A number of jazz recordings will be released Saturday in honor of Record Store Day

A number of jazz recordings² will be released Saturday in honor of Record Store Day

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Zev Feldman, co-president of Resonance⁴ Records, is the guy who single-handedly made Record Store Day a red-letter date for fans of classic jazz.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Charles Mingus has some new music out this weekend. He would have turned 100 this week. And the album, recorded decades ago, is called "The Lost Album From Ronnie Scott's."

(SOUNDBITE OF CHARLES MINGUS' "MIND-READERS' CONVENTION IN MILANO")

INSKEEP: It's one of a number of jazz recordings arriving on Saturday in honor of Record Store Day. This is a big deal. Nate Chinen from Jazz Night In America and our member station WBGO is here to talk about it.

Hey there, Nate.

NATE CHINEN, BYLINE⁵: Hey, Steve.

INSKEEP: I just want to point out, I would have thought that Spotify and Apple Music and so forth⁶ would have ended independent record stores.

CHINEN: (Laughter) The death of the brick-and-mortar record store has been greatly exaggerated. They're actually thriving. They're all over the country. And Record Store Day proves that. You can go to recordstoreday.com and find the shop near you. There's just a lot of energy around this right now.

INSKEEP: You know, I've just been doing this. And I find that there are numerous record stores within a few miles of my house. But what is Record Store Day?

CHINEN: Well, it started in 2008, really as a way for those independent record stores to generate some excitement and some revenue, you know, which they needed in response to those streaming services becoming so dominant⁷. So Record Store Day has brought exclusive releases and in-store artist appearances and performances and signings and all kinds of special events.

INSKEEP: And doing it physically⁸ in the store - is this related to the resurgence⁹ in vinyl that we hear about from time to time?

CHINEN: I think it really is. There's an interesting correlation¹⁰ here. Record Store Day has been going now for 15 years. And during each of those years, vinyl sales have increased. And actually, according to the RIAA, the Recording¹ Industry Association of America, vinyl sales jumped 61% last year, topping a billion dollars. And more than one out of every three albums sold in 2021 were vinyl LPs.

INSKEEP: Wow.

CHINEN: Yeah.

INSKEEP: I mean, I'm just getting my mind blown that there'd be a billion dollars of records, vinyl record sales in 2021. But please go on.

CHINEN: Yeah. So it really is a phenomenon. You know, what used to be a niche¹¹ for connoisseurs¹² has officially gone mainstream¹³ again. And I think it's undeniable Record Store Day has something to do with that.

INSKEEP: And as you mentioned, it's a time that artists release albums. Mariah Carey is releasing something. David Bowie has a posthumous¹⁴ release - even Taylor Swift. But this is a bigger day for jazz fans, as I understand it.

CHINEN: It really is. You know, for about a decade now, Record Store Day has been synonymous with jazz discovery. And by that, I mean historically significant recordings that have never been released before and, in many cases, were barely on anybody's radar¹⁵. And this is largely the work of a tenacious¹⁶ and farsighted producer named Zev Feldman, a co-president of Resonance Records, who recognized early on that Record Store Day could be harnessed to support all of the effort and expense that it takes to bring one of these archival releases into the world, you know, with the highest production value, with a lot of care, with everything that it takes to create a kind of covetable¹⁷ collector's item. When I spoke¹⁸ with Feldman recently about this, he was clear about how Record Store Day really makes this possible, you know, putting out something in a limited edition that creates this kind of excitement around the release.

ZEV FELDMAN: If it wasn't for Record Store Day, we wouldn't be able to necessarily sell out. And oftentimes, it's about, hey, can we guarantee a certain amount of units through the pipeline¹⁹? - because that enables us to be able to recoup on the expenses, and it allows for the whole project to happen.

INSKEEP: So that's how that Mingus album that we heard comes into the world. What else has Feldman produced for Record Store Day?

CHINEN: Well, in the past, he's put out a really incredible amount of material with Resonance Records, and also with some other labels. We're talking about extraordinary albums by the great guitarist Wes Montgomery, by Sarah Vaughan and Shirley Horn, the incredible jazz singers, and tenor²⁰ saxophonists Sonny Rollins and Stan Getz, among others. You know, maybe the emblematic²¹ artist on Resonance has been Bill Evans, the peerless pianist and composer. He's actually got two new trio albums out for Record Store Day this year, both of which he recorded in Buenos Aires in the 1970s. This is a version of the Disney song "Someday My Prince Will Come."

(SOUNDBITE OF BILL EVANS PERFORMANCE OF FRANK CHURCHILL'S "SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME")

INSKEEP: OK. What else is new this weekend?

CHINEN: Well, for fans of the avant-garde, this is really a major drop. The tenor saxophonist and free jazz icon²² Albert Ayler has a box set dropping titled "Revelations: The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings." And this is a document of a really legendary²³ concert that's partly circulated in bootleg quality. But this version captures Ayler toward the end of his tragically²⁴ short life. He's in spectacular form. And the mastering, the treatment of this material is really respectful. It's a beautiful thing.

(SOUNDBITE OF ALBERT AYLER'S "SPIRITS")

CHINEN: What's really remarkable²⁵ here is that Feldman has found a way to help pull things like this out of the vault²⁶ and make them actually commercially viable²⁷.

FELDMAN: I'm just inspired. Every day we are making these discoveries where I lose my mind and I find out about some new recording that exists. And then I have to ask myself, well, Zeb, I'm glad that you like it. Is the rest of the world - does it have a home out there? Is there a way that we could find its way to come out? I have to be honest with myself sometimes. And that is the tough part of the job. But, you know, by these limited editions, we're able to accomplish that, it feels.

INSKEEP: I guess, if vinyl is a billion-dollar industry, that is commercially viable.

CHINEN: It certainly is, you know? It's something that has become more and more the norm. And, you know, there's always been some overlap²⁸ between, you know, jazz fans and vinyl obsessives. And here we have it coming together in a really beautiful and productive way.

INSKEEP: Nate Chinen of WBGO, thanks so much.

CHINEN: My pleasure, Steve.

INSKEEP: And let's go out with a little more Mingus from "The Lost Album From Ronnie Scott’s."

(SOUNDBITE OF CHARLES MINGUS' "FABLES OF FAUBUS")

1 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

2 recordings   

n.记录( recording的名词复数 )；录音；录像；唱片

参考例句：

• a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
• old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐

3 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

4 resonance   

n.洪亮；共鸣；共振

参考例句：

• Playing the piano sets up resonance in those glass ornaments.一弹钢琴那些玻璃饰物就会产生共振。
• The areas under the two resonance envelopes are unequal.两个共振峰下面的面积是不相等的。

5 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

6 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

7 dominant   

adj.支配的，统治的；占优势的；显性的；n.主因，要素，主要的人(或物)；显性基因

参考例句：

• The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
• She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。

8 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

9 resurgence   

n.再起，复活，再现

参考例句：

• A resurgence of his grief swept over Nim.悲痛又涌上了尼姆的心头。
• Police say drugs traffickers are behind the resurgence of violence.警方说毒贩是暴力活动重新抬头的罪魁祸首。

10 correlation   

n.相互关系，相关，关连

参考例句：

• The second group of measurements had a high correlation with the first.第二组测量数据与第一组高度相关。
• A high correlation exists in America between education and economic position.教育和经济地位在美国有极密切的关系。

11 niche   

n.壁龛；合适的职务(环境、位置等)

参考例句：

• Madeleine placed it carefully in the rocky niche. 玛德琳小心翼翼地把它放在岩石壁龛里。
• The really talented among women would always make their own niche.妇女中真正有才能的人总是各得其所。

12 connoisseurs   

n.鉴赏家，鉴定家，行家( connoisseur的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Let us go, before we offend the connoisseurs. 咱们走吧，免得我们惹恼了收藏家。 来自辞典例句
• The connoisseurs often associate it with a blackcurrant flavor. 葡萄酒鉴赏家们通常会将它跟黑醋栗口味联系起来。 来自互联网

13 mainstream   

n.（思想或行为的）主流；adj.主流的

参考例句：

• Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
• Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。

14 posthumous   

adj.遗腹的；父亡后出生的；死后的，身后的

参考例句：

• He received a posthumous award for bravery.他表现勇敢，死后受到了嘉奖。
• The legendary actor received a posthumous achievement award.这位传奇男星在过世后获得终身成就奖的肯定。

15 radar   

n.雷达，无线电探测器

参考例句：

• They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。
• Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。

16 tenacious   

adj.顽强的，固执的，记忆力强的，粘的

参考例句：

• We must learn from the tenacious fighting spirit of Lu Xun.我们要学习鲁迅先生韧性的战斗精神。
• We should be tenacious of our rights.我们应坚决维护我们的权利。

17 covetable   

adj.值得渴望的可羡慕的，值得渴望的

参考例句：

18 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

19 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

20 tenor   

n.男高音（歌手），次中音（乐器），要旨，大意

参考例句：

• The tenor of his speech was that war would come.他讲话的大意是战争将要发生。
• The four parts in singing are soprano,alto,tenor and bass.唱歌的四个声部是女高音、女低音、男高音和男低音。

21 emblematic   

adj.象征的，可当标志的；象征性

参考例句：

• The violence is emblematic of what is happening in our inner cities. 这种暴力行为正标示了我们市中心贫民区的状况。
• Whiteness is emblematic of purity. 白色是纯洁的象征。 来自辞典例句

22 icon   

n.偶像，崇拜的对象，画像

参考例句：

• They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
• Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。

23 legendary   

adj.传奇（中）的，闻名遐迩的；n.传奇（文学）

参考例句：

• Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
• Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。

24 tragically   

adv. 悲剧地，悲惨地

参考例句：

• Their daughter was tragically killed in a road accident. 他们的女儿不幸死于车祸。
• Her father died tragically in a car crash. 她父亲在一场车祸中惨死。

25 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

26 vault   

n.拱形圆顶，地窖，地下室

参考例句：

• The vault of this cathedral is very high.这座天主教堂的拱顶非常高。
• The old patrician was buried in the family vault.这位老贵族埋在家族的墓地里。

27 viable   

adj.可行的，切实可行的，能活下去的

参考例句：

• The scheme is economically viable.这个计划从经济效益来看是可行的。
• The economy of the country is not viable.这个国家经济是难以维持的。

28 overlap   

v.重叠，与…交叠；n.重叠

参考例句：

• The overlap between the jacket and the trousers is not good.夹克和裤子重叠的部分不好看。
• Tiles overlap each other.屋瓦相互叠盖。