Welcome to O.A.P. Records

Welcome to O.A.P. Records, an independent international record label located in The Hague, The Netherlands, which focuses on Jazz and World Music.

O.A.P. Records is dedicated to reproducing music in its clearest and purest form.
Through open and direct recordings the listener is brought into the music.

Recording your music in the O.A.P. Studio?
Check the studio page for all details and listen to some audio-samples of the albums. For more information about the label and producer & recording engineer Barry Olthof, see the profile page.
CD and vinyl albums are for sale at our webshop in the catalog.

Recent albums

Recent videoclips

Upcoming release: Dutch Jazz Band -Fresh Jazzy Notes (Release date: May 8, 2026)

"Fresh Jazzy Notes" is the title of the Dutch Jazz Band's first CD. A catchy title, but with the risk of being taken too lightly. Understandably, the band wanted to avoid the blockbusters of the established jazz repertoire. Not the overly recognizable "standards," then. Something unique that suited the band. A search for compositions with feeling, swing, and room for a touch of lyricism. Enjoyable to perform, without being overly forceful. Without becoming superficial. Fresh, but not "cool." This resulted in a beautiful musical balance where swing remains dominant, and jazz history sneaks in a bit. In twelve surprising compositions, written between 1931 (Harry Warren's "You're My Everything") and the 1960’s. From composers like Victor Young to A.C. Jobim ("Look to the Sky" and "O Grand Amor"). With a typical bop theme like Hank Mobley's "Funk in Deep Freeze" and the emphasis on the melody of Lee Morgan's "Ceora," released after his famous "Sidewinder" LP. Or via a composition like "The End of a Love Affair," once recorded by Billy Holiday with his voice broken, here swinging and certainly not mournful. Good for enjoyable "discoveries" that still stay close to home with this quintet, which displays a beautiful unity in approach and tone. Pleasantly natural and always swinging. Yes, "fresh."

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The Jaeger Experiment - Stability

Almost every composition heard on Stability was written just over a decade before these recordings were made. Each of the trio’s members had gone through various challenges and turmoil in their lives over that time but have since arrived in somewhat calmer waters. And so the concept of Stability came to be - all three musicians play the music with the experience and lessons of life’s twists and turns behind them, stabilized into their music and personality.

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Dutch Jazz Ensemble - The Cole Porter Notes

'The Cole Porter Notes', a simple-looking title for the second CD of the 'Dutch Jazz Ensemble'. Deceptively simple. Because that title emphasizes an attitude towards Porter's music. They are his notes, he is the leader, he shows the way. This Dutch Jazz Ensemble does not consist of six egos who compete with those notes, who have to win a war, but of enthusiasts, who want to enjoy how beautiful, delicious and intriguing those sequences can be. And they play their game with it, in style and swinging. The Dutch Jazz Ensemble makes it a close 'homage' to Porter. To quote one of his own crazy strings of words: “It's delightful, it's delicious, it's delectable, it's delirious, it's deluxe, it's de-lovely.”

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