Historic Sounds of Newport, Newly Online

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/arts/music/11vault.html?_r=2&em
Amazing they don't know who recorded this windfall "from half-inch three-track tapes mixed for stereo, made with stage microphones that pick up the nuances of the drums and the growls of the band members. They’re strong enough in some cases to deepen our understanding of canonical artists . . . "

Listening now to Basie 1959 hot-off-the-press and the sound is unreal good . . .
http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/count-basie-and-his-orchestra/concerts/newport-jazz-festival-july-02-1959.html

Pretty cool 1959 documentation of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers:
http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/the-jazz-messengers/concerts/newport-jazz-festival-july-04-1959.html

Just one of three (3) Newport concerts presented by The Vault so far. I didn't know Art started his musical career as a pianist! Way cool to hear Lee Morgan at 20 . . .

OK, they've just released the 1959 windfall of 27 concerts.
http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/concerts/venues/newport-jazz-festival.html

Listening to Monk now . . . MJQ next! Thank goodness for the soundman as archival producer . . .

Pretty magnificent playlist:
http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/playlists/newport-jazz-festival-1959/playlist-663378.html?utm_source=NL&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=091118

Playlist curated by esteemed jazz writer and Jaco Pastorius biographer Bill Milkowski.

tnx for this opportunity