Zev Feldman’s RSD jazz trove
Collector‑producer Zev Feldman is behind 11 Record Store Day releases this year — 10 archival titles plus one rare reissue — with a heavy focus on jazz and blues material aimed at collectors. Coverage flags his slate as one of the most release‑heavy curator contributions to this RSD. (Goldmine: Zev Feldman releases / Goldmine RSD picks)
Zev Feldman is behind 11 Record Store Day 2026 releases, a jazz-and-blues-heavy slate landing in stores on Saturday, April 18. (goldminemag.com / recordstoreday.com) Goldmine reported that Feldman’s batch includes 10 archival titles and one reissue, spread across Resonance Records, Elemental Music and Time Traveller. Record Store Day’s official site says the event’s special titles go on sale at participating independent stores on April 18, with no universal guarantee that every shop will stock every release. (goldminemag.com / recordstoreday.com) The core of the slate comes from Chicago’s Jazz Showcase archive. Resonance is issuing first-time releases from Joe Henderson’s February 1978 quartet date, Ahmad Jamal’s March 20-21, 1976 trio set, Yusef Lateef’s June 1975 group with Kenny Barron, and Mal Waldron’s August 1979 date with Steve Rodby and guest Sonny Stitt. (recordstoreday.com / recordstoreday.com / recordstoreday.com / recordstoreday.com) Those four Resonance titles are all limited vinyl editions. Record Store Day lists Henderson and Jamal at 2,000 copies each, and Lateef and Waldron at 1,800 copies each. (trackingangle.com / recordstoreday.com / recordstoreday.com / recordstoreday.com) Feldman’s 2026 lineup reaches beyond Chicago tapes. Time Traveller is issuing Buster Williams’ 1975 album *Pinnacle* as an all-analog reissue and giving Roy Hargrove’s 2000 Bern Jazz Festival performance its first official release. (trackingangle.com / recordstoreday.com / recordstoreday.com) Elemental’s side of the project leans on European broadcast and festival archives. Record Store Day lists Bill Evans’ March 19, 1965 BBC Television Theatre performance as its first official release, and Cecil Taylor’s November 3, 1969 Salle Pleyel concert as a newly restored 3-LP set from INA tape reels. (recordstoreday.com / recordstoreday.com) The blues titles widen the net further. Elemental is releasing Freddie King’s complete 1975 Nancy Jazz Pulsations concert for the first time, while Roy Ayers’ 1969 *Daddy Bug* returns in a yellow-vinyl reissue after years out of print. (recordstoreday.com / recordstoreday.com) Collectors pay attention to these records because Record Store Day titles are often pressed in fixed runs and sold first through local shops. Record Store Day says stores order directly from distributors, choose their own titles, and may sell leftovers online starting Sunday, April 19. (recordstoreday.com) Feldman has built that audience over years of archival jazz projects at Resonance and Elemental. Goldmine said his name has become closely tied to previously unissued concerts, restored tapes and deluxe liner-note packages aimed at buyers who want both the music and the paper trail around it. (goldminemag.com) This year’s pileup turns one curator into a major lane of the April 18 hunt. For jazz buyers, the Record Store Day line may double as a Zev Feldman line. (goldminemag.com / trackingangle.com)
