Roost Records

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.^[1]

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

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.^[2]

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

See also

• List of record labels