The Collector · Theo · New York
Village Vanguard
Every collector should sit in this room once. The acoustics of this triangular cellar are why 'Live at the Village Vanguard' became a genre of record unto itself. You're sitting where Coltrane and Bill Evans recorded.
The wedge-shaped 1935 basement where a hundred live albums were cut — the standard for jazz sound.
— Theo, The Collector
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