The
label has been in existence since a cassette-only release in 1992 (or
thereabouts) which I made with Nikki Iles and Peter Fairclough.
Since then it has become very a small scale cottage industry, mainly doing
short-run CD releases, all of which are 'in-house' (meaning I'm involved
as either player, composer, and/or musical director)
All titles cost £10 (even the double disc 'Fruits of 2002').
All the albums are purchasable with credit card over the net, thanks to the JazzCDs web-site. Just click on the album title and you'll link through automatically.
The CD catalogue thus far is:
(Most recent release) Dec 2004
"...his light still shines if his work with this powerful northern-based band featuring saxophonist Andy Schofield and guitarist Mike Walker is anything to go by.... Berry's long-lined, patiently-developed and intricately zigzagging melodies often recall his (and Django Bates's) early pieces for Loose Tubes..."
John Fordham, the Guardian
IN AN IDEAL WORLD (rfm108)
Live at Manchester Jazz Festival 2004
Steve Berry - bass, composer plus
Les Chisnall - piano, Mike Walker - guitar, Andy Schofield - saxes, Dave Walsh - drums
FOOLISH
HEARTS (Anthony
Kerr - vibraphone, Nikki Iles - piano, Paul Clarvis - percussion, Steve
Berry - bass)
Bye Bye Blackbird, Wedding Day, Words Fail, If Only, Hebden Water, In Your Dreams, Pepe Linque, Catherine Jane
the JAM FACTORY plus: Iain Dixon - saxophones & bass clarinet, Mike Walker - guitar, Josefina Cupido - voice & percussion, Chris Batchelor - trumpet, Steve Birtwistle - saxophones
Pay No Mind, Acorn, The Wind Must've Caught It, The Chicken, Levant, New Light, Are You Going With Me? Jamboree, Angel Nemali, Gaudaisy, Jama Kamaj, Let It Snow, Spanner Head, In Deep
tracks:
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VOX JAM (rfm 105)
artists:
That Lucky Old Sun, Bembe du Beret, Harvest For The World, Jamboree, Change In My Life, Jouvert, Operator, Samba Oro Bracs, Them Bones
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