SWR Jazzhaus is a German record label, founded in 2011 from the SWR Media Services and Arthaus Musik. On SWR Jazzhaus the South-Western Broadcasting (SWR) releases live concerts or studio recordings from their archives in Stuttgart, Baden-Baden and Mainz. The SWR started already in 1957 to send jazz broadcasts in radio and TV. Containing up to date more than 3,000 hours with jazz radio recordings (and 500 hours of TV material) with more than 400 different ensembles and soloists, the SWR archives represents one of the biggest unpublished collections of live jazz worldwide.

SWR Jazzhaus gradually publishes a part of this musical archive treasure. The original tapes are re-mastered in high-end quality and released on CD, DVD and vinyl. All SWR Jazzhaus releases are also available on the common digital music platforms.

Up to date, the SWR Jazzhaus catalogue contains more than 40 releases featuring the big stars of the German and international jazz scene – Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Zoot Sims, Chet Baker, Oscar Pettiford, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, Tony Scott, Jutta Hipp, Albert Mangelsdorff, Hans Koller and many more.

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Album Title Catalogue No.
ALMAZAN, Fabian / REALM OF POSSIBILITIES: SWR New Jazz Meeting 2015 JAH-466
ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS: Legends Live 101741
BABS, Alice: Alice Babs Meets Erwin Lehn (1952-1955) JAH-472
BERLINER, Sasha / TABULA RASA: SWR New Jazz Meeting 2021 JAH-480
BIGBANDS LIVE - Benny Goodman Orchestra featuring Anita O'Day (1959) JAH-404
CANNONBALL ADDERLEY QUINTET: Liederhalle Stuttgart (1969) JAH-402
DIZZY GILLESPIE QUINTET: Jazz Heroes - Treffpunkt Jazz (1961) JAH-411
DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA: Bigbands Live JAH-403
EDDIE SAUTER ORCHESTRA: Eddie Sauter's Music Time JAH-460
FOREST: Dream JAH-488D
FOREST: SWR New Jazz Meeting 2022 JAH-487
JAKOB BÄNSCH COLLECTIVE: #zusammenspielen JAH-483D
JAKOB BÄNSCH COLLECTIVE: Under Stars JAH-482D
JONES, Quincy: Quincy Jones and his Orchestra JAH-455
JOOS, Herbert: Change of Beauty JAH-470
KRIEGEL, Volker: Mainz Recordings - Extended Online Version (1963-1969) JAH-435
KRIEGEL, Volker: Mainz Studio Recordings (1963-1969) JAH-426
KURT EDELHAGEN ORCHESTRA: Big Bands Live 101742
LEGENDS LIVE - Albert Mangelsdorff Quintett (1964) JAH-406
LEGENDS LIVE - Hans Koller and Friends (1959) (Vinyl) 101751
LOST TAPES - Baker, Chet (Early Chet - Chet Baker in Germany, 1955-1959) JAH-452
LOST TAPES - Hipp, Jutta (1952-1955) JAH-423
LOST TAPES - Modern Jazz Quartet (The) (1956, 1958) JAH-431
LOST TAPES - Sims, Zoot (1958) JAH-410
LOUIS ARMSTRONG ALL STARS: Jazz Heroes (1959) JAH-462