I found additional detail from Zev Feldman at Resonance Records with respect to this upcoming release and felt that it was worth sharing. I love this background stuff! No, I'm not on the Resonance Records payroll. 
Last June I was approached by a friend and colleague to create a 'sampler' of historical recordings culling from the ever-growing Resonance archives. For me, samplers have traditionally been boring. If we were to create one, I wanted to build something really special, and give the fans a reason to own it. We compiled 78 minutes of music including new music from Shirley Horn, a cut from upcoming Dennis Coffey & Three Sounds releases and lastly included a never-before released Wes Montgomery track recorded in the 1950's. We've included a load of other classic recordings from the likes of Bill Evans, Stan Getz, Sarah Vaughan plus many others. This package is a departure having no booklet. However, we've designed a specially-priced 4-panel gatefold wallet worthy of being filed with the rest of your Resonance albums. Our 'super hero' designer Burton Yount once again designed a package that you just can't help but gaze at, incorporating the photography of John Drysdale (thanks to Getty Images).
Below is the official press release for those interested. Thanks as always for your support. More exciting news coming soon.
JAZZ HAUNTS & MAGIC VAULTS: THE NEW LOST CLASSICS OF RESONANCE VOL. 1. (Available October 7)
Los Angeles, September 2016 — Resonance Records is pleased to announce the release of their first ever compilation culled entirely from their acclaimed historical releases catalog — Jazz Haunts & Magic Vaults: The New Lost Classics of Resonance Records, Volume 1. With striking artwork gracing the cover (photo by John Drysdale) designed by longtime Resonance designer Burton Yount, this specially-priced compilation is packed with over 78 minutes of music that celebrates Resonance's ongoing dedication to unearthing lost treasures from the jazz clubs and tape vaults from all around the world. 2016 has been a truly watershed year in the history of Resonance Records, bringing to light no less than 10 new historical releases of never-before-issued material (this compilation making it 11) from legendary artists Wes Montgomery, Stan Getz, João Gilberto, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, Larry Young, Sarah Vaughan, Bill Evans, Shirley Horn, Dennis Coffey and The Three Sounds. Resonance has taken the reins as one of the premier labels dedicated to discovering and releasing important archival jazz music to the world. Guided by label president George Klabin’s philosophy that “we are curators, and we are building a museum,” label EVP/GM and producer Zev Feldman has been leading the charge to track down these unheard gems and give them the royal treatment with deluxe packaging that includes extensive liner note books full of newly commissioned historical essays; interviews with musicians on the albums, as well as colleagues and contemporaries with a connection to the artist; memoirs; and rare, often previously unpublished, photos from noted photo archives around the world. “It's all the work of jazz detective Zev Feldman who, like protagonist Robert Langdon of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, discovered the undiscoverable." (Mike Greenblatt, Classicalite) Jazz Haunts & Magic Vaults includes 3 tracks from not-yet-released projects. Two of the tracks are taken from Record Store Day’s highly anticipated Black Friday Event on November 25th (followed by CD/Digital releases on January 13, 2017). A slight departure from the other solidly ‘jazz’ tracks on the compilation, “Fuzz” is an original psychedelic soul-funk jam by the legendary Motor City guitarist Dennis Coffey, featuring organist Lyman Woodard (former musical director for Martha and the Vandellas) and drummer Melvin Davis (Smokey Robinson, Wayne Kramer), recorded live in Detroit in 1968. Hot Coffey in the D: Burnin’ at Morey Baker’s Showplace Lounge is raw and unfiltered jazz-funk, housed in a package that features eye-catching original cover art by acclaimed cartoonist and Metro Detroit native, Bill Morrison (The Simpsons, Futurama), plus rare photos from photographer and activist Leni Sinclair and others, essays by producer Zev Feldman and veteran music journalist and album co-producer Kevin Goins, as well as interviews with music executive icon Clarence Avant and Detroit soul singer Bettye LaVette. “Blue Genes” a romping blues original by groove master Gene Harris with The Three Sounds captured live in Seattle, will appear on Groovin’ Hard: Live at the Penthouse (1964-1968). This is the first in a series of “Live at The Penthouse” releases that will come out on Resonance in the coming years. The package will include rare photos and memorabilia from the club, plus essays by journalist Ted Panken, producer Zev Feldman and Seattle Jazz DJ Jim Wilke. Featuring longtime bassist Andrew Simpkins with drummers Bill Dowdy, Kalil Madi and Carl Burnett, Groovin’ Hard opens with the eloquent burner “Girl Talk” and includes other standards like "The Shadow Of Your Smile," which was never released on any other Three Sounds' albums.The third not-yet-released track on Jazz Haunts is by jazz guitar god Wes Montgomery performing “The End of a Love Affair” by composer Edward Redding. Recorded in Indianapolis in the mid-1950s, this swinging track is part of a multi-volume series from the archives of Indianapolis composer and arranger Carroll DeCamp that will be released in 2017. These tapes present the earliest known recordings of Montgomery as a leader, pre-dating his auspicious 1958 debut on Riverside Records Fingerpickin’. Following 2012’s Echoes of Indiana Avenue and 2015’s In The Beginning releases, this upcoming collection will delve even deeper, showcasing Montgomery in performance at nightclubs in his hometown of Indianapolis, Indiana. Pre-order Jazz Haunts on iTunes and receive “The End of a Love Affair” instantly.This 78-minute sampler of historic jazz discoveries will take listeners on a memorable journey, from San Francisco’s famed Keystone Korner with Freddie Hubbard, Jaki Byard & Tommy Flanagan, and Stan Getz & João Gilberto in the 1970s and 80s — to organ icon Larry Young at Le Chat Qui Pêche in Paris, France in the 1960s. The first Resonance release ever to make it to the #1 spot on the Billboard Jazz Charts in April 2016, Bill Evans – Some Other Time: The Lost Session from the Black Forest appears on Jazz Haunts & Magic Vaults with the track “How About You?” from the only studio album to feature the Bill Evans with jazz greats Jack DeJohnette on drums and Eddie Gomez on bass from June 20, 1968. “Low Down” by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra from All My Yesterdays: The Debut 1966 Recordings at the Village Vanguard marks the first official release of these opening night recordings captured by Resonance label owner George Klabin when he was a 19 year-old self-taught sound engineer. Jazz Haunts is rounded out by 2 of the greatest jazz vocalists of all time: “The Divine One” Sarah Vaughan was twice-celebrated in March of 2016 — first being honored by the USPS with a commemorative forever stamp, followed by Live at Rosy’s, a previously unreleased recording from New Orleans in 1978 featuring pianist Carl Schroeder, bassist Walter Booker and drummer Jimmy Cobb; and Shirley Horn’s classic rendition of “Something Happens to Me” is taken from the album Live at the 4 Queens (2016), which was just released on September 16, 2016, and was recorded on May 2, 1988 with Horn’s longtime trio of over 20 years – bassist Charles Ables and drummer Steve Williams.
For more information please contact:Heidi T. Kalison and Zak Shelby-Szyszko at Resonance Records Ph: 323-556-0500
info@resonancerecords.org
