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February 8th - February 22nd

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Even though February is short on days (only three release day Tuesdays!), we here at The Vault are excited about the reissue, special package and collection line-up.

Attention record labels! Please email me your reissue schedules so I can include them in future lists.

Please go to our Upcoming Release Center at All About Jazz to see all up to date release guide to recordings that are out and those that are on their way.

February 8th

From Shout! Factory:
Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass The Lonely Bull. From 1962.
Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass South of the Border. From 1964
Herb Alpert Lost Treasures. This collection culminates tracks of previously unissued and hard to find rarities that Herb Alpert picked himself.

From Concord Records:
Charlie Byrd Homage to Jobim: Live at the Fujitsu-Concord 26th Jazz Festival. This live recording features Ken Peplowski on clarinet and Allen Farnham on piano.
Various Artists Harold Arlen Centennial Celebration. This release is a two CD anthology.

From Fresh Sound:
Max Roach & Clifford Brown Historic California Concerts 1954
Pony Poindexter Pony Poindexter in Barcelona. From 1972
Various Artists Jazz in Mexico: The Legendary 1954 Sessions, vol. 1
Various Artists Jazz in Mexico: The Legendary 1954 Sessions, vol. 2

From Savoy Jazz:
Charlie Parker The Genius of Charlie. This release features two discs of Parkers work while on Savoy.
Various Artists Harlem Nocturne 1944-47: Stompin' at the Savoy
Various Artists Red Hot Blues 1948-51: Stompin' at the Savoy

From Lonehill Jazz:
Al Cohn & Zoot Simms Hoagy Carmichael Sessions & More. This release features Milt Hinton on bass and arrangements by Bill Elton.
Bill Evans Trio Waltz from Debbie: The Complete 1969 Pescara Festival. Trio features Eddie Gomez and Marty Morell.
Frank Rosolini Quartet featuring Sonny Clark Complete Recordings

Single Releases from Other Labels:
Charlie Palmieri Quartet Easy Does It (Blue Moon). This recording was originally released in 1959.
Clifton Chenier Louisiana Zydeco and Blues (Arhoolie). A great collection from some the King of Zydeco's greatest works.
Mal Waldron On Steinway (Fuel 2000). This was originally released in 1972.
Art Farmer Jazz Masters DVD (Shanachie Home Video)
Pops Foster with Tom Stoddard The Autobiography of Pops Foster: New Orleans Jazz Man (Backbeat Books). This book was originally released in 1971 and is being re-released as a paperback.



February 15th

From Blue Note Records / RVG Series:
Various Artists Blue Note Perfect Takes. Rudy Van Gelder picks his favorite tunes from the RVG reissue series and includes a DVD with an interview with Van Gelder.
Art Blakely A Night in Tunisia. From 1960 and includes two bonus tracks.
Hank Mobley Hi Voltage. From 1967 and features Jackie McLean and Blue Mitchell.
Ike Quebec Heavy Soul. From 1961 and features Milt Hinton and Freddie Roach.
Pete La Roca Basra. From 1965 and features Steve Swallow, Joe Henderson and Steve Kuhn.
Tina Brooks True Blue. This 1960 recording features two bonus tracks and performances by Freddie Hubbard and Duke Jordan.
Johnny Coles Little Johnny C. This 1963 release features Joe Henderson and Duke Pearson.

From Mosaic Select:
Dexter Gordon Mosaic Select. This 3 CD boxset includes the two Pullen / Adams and Don Pullen records.
Don Pullen Mosaic Select. This CD collection was recorded live at the Keystone Korner in San Francisco, CA in 1979.

From CTI / Legacy
Stanley Turrentine Don't Mess with Mister T. Features three previously unreleased tracks.
Nina Simone Baltimore
Idris Muhammad House of the Rising Sun. Features two previously unreleased recordings.
Deadato - Airto In Concert. Features two previously unreleased recordings.
Astrud Gilberto with Stanley Turrentine Astrud Gilberto with Stanley Turrentine. Features two previously unreleased recordings.
Gabor Szabo Macho. Features three previously unreleased tracks.
Various Artists CTI: The Soul Jazz Legacy. This two CD is culminated from tracks chosen by DJ Peter Young, who is a DJ in London's The Soul Cellar.

From Universal Music:
Charlie Parker Liveology
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook
Wes Montgomery Smokin' at the Half Note
Cal Bennett Live at the Blue Note in Las Vegas

From Water Records:
Lou Donaldson Say It Loud. This reissue is the remastered version of the 1968 Blue Note album.
Jack McDuff Who Knows What Tomorrow's Gonna Bring. This remastered reissue is from the 1970 Blue Note release.

Single Releases from Other Labels:


Benny Goodman Benny's Girls: Benny Goodman's Rare Songbirds (Collector's Choice)
Stephane Grappelli & Yehudi Menuhin Plays Gershwin, Berlin, Kern, Porter and Rodgers (EMI Classics)
Bill Bruford & Michiel Borstlap Every Step A Dance, Every Word A Song (Summerfold). This two CD is from a 2002 recording.

Jazz DVDs
Cassandra Wilson Traveling Miles (Blue Note)
Sun Ra Magic Sun (Atavistic)
Various Artists Jazz Legends Live 5 (Quantum Leap). Featuring Steps Ahead, Billy Cobham and Ahmed Jamal
Various Artists Jazz Legends Live 6 (Quantum Leap). Featuring Monty Alexander, Frank Morgan, Charlie Byrd, and Carmen McRae.
Various Artists Jazz Legends Live 7 (Quantum Leap). Featuring Joe Cool, Lee Ritenour, Chuck Mangione and The Gadd Gang
Various Artists Jazz Legends Live 8 (Quantum Leap). Featuring Carmen McRae, Joe Cool, Bob James and Lee Ritenour.



February 22nd

From Collectables:
Woody Herman Sings Ballads and Blues
Hermeto Pascaol Slaves Mass

From Chronological:
Martha Davis 1946-51
Dizzy Gillespie 1953
Sidney Bechet 1952
Billy Taylor 1952-1953
Bill Coleman 1952-1953
Lockjaw Davis 1948-1953

From Mosaic Select
Art Pepper Mosaic Select. This box contains sessions from 1956-1957 for Aladdin Records.
Andrew Hill Mosaic Select. This boxset contains five Blue Note sessions that were either partially or wholly unissued.

From Capitol:
Nat 'King' Cole The World of Nat King Cole. This is a twenty-eight compilation the DVD documentary.
Nat 'King' Cole The World of Nat King Cole. This DVD is a documentary featuring interviews and performances.

From Smithsonian Folkways:
Luiz Bonfa Solo in Rio 1959
Mary Lou Williams Mary Lou's Mass. Includes seven bonus tracks.

From Sounds of Yesteryear:
Benny Goodman All the Cats Join In. These recordings are from 1946 and 1947 with Count Basie, Zoot Simms, Gene Krupa, Mel Powell and many others
Gene Krupa & His New Orchestra Linger Awhile. From 1945.

Single Releases from Other Labels:
Willie 'Bunk' Johnson Complete Jazz Information Recordings (American Music)
Lena Horne An Evening with Lena Horne ()
Cecil Taylor Ensemble Almeda (FMP). Recorded live in 1996 in Berlin.



March will see reissue and special releases from: Art Blakey. Billie Holiday, John Coltrane, Buckwheat Zydeco, Dizzy Gillespie, McKinney's Cotton Pickers, Rosemary Clooney, Stan Getz, Charlie Parker, James Cotton, Keely Smith, Charlie Patton and many others.

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