Ep492: Zev Feldman Returns! RSD Picks with The Jazz Detective

Renowned archivist & record producer Zev Feldman, "The Jazz Detective", returns to discusses the Record Store Day 2025 releases of lost jazz recordings from Freddie Hubbard, Charlie Mingus, Bill Evans, Patsy Cline & more! 

Topics Include:

• Introduction of Zev Feldman, nicknamed "the jazz detective"
• Status of finding lost jazz recordings - feeling optimistic
• Live recordings create a "renaissance" for jazz enthusiasts
• Concern about aging jazz colleagues with undiscovered tapes
• Feldman works with multiple record labels simultaneously
• Record companies are selective about which projects to release
• Concerns about tariffs affecting vinyl manufacturing costs
• Vinyl jazz releases often operate on slim profit margins
• Resonance Records uses Canadian pressing plant Le Vinylist
• Six Record Store Day releases coming from Feldman
• Patsy Cline "Imagine That" was most difficult release to assemble
• Patsy Cline release required coordinating multiple rights holders
• Country Music Hall of Fame involved in Patsy Cline project
• Feldman's personal connection to record stores and vinyl collecting
• Freddie Hubbard "On Fire" recorded at Blue Morocco (1967)
• Bernard Drayton engineered the Blue Morocco recordings
• Blue Morocco club owned by Sugar Hill Records founders
• Kenny Dorham recordings from same Blue Morocco venue
• Dorham's recordings especially rare and significant to Feldman
• Dorham was also a writer who contributed to DownBeat magazine
• Charles Mingus in Argentina - recordings from 1977 concerts
• Second Argentina concert added due to popular demand
• Mingus recordings made less than year before his ALS diagnosis
• Wes Montgomery with Wynton Kelly Trio reissue with new mastering
• Original Montgomery release now selling for $100+ in stores
• Time machine question - which historic jazz gig to attend
• Discussion of legendary venue Slugs and its important shows
• Feldman's collection of music memorabilia and venue posters
• Bill Evans live in Finland recordings (1964-1969)
• Feldman's 13th Bill Evans production with the Evans Estate
• Finland recordings feature three different Evans trio lineups
• Record Store Day helping introduce Evans to younger audiences
• Plans for Record Store Day Black Friday releases
• Value of releasing previously unheard music versus reissues

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