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32: 370:, a rarity in the LP era when books were seldom recorded complete. An album of excerpts from the book was also issued, and the six records in the complete set were also issued as separate volumes. Riverside Wonderland also acquired U.S. rights to package and distribute musical recordings produced in England by Fiona Bentley, including 301:, the hall was a "Creole fraternal headquarters and it proved to have every advantage over a studio; apart from its live sound, it gave the performers familiar surroundings... The hall's acoustical sound was exactly what I wanted to recapture: the same kind of ambience that lent such character to 317:
sitting in playing guitar and banjo. The band was so well received that they continued to play together. The music on this album has been described as "more polite and subtle than the city's 'downtown' music... an intimate, low-key delight." Cottrell's playing has also been well received:
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Cottrell recorded a masterwork, entitled New Orleans: The Living Legends, which was reissued in 1994. To hear it is to conjure up the elegance of a bygone era by a man who did much to create it. From the opening note on
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In 1956, Bill Grauer recorded, produced and edited the racing sounds of the Florida International Twelve-Hour Grand Prix of Endurance, Riverside Records RLP 5001. The record also contains interviews with
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and Bill Grauer, Jr, under his firm Bill Grauer Productions in 1953, the label played an important role in the jazz record industry for a decade. Riverside headquarters were located in
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made substantial contributions to Riverside's catalog. Most new records were produced by Keepnews, who served as creative head of the label and several subsidiaries, such as
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in July 1964. The catalogue was taken over by ABC Records, which reissued some of it, but virtually all Riverside masters were acquired by
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rules on their behalf. This "Living Legends" series was initially recorded in New Orleans. Later sessions were recorded in
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in 1972. The majority of this material was subsequently reissued on LP on the Milestone label and as part of Fantasy's
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was bought out and Monk was signed by Riverside, where he remained for the next five years. During the next few years,
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Under the subsidiary label Riverside Wonderland, the company also produced a series of children's albums, the
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1940s American Music recordings from San Jacinto Hall." One of the musicians invited to participate was
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In 1960–61 Riverside produced an acclaimed series of albums featuring jazz and blues veterans such as
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Initially the company was dedicated to reissuing early jazz material drawn from the issues of the
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Riverside offered an extensive folk catalog, including traditional performers like
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series from the 1980s on CD. The Riverside catalog is now owned by the
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Travelin' Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall
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Riverside Records discography § Jazzland discography
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to Wonderland Records (no connection to Riverside).
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Cottrell organized a trio comprising McNeal Breaux,
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Index


Orrin Keepnews
Jazz
blues
folk
jazz
Orrin Keepnews
New York City
Paramount
Gennett
Hot Record Society
Jelly Roll Morton
King Oliver
Ma Rainey
James P. Johnson
Randy Weston
Prestige Records
Thelonious Monk
Cannonball Adderley
Bill Evans
Charlie Byrd
Johnny Griffin
Wes Montgomery
Jazzland Records
Bascom Lamar Lunsford
Ewan MacColl
Jean Ritchie
Paul Clayton
Billy Faier
Oscar Brand

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