JG 35 Tracks : Dinah (Trevor Richards New Orleans Trio), Sweet Georgia Brown (Trevor Richards New Orleans Trio), Flyin' Home (Swingquartett 4 Prag), Smooth One (Swingquartett 4 Prag), Droppin' Chucks (Sidewalk Hot Jazz Orchestra), Sweet Muntaz (Dreamland Orchestra), At A Georgia Camp Meeting (Dreamland Orchestra), Home Cookin' (Champion Jack Dupree), Come Back Sweet Papa (Portena Jazzband), Honeysuckle Rose (Portena Jazzband) Music from the Jazzfestival Balver Höhle in 1974 and 1975.

Jazzfestival Balver Höhle: Ausschnitte vom New Jazz Programm 1974 & 75, Various Artists, 1975, JG Records JG Records 36/37/38/39 Tracks : Time Machine (Jazzcrew Stuttgart), Trio Trio / Walms / Signal (SOS), Love Chant / Drone Piece / Wallgreco El Sueco (Jan Wallgren Orkester), Spanish Dance (Eero Koivistoinen Quartet), Clear Dream (Eero Koivistoinen Quartet), For My Sister (Emil Veglicky Trio), Choral (Emil Veglicky Trio), Semper Ignotus (Gustav Brom Big Band), In Between (Jirí Stivín & Rudolf Dagek System Tandem), Dig (Contact Trio), Flaps (Franz Koglmann / Steve Lacy Quintet), Maybe I Can Sing It to You - Silver Cloud (Krzysztof Zgraja / Barre Phillips) A 4 LP set of music from the Jazzfestival Balver Höhle on July 27 & 28, 1974.

Sidewalk Hot Jazz Orchestra, Sidewalk Hot Jazz Orchestra, 1977, JG Records JG 40 Tracks : Give Me Your Telephone Number, Higginbotham Blues, Get The Bucket, Somebody Stole My Gal, Sweetheart, I Never Knew, St. Louis Blues, The Blues Jumped A Rabbit, You´re Drivin Me Crazy, Patron Wagon Blues, Diga Diga Doo

No album identified, JG Records JG 41

Live in der Balver Höhle: Blues'n Boogie, Errol Dixon, 1977, JG Records JG 42 Tracks : Vap Boogie, Midnight Special, Chains Of Love, See See Rider, Mojo Working, When The Saints Blues, Rocking Boogie Woogie, Hy Ba Be Re Bop, Do You Like The Blues, Bye Bye Blues Musicians : Errol Dixon, Georg Linges, Udo Reising

Live In Der Balver Höhle, Zbigniew Namyslowski Quartet, 1977, JG Records JG 43 Tracks : Pod Dobra Godzina, Kulaviec, When May Is In Blossom, Pastoralka Musicians : Zbigniew Namyslowski, Slawomir Kulpowicz, Pawel Jarzebski, Janusz Stefanski Recorded at the 4th Jazzfestival Balver Höhle on June 26, 1977.

Live In Der Balver Höhle, Oriental Wind featuring Okay Temiz & Bobo Stenson, 1978, JG Records 044 Tracks : Tamara Delihoron, Fidayda, Dere Geliyor Dere, Les Noto Musicians : Lennart Aberg, Haci Tekbilek, Bobo Stenson, Thomas Östergren, Okay Temiz Recorded at the 5th Jazzfestival Balver Höhle on June 25, 1978.

Our Blue Side, Pee Wee Blue Sang, 1979, JG Records JG 45 Tracks : ABC- Blues, Wake Up In The Morning, Trouble, Further On Up The Road, I Still Love You, Blues For Freddy K., The Seeker, Bad Bad Woman, Heavy's Blues Musicians : Reiner Hänsch, Thomas Hesse, Andreas Mester, Heribert Grothe, Rüdiger Schilling

Traces Of Darkness, Christoph Spendel Quartet, 1980, JG Records JG 46 Tracks : Traces Of Darkness, Silent Alley, Curry Song, Dancing Boa, Shadows, Samba Do Cologna Musicians : Christoph Spendel, Hugo Read, Mario Castronari, Joe Thönes

Live In 'Henkelmann', Sami Swoi, 1980, JG Records JG 47 Tracks : South, Fifteen Cents, Liza, Chicago Breakdown, Ansage, In The Mood, Early Autumn, Four Brothers, Fiesta, La Fiesta, Bahama Mama, Hey Crusaders Musicians : Julian Kurzawa, Jan Mlynarczyk, Jerzy Lukaszczyk, Sygmunt Gorecki, Waldemar Kowalski, Janusz Szprot, Jerzy Sorski, Jan Gonciarczyk, Krzysztof Przybylowicz

Live In Der Balver Höhle: Suomi Jazz Folk From The Roots, Piirpauke, 1980, JG Records JG 48 Tracks : Swedish Reggae, Mi Ardillita, Azerbaizan Albatross, Flight, Tin Tin Deo, Lento Musicians : Sakari Kukko, Pekka Nylund, Timo Oksala, Jorma Koivulehto, Tom Nekljudow

For Kati, Imre Köszegi Quartet Feat. Zbigniew Namyslowski, 1980, JG Records JG 49 Tracks : Darling, Kati, Soyuz Dance, Lelekut, Ballad For Eve Musicians : Imre Köszegi, Zbigniew Namyslowski, Laszlo Gardonyi, Jack Gregg

...Dann Höre Ich Nur Zu, Günter Radtke / Werner Geck Trio, 1980, JG Records JG 50 Tracks : Wenn Ich Einen Reden Höre, Lady Bird, Gedichte (Ich bin leicht, Manöver, Lebenswichtig, Kriegerdenkmal, Warte ab, Epigramm), Old Folks, Kunz-Und Kleingeschichten (Ein Profi, Nachwuchskräfte, Verfahrenstechnik), Spring Story, ...Dann Höre Ich Nur Zu, Kurze Zeit Aber Draußen, Not Satisfied, Gedichte (Für Einen Augenblick, Technik, Das Heldenhafte, Im Zugfenster, Mein Geschundenes Berlin), Die Mikrobe der Dummheit Musicians : Günter Radtke, Werner Geck, Bodo Klingelhöfer, Michael Peters

Orgel-Improvisationen, Professor Johannes-Ernst Köhler, 1980, JG Records JG 51 Tracks : Konzert C-Dur In 3 Sätzen: Allegro / Adagio / Allegro / Passacaglia / Präludium Und Fuge G-Dur, Choral-Improvisationen: Tochter Zion, Vom Himmel Hoch, Jesus Ist Kommen, Christ Ist Erstanden, Geh Aus, Mein Herz, Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott, Der Mond Ist Aufgegangen Musicians : Johannes-Ernst Köhler

La Concha. Krzysztof Zgraja & Jacek Bednarek, 1980, JG Records JG 52 Tracks : Lus Blues, Old Jack Song, Afrosphera, La Concha, Walking Colour, Folk-Music Nr. 5 "Kurpia", Flute Reflections Musicians : Krzysztof Zgraja, Jacek Bednarek

The Horn Is Back, Günther Klatt, 1980, JG Records JG 53 Tracks : Traffic, Day Dream, Blues Changes, Lush Life, Campo San Stefano, For Bibi And Red Cloud, The Horn Is Back Musicians : Günther Klatt, Paul Grabowsky, Leonard Jones, Branislav ‘Lala’ Kovacev

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