Rivermont Records is an independent American

record label "Big Three" music labels A record label or record company is a brand or trademark of Sound recording and reproduction, music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a Music publisher, ...

that specializes in

ragtime Ragtime, also spelled rag-time or rag time, is a musical style that had its peak from the 1890s to 1910s. Its cardinal trait is its Syncopation, syncopated or "ragged" rhythm. Ragtime was popularized during the early 20th century by composers ...

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

, and hot dance music. The company issues recordings of contemporary ragtime pianists and traditional jazz orchestras, and reissues rare vintage recordings of dance bands from the 1910-1930 era. The label's issues include 78 RPM vinyl in the microgroove format which are playable with a contemporary turntable and stylus. Rivermont was founded in Lynchburg, Virginia in 2003 by pianist and musicologist Bryan S. Wright. The label is distributed in the United States by City Hall Records. Rivermont has been nominated for a

Grammy Award for Best Album Notes The Grammy Award – Best Album Notes has been presented since 1964. From 1973 to 1976 (the 15th through 18th Awards), a second award was presented for Best Album Notes – Classical. Those awards are listed under those years below. The award reco ...

three times: in 2010, 2018 and 2021.

Artists

* Jacob Adams * American Ragtime Ensemble (David Reffkin, dir.) * Arcadia Dance Orchestra * Paul Asaro * Brahmin Bellhops * Bridgetown Sextet * Chicago Cellar Boys * Ed Clute * Kim Cusack *

Kenny Davern John Kenneth Davern (January 7, 1935 – December 12, 2006) was an American jazz clarinetist. Biography He was born in Huntington, Long Island, to a family of mixed Jewish and Irish-Catholic ancestry. His mother's family originally came from Vi ...

* Matthew de Lacey Davidson * Richard Dowling * The Fat Babies * The Fried Seven *

Vince Giordano Vince Giordano (born March 11, 1952) is an American saxophonist and leader of the New York-based Nighthawks Orchestra. He specializes in jazz of the 1920s and 1930s and his primary instrument is the bass saxophone. Vince Giordano and the Nightha ...

and The Nighthawks * The Graystone Monarchs (Josh Duffee, dir.) * Alex Hassan * Frederick Hodges * Brian Holland *

Dick Hyman Richard Hyman (born March 8, 1927) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Over a 70-year career, he has worked as a pianist, organist, arranger, music director, electronic musician, and composer. He was named a National Endowment for the Arts ...

* Charlie Judkins and Miss Maybell * Max Keenlyside *

Dan Levinson Daniel A. Levinson (born July 8, 1965) is an American jazz clarinetist, saxophone, saxophonist, and bandleader. He is best known for his mastery of the jazz styles of the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s. Career Born in Los Angeles County, California, Le ...

Carl Sonny Leyland Carl Sonny Leyland is an Anglo-American boogie woogie, blues and jazz pianist. He was born in 1965 near Southampton, England, but as a child was drawn to American music. At age 15, he discovered boogie woogie, and was inspired to make the piano ...

* The Lovestruck Balladeers * Domingo Mancuello * Royce Martin * William McNally *

Alex Mendham Alex Mendham (born 13 September 1989) is a British bandleader, singer, and saxophonist known for reviving the music and glamour of the Jazz Age. He is the founder and leader of Alex Mendham & His Orchestra, a transatlantic ensemble recognised f ...

and His Orchestra * T. J. Muller * Roya Naldi * New Orleans Night Owls (Hal Smith, dir.) * Andrew Nolte and His Orchestra * Andrew Oliver * Original Cornell Syncopators * Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra (Andrew Greene, dir.) * Will Perkins * The Ragabonds * Dalton Ridenhour *

Tom Roberts Thomas William Roberts (8 March 185614 September 1931) was an English-born Australian artist and a key member of the Heidelberg School art movement, also known as Australian impressionism. After studying in Melbourne, he travelled to Europe i ...

* Andy Schumm * The Singapore Slingers ( Matt Tolentino, dir.) * Sónico * Martin Spitznagel * Adam Swanson * Three for a Song * 'Cile Turner * Ethan Uslan * West End Jazz Band *

Ian Whitcomb Ian Timothy Whitcomb (10 July 1941 – 19 April 2020) was an English entertainer, singer-songwriter, record producer, writer, broadcaster and actor. As part of the British Invasion, his hit song " You Turn Me On" reached number 8 on the ''B ...

* Bryan Wright * Vanessa Tagliabue Yorke

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