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Roost Records
Parent company	Warner Music Group
Founded	1949 (1949)
Founder	Teddy Reig
Defunct	1958 (1958)
Distributor(s)	Roulette Records
Genre	Jazz
Country of origin	U.S.
Location	New York City

Roost Records (also known as Royal Roost Records) was a jazz record label established in 1949 by music producer Teddy Reig in New York City. The label was named after a club in New York City. Saxophonist Stan Getz, early in his career, recorded for the label, as did guitarist Johnny Smith. Smith was the bestselling artist on the Roost label.

The label's catalogue included Sonny Stitt, Coleman Hawkins, Bud Powell, Seldon Powell, Billy Taylor, and Gene Quill. In the latter 1950s, Roost's music was distributed by Roulette Records. Roost was then acquired by Roulette, which sold music under the label's name until 1971.

Since 2013, Roost Records' catalogue is owned by Warner Music Group via Parlophone.

See also

• List of record labels

References

1. Flanagan, Lin (2015). Moonlight in Vermont: The Official Biography of Johnny Smith. Anaheim Hills: Centerstream Publishing. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-57424-322-2.
2. Kernfeld, Barry (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Vol. 3 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 464. ISBN 1-56159-284-6.

External links

• Roost Records label history and discography at Both Sides Now Publications
• Roost Records on the Internet Archive's Great 78 Project

• Record labels established in 1949
• Record labels disestablished in 1958
• American jazz record labels