JAPO Records was a German record label founded in 1970 that specialized in jazz. It was a division of ECM Records. JAPO stands for Jazz by Post. The label existed from 1970 until 1985 and produced over 40 jazz fusion and free jazz records from musicians all over the world, the majority of them European. It was based in Munich, Germany.
JAPO's catalogue includes Dollar Brand, Mal Waldron, Elton Dean, George Gruntz, Barry Guy, Alfred Harth, Ken Hyder, Herbert Joos, Bobby Naughton, Manfred Schoof, Barre Phillips, Jiří Stivín & Rudolf Dašek, Stephan Micus, Enrico Rava, Lennart Åberg, Edward Vesala, and the Globe Unity Orchestra.
JAPO60001 Mal Waldron - The Call (1971)
JAPO60002 Dollar Brand - African Piano (1973)
JAPO60003 Barre Phillips - For All It Is (1973)
JAPO60004 Herbert Joos - The Philosophy Of The Fluegelhorn (1974)
JAPO60005 Dollar Brand - Ancient Africa (1974)
JAPO60006 Bobby Naughton - Understanding (1973)
JAPO60007 Edward Vesala - Nan Madol (1976)
JAPO60008 Jiri Stivin & Rudolf Dasek - System tandem (1975)
JAPO60009 Tom Van Der Geld - Children at play (1975)
JAPO60010 Enrico Rava - Quotation Marks (1976)
JAPO60011 Magog - Magog (1976)
JAPO60012 Om - Kirikuki (1975)
JAPO60013 Manfred Schoof Quintet - Scales (1976)
JAPO60014 Glen Moore & Larry Karush - May 24, 1976 (1976)
JAPO60015 Herbert Joos - Daybreak (1977)
JAPO60016 Om - Rautionaha (1976)
JAPO60017 Stephan Micus - Implosions (1977)
JAPO60018 Ken Hyder's Talisker - Land Of Stone (1977)
JAPO60019 Manfred Schoof - Light Lines (1978)
JAPO60020 Rena Rama - Landscapes (1977)
JAPO60021 Globe Unity Orchestra - improvisations (1978)
JAPO60022 Om - Om with Dom Um Romao (1978)
JAPO60023 Lennard Aberg - Partial Solar Eclipse (1978)
JAPO60024 Contact Trio - New Marks (1978)
JAPO60025 George Gruntz - Percussion profiles (1978)
JAPO60026 Stephan Micus - Till the End of Time (1978)
JAPO60027 Globe Unity - Compositions (1979)
JAPO60028 Burry Guy - Endgame (1979)
JAPO60029 TOK - Paradox (1979)
JAPO60030 Manfred Schoof - Horizons (1980)
JAPO60031 AMM III - It had been an ordinary (1980)
JAPO60032 Om - Cerberus (1980)
JAPO60033 Elton Dean Quintet - Boundaries (1980)
JAPO60034 Peter Warren - Solidarity (1982)
JAPO60035 Tom Van Der Geld - Out Patients (1980)
JAPO60036 Contact Trio - Musik (1981)
JAPO60037 Es Herrscht Uhu im Land (1981)
JAPO60038 Stephan Micus - Wings over Water (1982)
JAPO60039 Globe Unity Orchestra - Intergalactic Blow (1983)
JAPO60040 Stephan Micus - Listen to the Rain (1983)
JAPO60041 Stephan Micus - East of the Night (1985)
