Reservoir Records

Reservoir Records is an American jazz record label established in 1987 by Mark Feldman and Kayla Feldman. The label is associated particularly with a piano-focused series and has maintained a catalogue centered on small-group and contemporary jazz recordings. Its documented releases feature a broad range of established and specialist jazz musicians, including Kenny Barron, Nick Brignola, Steve Kuhn, Hod O'Brien, Claudio Roditi, Pepper Adams, Tommy Flanagan, Al Grey, Peter Leitch, J. R. Monterose, Ralph Moore, Valery Ponomarev, Joe Puma, Don Sickler, and Buddy Tate. The catalogue reflects an emphasis on instrumental jazz, with repertory spanning piano-led sessions, hard bop, post-bop, mainstream jazz, and related horn- and guitar-oriented formats. Available reference material identifies the label's founding date, founders, stylistic focus, and representative artists, but does not provide reliable information about its headquarters, corporate ownership, distribution arrangements, current operating status, financial performance, or official website. Reservoir Records is therefore best documented as an independent jazz label whose historical significance rests on its preservation and presentation of recordings by a substantial group of veteran and specialist jazz performers.

Reservoir Records was founded in 1987 in the United States by Mark Feldman and Kayla Feldman. From its beginning, the label operated within the jazz-recording field rather than the mainstream popular-music market. Reference material specifically associates the label with a piano series, indicating that keyboard-centered projects formed an important part of its identity and catalogue strategy. The label's documented artist roster includes musicians from several generations and stylistic currents in jazz, ranging from pianists and horn players to guitarists, trumpeters, and arrangers. This breadth suggests a catalogue built around individual performers and session-based jazz projects rather than a narrowly defined commercial genre. Among the artists connected with Reservoir Records are Kenny Barron, Nick Brignola, Steve Kuhn, Hod O'Brien, Claudio Roditi, Pepper Adams, Tommy Flanagan, Al Grey, Peter Leitch, J. R. Monterose, Ralph Moore, Valery Ponomarev, Joe Puma, Don Sickler, and Buddy Tate. Their inclusion places the label within a tradition of documenting modern mainstream jazz, hard bop, post-bop, piano jazz, and related instrumental styles. The catalogue also appears to connect established figures with specialist performers whose work was important to jazz audiences and musicians, even when they were not part of the largest commercial recording corporations. The available historical record is limited. It identifies the 1987 founding, the two founders, the piano emphasis, and representative catalogue artists, but does not establish a detailed chronology of individual releases, changes in ownership, distribution partnerships, corporate restructuring, or later operating status. No reliable information is available here concerning the label's headquarters, current management, financial results, or an official corporate website. Accordingly, Reservoir Records can be described with confidence as a historically documented American jazz label, while its present-day business structure and activity remain uncertain.

• 1987

  Reservoir Records is founded

  [1]Reservoir Recordsen.wikipedia.org

  Mark Feldman and Kayla Feldman establish Reservoir Records as an American jazz record label.

An independent jazz label with a strong emphasis on artist-led instrumental recordings and a notable piano-oriented catalogue.

• Jazz recording series

  Piano series

  A piano-oriented series associated with the label and its catalogue. The series reflects Reservoir Records' emphasis on keyboard-led jazz projects and complements the label's broader focus on instrumental performances by established and specialist musicians.

• Recorded music catalogue · 1987

  Reservoir jazz catalogue

  The label's broader catalogue comprises jazz recordings connected with artists including Kenny Barron, Nick Brignola, Steve Kuhn, Hod O'Brien, Claudio Roditi, Pepper Adams, Tommy Flanagan, Al Grey, Peter Leitch, J. R. Monterose, Ralph Moore, Valery Ponomarev, Joe Puma, Don Sickler, and Buddy Tate. The documented repertoire is primarily instrumental and spans piano jazz, mainstream jazz, hard bop, post-bop, and related styles.

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