The label is based in Los Angeles, California and is devoted to preserving jazz and discovering the rising stars of tomorrow.
The label's roster includes John Beasley, Bill Cunliffe, Tamir Hendelman, Christian Howes, Kathy Kosins, Andreas Öberg, Marian Petrescu, Claudio Roditi, Donald Vega and others.
Resonance Records has also released recordings by John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Gene Harris, Scott LaFaro, Charles Lloyd, Charles Mingus, Wes Montgomery and Jaco Pastorius .
It began as a production of performance opportunities for the artists at the Rising Jazz Stars Studio located in Beverly Hills.
The goals were to "capture brilliant and passionate, magical moments that rise above the average jazz heard on most CDs and, on a more personal level, to be that missing agent for those deserving artists who simply had not received that serendipitous break, leading to proper publication and promotion of their best work".