Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)

~ Label

Annotation

Active period: 1953-1963
Founded by: Bill Grauer & Orrin Keepnews (NYC)
Catalog Sold to: Fantasy (1972) reissued under Original Jazz Classics (LP/CD) and Milestone (LP)
Top parent company: Concord Music Group
While the company Riverside Records bankrupted in 63, the label name (and the LC) were used from time to time to reissue complete recordings boxsets and anthologies.
Still, please do not add Fantasy Original Jazz Classics reissues here. Though they may mention the origin of the release as Riverside, they are not Riverside reissues per-se.

The historical catalog is organised as following:
* 100, 200, 300, 400 series (monaural)
* 1100 series (stereo)
* 800 series
* 3500 series
* 7500 series
* 600 series
* 5000, 5500, 5700, 7000, Box Set series
* 1400 series
* Sampler Album series
* abc Riverside 3000 series
* 1000, 2500, 8000 series

You may find prepended "RLP" (for Riverside LP) added to catalog numbers.

The following are possibly either subsidiaries or special Riverside series:
* Judson 3000 series
* Battle 6100 series
* Jazzland series
* Washington Records: Offbeat 3000, 4000, 4900, 5700 series
* Washington Records: R, 400, 700 series

All of these are 12"LP, but the 1000, 2500 and 8000 series which are 10"LP.

Annotation last modified on 2007-04-08 17:32 UTC.

Releases

ReleaseArtistFormatTracksCountry/DateCatalog#Barcode
The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes MontgomeryWes MontgomeryCD8
RLP-9320025218603621
The Centaur And The PhoenixYusef LateefCD9
RLP-9337
Easy Does ItBobby Timmons TrioCD8
RLP-936302521867222
Ezz‐theticsGeorge RussellCD6
RLP-9375025218607025
Waltz for DebbyBill Evans TrioCD10
RLP-9399025218621021
Johnny Griffin SextetJohnny Griffin Sextet12" Vinyl5
VIJJ-30018
Blue SoulBlue Mitchell SextetCD9
  • US1993-01-05
RLP-1155025218676526
10 to 4 at the 5 Spot (stereo/mono - track 5=mono)Pepper Adams QuintetCD5
RLP 12-265025218603126
Jazz SaharaAhmed Abdul‐MalikCD4
RLP-1121025218182027
That's Right!Nat Adderley And The Big Sax SectionCD8
RLP-9330025218679121
Groove YardThe Montgomery BrothersCD8
RLP-9362090204128327
Know What I Mean?Cannonball AdderleyCD10
  • US1994-03-24
RLP-9433025218610520
'Live' at the Village GateMilt Jackson QuintetCD8
  • US1994-03-31
RLP-9495
Johnny Griffin SextetJohnny GriffinCD5
  • US1994-04-30
OJCCD-1827-2 (RLP-264)025218182720
Blue’s MoodsBlue MitchellCD8
  • US1994-10-21
OJCCD-138-2025218613828
Riverside History of Classic JazzVarious Artists3×CD24 + 18 + 18
3RBCD-005-2025218333528
The Thumper (stereo)Jimmy Heath SextetCD9
OJCCD-1828-2 (RLP-1160)025218182829
New Orleans: The Living LegendsJim Robinson's New Orleans BandCD10
  • -1994
OJCCD-1844-2 (RLP-9369)025218184427
Soul TimeBobby TimmonsCD7
R-933402521868202
George Lewis Of New OrleansGeorge LewisCD12
RLP-12-283025218173926
RahMark MurphyCD11
RLP-9395090204128723
A Sure Thing (stereo)Blue Mitchell & Orchestra With Pepper Adams, Jimmy Heath, Wynton KellyCD7
RLP-9414090204426027
A Sure Thing (stereo)Blue Mitchell & OrchestraCD7
RLP-9414025218683722
On the TrailJimmy Heath Quintet featuring Kenny Burrell and Wynton KellyCD7
RLP-9486025218185424
Portrait in JazzBill Evans TrioCD10
010963105926
Top and Bottom BrassClark TerryCD8
  • US1995-04-11
OJCCD-764-2 (RLP-1137)025218776424
White Gardenia, Johnny Griffin With Strings and Brass: A Tribute to Billie HolidayJohnny GriffinCD10
  • US1995-06-15
RS 9387025218187725
10 to 4 at the 5-Spot (stereo/mono - track 5=mono)Pepper Adams QuintetCD5
  • JP1995-07-26
VICJ-51684988002318964
New Blue HornsVarious ArtistsCD-R6
  • US1995-10-03
RLP-1134025218625623
Way Out!Johnny Griffin QuartetCD6
  • -1995
OJCCD-1855-2 (RLP-274)025218185523
Down HomeSam JonesCD8
OJCCD-1864-2025218186421
Hope-FullElmo HopeCD8
OJCCD-1872-2 (RLP-9408)025218187220
So Much Guitar!Wes MontgomeryCD8
RLP 382010963107821
The Little GiantJohnny GriffinCD6
RLP-1149025218613620
Get HappyRandy Weston TrioCD10
RLP-203025218187022
New Jazz ConceptionsBill EvansCD12
  • -1995
RLP-223090204021543
StratusphunkGeorge Russell SextetCD6
RLP-9341025218623223
Elvin!Elvin JonesCD7
RLP-9409025218625920
Bags Meets Wes!Milt Jackson and Wes MontgomeryCD10
010963109320
Know What I Mean?Cannonball Adderley with Bill EvansCD10
010963109023
Smooth as the WindBlue MitchellCD10
  • XE1996-02-12
OJCCD 871-2090204409723
Thelonious Monk Plays Duke EllingtonThelonious MonkCD8
  • JP1996-03-27
VICJ-2045
The Unique Thelonious MonkThelonious MonkCD7
  • JP1996-05-29
VICJ-20604988002333288
Presenting Ernie HenryErnie HenryCD7
  • JP1996-07-03
VICJ-2077
New Jazz ConceptionsBill EvansCD12
  • JP1996-07-03
VICJ-2081
Kenny Drew TrioKenny DrewCD8
  • JP1996-07-03
VICJ-2082
Brilliant CornersThelonious MonkCD5
  • JP1996-07-03
VICJ-2085
Zoot!Zoot SimsCD7
  • JP1996-07-03
VICJ-2093
Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab QuintetGigi GryceCD6
  • JP1996-09-28
VICJ-2105
This Is NewKenny DrewCD7
  • JP1996-09-28
VICJ-2113
Thelonious HimselfThelonious MonkCD9
  • JP1996-09-28
VICJ-2116
Thelonious Monk with John ColtraneThelonious Monk with John ColtraneCD6
  • JP1996-09-28
VICJ-2118
Serenade to a Bus SeatClark TerryCD8
  • JP1996-09-28
VICJ-2119
Jazz ContrastsKenny DorhamCD6
  • JP1996-09-28
VICJ-2126
The Sound of SonnySonny RollinsCD10
  • JP1996-09-28
VICJ-2130
Monk's MusicThelonious MonkCD8
  • JP1996-09-28
VICJ-2133
Mulligan Meets MonkThelonious Monk & Gerry MulliganCD10
  • JP1996-09-28
VICJ-2135
Seven Standards and a BluesErnie HenryCD8
  • JP1996-09-28
VICJ-2138
San Francisco Suite for Jazz TrioFreddie ReddCD7
  • JP1996-09-28
VICJ-2140
Pal JoeyKenny DrewCD8
  • JP1996-09-28
VICJ-2141
Love Locked OutBev KellyCD11
  • JP1996-09-28
VICJ-2142
That’s Him!Abbey LincolnCD12
  • JP1996-09-28
VICJ-2143
Most LikelyDick JohnsonCD9
  • JP1996-09-28
VICJ-2144
The Modern TouchBenny Golson SextetCD6
  • JP1996-09-28
VICJ-2148
Things Are Getting BetterCannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonCD9
  • JP1996-12-18
VICJ-21884988002342181
Singing The American Roots (The Riverside Folklore Series Volume Two)Various ArtistsCD23
RIVCD-9910-2
Circle WaltzDon FriedmanCD7
RLP-9431025218188524
Confessin' The BluesBillie Poole With The Junior Mance Trio And Kenny BurrellCD12
RLP-9458025218188623
Chet Baker in New YorkChet BakerCD7
010963110128
The Sound of SonnySonny RollinsCD10
010963109221
On Green Dolphin StreetBill EvansCD7
  • JP1997-03-29
VICJ-2200
Kelly BlueWynton KellyCD8
  • JP1997-03-29
VICJ-2201
Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner & LoeweChet BakerCD8
  • JP1997-03-29
VICJ-2205
The Little GiantJohnny GriffinCD6
  • JP1997-03-29
VICJ-2206
Blue SoulBlue MitchellCD9
  • JP1997-03-29
VICJ-2208
The Wes Montgomery TrioWes Montgomery TrioCD11
  • JP1997-03-29
VICJ-2209
Guitar on the GoWes Montgomery TrioCD8
  • JP1997-03-29
VICJ-2210
In San FranciscoCannonball AdderleyCD6
  • JP1997-03-29
VICJ-2211
Alone in San FranciscoThelonious MonkCD11
  • JP1997-03-29
VICJ-2212
Portrait in JazzBill Evans TrioCD11
  • JP1997-03-29
VICJ-2215
This Here Is Bobby TimmonsBobby TimmonsCD9
  • JP1997-03-29
VICJ-2216
Work SongNat AdderleyCD9
  • JP1997-03-29
VICJ-2217
The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes MontgomeryWes MontgomeryCD8
  • JP1997-03-29
VICJ-2218
At the Jazz WorkshopBarry HarrisCD11
  • JP1997-03-29
VICJ-2221
Soul TimeBobby TimmonsCD7
  • JP1997-03-29
VICJ-2224
Blue’s MoodsBlue MitchellCD8
  • JP1997-03-29
VICJ-2226
Studio Jazz PartyJohnny GriffinCD6
  • JP1997-03-29
VICJ-2228
Movin' AlongWes MontgomeryCD11
  • JP1997-03-29
VICJ-2229
Groove YardThe Montgomery BrothersCD10
  • JP1997-05-28
VICJ-60001
Know What I Mean?Cannonball AdderleyCD10
  • JP1997-05-28
VICJ-60002
ExplorationsBill Evans TrioCD10
  • JP1997-05-28
VICJ-60003
Sunday at the Village VanguardBill Evans TrioCD11
  • JP1997-05-28
VICJ-600074988002351084
Waltz for DebbyBill Evans TrioCD10
  • JP1997-05-28
VICJ-600084988002351091
The Quest (Masters Of Jazz - The History Series – 41)Mal WaldronCD7
  • JP1997-05-28
VICJ-60009
So Much Guitar!Wes MontgomeryCD8
  • JP1997-06-25
VICJ-60013
In Person: Recorded "Live" at the Village VanguardThe Bobby Timmons TrioCD10
  • JP1997-06-25
VICJ-60017
Bags Meets Wes!Milt Jackson and Wes MontgomeryCD10
  • JP1997-06-25
VICJ-60021
The Kerry DancersJohnny GriffinCD8
  • JP1997-06-25
VICJ-60022
Miles Davis and Milt Jackson Quintet/SextetMiles DavisCD4
  • US1997-07-08
010963111323
Circle WaltzDon FriedmanCD7
  • JP1997-07-30
VICJ-60025