April 2009: From Sarah Vaughan to Little Richard
After a short hiatus, The Vault has reopened to review the latest in jazz and blues reissues, DVDs, books and other irresistible items. This month, we have books on the jazz age and Atlantic Records, CDs from Sarah Vaughan and Buddy Guy, and DVDs of Little Richard and Muddy Waters.
Hazen Schumacher and John Stevens have ...
January 2006
Welcome to a new year of great music!
It's time to whip out those gift cards or return credits that you have and start building up your music collection for 2006. Here's a great place to start and the line-ups for the subsequent months look to be quite bountiful.
Here are this month's new crop of ...
The Vault Top Ten: 2005
The Vault would like to highlight the ten releases we enjoyed in 2005.
1. Gillespie and Parker Town Hall New York City, June 22, 1945 (Uptown)
Despite the substandard sound quality and hiss in the beginning, I found myself blasting this recording in the car when I got it. The tone is ...
November 1st Through The 29th
Christmas is right around the corner and what better gift than super jazz from the past. Here is this month's new crop of reissues and special event records.
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October 4th - 25th
Leaves are changing and falling from the sky as record labels begin to drop reissues into the marketplace in time for the holiday season. Here are just a few of the top reissues for the month of October. Attention record labels! Please email me your reissue schedules so I can include them in future lists.
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Reissue Round-Up
Quite a few new reissues hit the market in the past few months, here is a round up of a few we here at the vault feel deserve your attention. Shout! Factory's Bethlehem Reissue Series:
Mel Torme, The Bethlehem Years. Continuing in their efforts to bring you the gems of the Bethlehem label, Shout Factory presents ...
May 2nd - June 28th 2005
I would love feedback from the readers of this column about what you like or dislike about it and what you would like to see more or less of. Please e-mail me.
Attention record labels! Please email me your reissue schedules so I can include them in future lists.
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March 1st - March 29th
March is insane--it is the month of FIVE release dates. So without further adieu, here is your month of March reissues, compilations and special event recordings.
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 ...
February 8th - February 22nd
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 ...
New Orleans Style
As the snow falls outside the windows at The Vault , there is one thing on our minds: New Orleans. In a matter of a few weeks, two great events occur, Mardi Gras and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (aka JazzFest). With these two events on the horizon, new musical product begins to hit ...
Fall Edition
In this edition of The Vault, we highlight the best reissues, special releases and collection from October through December. Be on the lookout for our year-end awards for best reissues in December. We hope both of these articles help you in your collection building efforts. Please go to our Upcoming Release page at All About Jazz ...
Bunch of New Blues
It is time for the Vault to clear off its desk of some of the fine blues releases (both new and reissues) we have received.
Lightning Hopkins Collector's Classics: Lightnin's Boogie Just a Memory 2004
Culminated from a live set at Montreal's The Rising Sun Celebrity Jazz Club, this 1977 ...
Summer 2004 Edition
Hope everyone has enjoyed their summers. We have experienced a cold and rainy three month here in the Northeast, but the great new packages have added a ray of sunshine. Here are some of the Vault's summer faves:
Attention record labels! Please email me your reissue schedules so I can include them in future lists.
Vault's ...
Highlights: April - June 2004
Though the Straight from the Vault calendar information will be moved to our new Upcoming Releases section, I intend to update the list several times a week to keep you well informed of the plethora of reissues and special projects that will be hitting the stores soon. In addition, there will still be a highlight column, ...
