US label which appears as "Riverside" only on most of the releases. Label Code: LC 0325 / LC 00325 Riverside was established on a shoestring budget in 1953 by traditional jazz enthusiasts Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews as an outlet for reissues of jazz and blues recordings from the 1920s by King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Ma Rainey, Blind Lemon Jefferson and others. Beginning with new recording led by modern jazz pianist Randy Weston, the company expanded its activities and placed such major figures as Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, Cannonball Adderley and Wes Montgomery under contract. Riverside soon became one of the leading independent jazz labels based in New York. Keepnews produced the sessions and wrote the album's liner notes, although some recordings of traditional jazz musicians in New Orleans and Chicago were produced by Chris Albertson (the "Living Legends" series) and Adderley acted as a talent scout and producer. It also distributed Wonderland Records, a children's music label created by Grauer, until selling it in 1962 to A.A. Records. The company, which also recorded albums by Sonny Rollins, Abbey Lincoln, Art Blakey, Blue Mitchell, Clark Terry, Jimmy Heath, Johnny Griffin, and Charlie Byrd among others, filed for bankruptcy on July 20, 1964. Grauer had died on December 15, 1963 after a heart attack. Orpheum Productions, Inc. ran operations from May 10, 1965 through August 1967 when ABC Records leased the catalog from Keepnews, who retained the rights to the Riverside name and master tapes. ABC Records reissued Riverside recordings sporadically from 1967 until 1971. The Riverside catalog (including the Jazzland subsidiary and much of the Battle (2) catalog, which Riverside distributed prior to 1964) was acquired by Fantasy, Inc. in 1972. It has been part of the Concord Music Group, Inc. since 2004 and distributed by Universal Music since early 2006.

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Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival · 1970

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Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk With Sonny Rollins, Ernie Henry And Clark Terry · 1957

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Bags Groove

Miles Davis · 1957

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Monk's Music

Thelonious Monk Septet · 1957

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Portrait In Jazz

The Bill Evans Trio · 1960

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ソウルトレーン = Soultrane

ジョン・コルトレーン = John Coltrane · 1958

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Workin' With The Miles Davis Quintet

The Miles Davis Quintet · 1959

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Chet

Chet Baker · 1959

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Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane

Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane · 1961

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Everybody Digs Bill Evans

Bill Evans Trio · 1959

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The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery

Wes Montgomery · 1960

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Chet Baker Sings

Chet Baker · 1956

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Know What I Mean?

Cannonball Adderley With Bill Evans · 1962

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Explorations

Bill Evans Trio · 1961

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Concorde

The Modern Jazz Quartet · 1955

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Quintet / Sextet

Miles Davis And Milt Jackson · 1956

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Moon Beams

The Bill Evans Trio · 1962

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Things Are Getting Better

Cannonball Adderley With Milt Jackson · 1958

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Mulligan Meets Monk

Thelonious Monk And Gerry Mulligan · 1957

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Caravan

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers · 1962

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Thelonious Himself

Thelonious Monk · 1957

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Cannonball Plays Bossa Nova

Cannonball Adderley With The Bossa Rio Sextet Of Brazil · 1963

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New Jazz Conceptions

Bill Evans · 1957

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It Could Happen To You - Chet Baker Sings

Chet Baker · 1958

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Thelonious Monk Plays The Music Of Duke Ellington

Thelonious Monk · 1956

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Interplay

Bill Evans Quintet · 1962

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The Unique Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk · 1956

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The Sound Of Sonny

Sonny Rollins · 1957

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Work Song

Nat Adderley · 1960

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Thelonious Alone In San Francisco

Thelonious Monk · 1959

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Wynton Kelly

Wynton Kelly · 1958

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The Musings Of Miles

The Miles Davis Quartet · 1955

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Kelly Blue

Wynton Kelly · 1959

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In New York

Chet Baker · 1958

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Bags Meets Wes!

Milt Jackson And Wes Montgomery · 1962

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Boss Guitar

Wes Montgomery · 1963

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That's My Story: John Lee Hooker Sings The Blues

John Lee Hooker · 1960

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How My Heart Sings!

Bill Evans Trio · 1964

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Freedom Suite

Sonny Rollins · 1958

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The Wes Montgomery Trio

The Wes Montgomery Trio · 1960

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So Much Guitar!

Wes Montgomery · 1961

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5 By Monk By 5

Thelonious Monk Quintet · 1959

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Chet Baker With Fifty Italian Strings

Chet Baker · 1960

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Them Dirty Blues

The Cannonball Adderley Quintet · 1960

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Movin' Along

Wes Montgomery · 1961

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Kenny Drew Trio

Kenny Drew Trio With Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones · 1956

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This Here Is Bobby Timmons

Bobby Timmons · 1960

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Blue's Moods

Blue Mitchell · 1960

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