Impulse! Records

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Impulse! Records was an American based jazz record label, originally launched in 1960 by Creed Taylor as a subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records in New York City. John Coltrane was Impulse!'s first major signing and the label came to be known in retrospect as "the house that Trane built".

History

Most Impulse! albums were produced by Bob Thiele who joined the company after Taylor left to head Verve Records, assisted by the sound engineer, Rudy Van Gelder.

Impulse! releases are known for their distinctive design, dominated by black and orange on the sleeve spine and record label. Impulse! LPs had a distinctive, sparse back cover design with the slogan, "The New Wave of Jazz is on IMPULSE!". The company is perhaps best remembered as a free jazz label. New recordings from the label ceased in the late 1970s, but ABC-Paramount Records kept putting out reissues of classic albums until the company was sold to MCA Records in 1979.

The label name has since been revived for new recordings only for short periods. Impulse! has released new recordings from those who had historic ties to the label, such as (McCoy Tyner and Alice Coltrane), but also more mainstream and commercial artists like Diana Krall. Impulse! is now part of Universal Music Group's jazz holdings, The Verve Music Group and has been relegated to a reissue-only label.

Discography

Catalog number	Artist	Title
1	J. J. Johnson & Kai Winding	Swinging Together Again
2	Ray Charles	Genius+Soul=Jazz
3	Kai Winding	Incredible Kai Winding Trombones, The
4	Gil Evans	Out of the Cool
5	Oliver Nelson	The Blues and the Abstract Truth
6	John Coltrane	Africa/Brass
7	Art Blakey	Art Blakey		! Jazz Messengers		!
8	Max Roach	Percussion Bitter Sweet
9	Gil Evans	Into The Hot
10	John Coltrane	Live! at the Village Vanguard
11	Quincy Jones	The Quintessence
12	Benny Carter	Further Definitions
13	Curtis Fuller	Soul Trombone
14	Milt Jackson	Statements
15	Count Basie	And The Kansas City 7
16	Max Roach	It's Time
17	Jackie Paris	Song Is Paris
18	McCoy Tyner	Inception
19	Manny Albam	Jazz Goes To The Movies
20	Shelly Manne	2, 3, 4
21	John Coltrane	Coltrane
22	Curtis Fuller	Cabin In The Sky
23	Roy Haynes	Out Of The Afternoon
24	Michael Brown	Alarums And Excursions
25	Oscar Brand	Morality
26	Duke Ellington	Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins
27	Freddie Hubbard	Artistry
28	Coleman Hawkins	Desifinado
29	Chico Hamilton	Passin' Thru
30	John Coltrane & Duke Ellington	Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
31	George Wein	And The Newport Festival All Stars
32	John Coltrane	Ballads
33	McCoy Tyner	Reaching Fourth
34	Coleman Hawkins	Today And Now
35	Charles Mingus	The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
36	Various Artists	Americans In Europe 1
37	Various Artists	Americans In Europe 2
38	Freddie Hubbard	Body And The Soul, The
39	McCoy Tyner	Nights Of Ballads And Blues
40	John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman	John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
41	Paul Gonsalves	Cleopatra - Feelin' Jazzy
42	John Coltrane	Impressions
43	Sonny Stitt	Now!
44	Beverly Jenkins	Gordon Jenkins Presents My Wife The Blues Singer
45	Art Blakey	Jazz Message
46	Gary McFarland	Point Of Departure
47	Gloria Coleman	Soul Sisters
48	McCoy Tyner	Live At Newport 7/5/63
49	Elvin Jones & Jimmy Garrison	Illumination
50	John Coltrane	Live At Birdland 10/8/63
51	Shirley Scott	For Members Only
52	Sonny Stitt & Paul Gonsalves	Salt And Pepper
53	Freda Payne	After The Lights Go Down Low
54	Charles Mingus	Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
55	Paul Gonsalves	Tell It the Way It Is!
56	Yusef Lateef	Jazz Round The World
57	Johnny Hartman	I Just Dropped By To Say Hello
58	Terry Gibbs	Take It From Me
59	Chico Hamilton	Man From Two Worlds, The
60	Charles Mingus	Mingus Plays Piano
61	Johnny Hodges	Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges
62	Alexandria, Lorez	Alexandria The Great
63	Tyner, McCoy	Today And Tomorrow
64	Terry, Clark	Happy Horns Of Clark Terry, The
65	Webster, Ben	See You At The Fair
66	Coltrane, John	Crescent
67	Scott, Shirley	Great Scott
68	Johnson, J.J.	Proof Positive
69	Lateef, Yusef	Live At Pep's
70	Jackson, Milt	Jazz 'n Samba
71	Shepp, Archie	Four For Trane
72	Taylor, Billy & Quincy Jones	My Fair Lady Loves Jazz
73	Scott, Shirley	Everybody Loves A Lover
74	Hartman, Johnny	Voice That Is, The
75	Nelson, Oliver	More Blues And The Abstract Truth
76	Alexandria, Lorez	More Of The Great Lorez Alexandria
77	Coltrane, John	Love Supreme, A
78	Hampton, Lionel	You Better Know It	!
79	Tyner, McCoy	Plays Duke Ellington
80	Russian Jazz Quartet	Happiness
81	Scott, Shirley	Queen Of The Organ
82	Hamilton, Chico	Chic Chic Chico
83	Lambert Hendricks & Ross	Sing A Song Of Basie
84	Lateef, Yusef	1984
85	Coltrane, John	Quartet Plays
86	Shepp, Archie	Fire Music
87	Hawkins, Coleman	Wrapped Tight
88	Jones, Elvin	Dear John C.
89	Brown, Lawrence	Inspired Abandon
90	Coltrane, John	New Wave In Jazz
91	Rollins, Sonny	On Impulse
92	Lateef, Yusef	Psychicemotus
93	Scott, Shirley	Latin Shadows
94	Coltrane, John/Archie Shepp	New Thing at Newport
95	Coltrane, John	Ascension 1
95	Coltrane, John	Ascension 2
96	Russell, Pee Wee & Marshall Brown	Ask Me Now!
97	Shepp, Archie	On This Night
98	Richmond, Dannie	"In" Jazz For The Culture Set
99	Various Artists	Definitive Jazz Scene 1
100	Various Artists	Definitive Jazz Scene 2
1972	Various Artists	Irrepressible Impulses
9101	Various Artists	Definitive Jazz Scene 3
9102	Hamilton, Chico	El Chico
9103	John Lee Hooker	It Serves You Right to Suffer
9104	McFarland, Gary	Tijuana Jazz
9105	Gábor Szabó	Gypsy '66
9106	Coltrane, John	Kulu Se Mama
9107	Louie Bellson	Thunderbird
9108	Hines, Earl	Once Upon A Time
9109	Scott, Shirley	On A Clear Day
9110	Coltrane, John	Meditations
9111	Rollins, Sonny & Oliver Nelson	Alfie
9112	McFarland, Gary	Profiles
9113	Nelson, Oliver	Plays Michelle
9114	Hamilton, Chico	Further Adventures Of El Chico, The
9115	Turrentine, Stanley	Let It Go
9116	Carter, Benny	Additions To Further Definitions
9117	Lateef, Yusef	A Flat, G Flat And C
9118	Shepp, Archie	Live In San Francisco 2/19/66
9119	Scott, Shirley	Roll 'Em: Shirley Scott Plays The Big Bands
9120	Coltrane, John	Expression
9121	Rollins, Sonny	East Broadway Rundown
9122	McFarland, Gary & Gabor Szabo	Simpatico
9123	Szabo, Gabor	Spellbinder
9124	Coltrane, John	Live At The Village Vanguard Again! 1966
9125	Lateef, Yusef	Golden Flute, The
9126	Rudd, Roswell	Everywhere
9127	Terry, Clark & Chico O'Farrill	Spanish Rice
9128	Szabo, Gabor	Jazz Raga
9129	Nelson, Oliver	Sound Pieces
9130	Chico Hamilton	The Dealer
9131	Sims, Zoot	Waiting Game
9132	Jones, Hank & Oliver Nelson	Happenings
9133	Scott, Shirley & Clark Terry	Soul Duo
9134	Shepp, Archie	Mama Too Tight
9135	O'Farrill, Chico	Nine Flags
9136	McFarland, Gary & Steve Kuhn	October Suite, The
9137	Russell, Pee Wee & Red Allen	College Concert, The
9138	Sanders, Pharoah	Tauhid
9139	Brown, Marion	Three For Shepp
9140	Coltrane, John	Om
9141	Scott, Shirley	Girl Talk
9142	Original Soundtrack	Sweet Love, Bitter
9143	Woods, Phil	Greek Cooking
9144	Nelson, Oliver	Kennedy Dream, The
9145	Various Artists	Intercollegiate Music Festival 1
9146	Szabo, Gabor	Sorcerer, The
9147	Russell, Pee Wee & Oliver Nelson	Spirit of '67, The
9148	Coltrane, John	Cosmic Music
9149	Gillespie, Dizzy	Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
9150	Collins, Jazzbo	Lovely Bunch Of Jazzbo Collins And The Bandidos, A
9151	Szabo, Gabor	Wind, Sky And Diamonds
9152	Brown, Mel	Chicken Fat
9153	Nelson, Oliver	Live From Los Angeles
9154	Shepp, Archie	Magic Of Ju-Ju, The
9155	Ayler, Albert	In Greenwich Village 12/18/66 2/26/67
9156	Coltrane, Alice	Monastic Trio
9157	Terry, Clark	It's What's Happening - The Varitone Sound of CT
9158	Kuhn, Rolf & Joachim Kuhn	Impressions Of New York
9159	Szabo, Gabor	Light My Fire
9160	Jones, Elvin & Richard Davis	Heavy Sounds
9161	Coltrane, John	Selflessness
9162	Shepp, Archie	Three For A Quarter, One For A Dime
9163	Scott, Tom	Honeysuckle Breeze, The
9164	Plummer, Bill	Cosmic Brotherhood
9165	Ayler, Albert	Love Cry
9166	Richards, Emil	Journey To Bliss
9167	Szabo, Gabor	More Sorcery
9168	Nelson, Oliver & Steve Allen	Soulful Brass
9169	Brown, Mel	Wizard, The
9170	Shepp, Archie	Way Ahead, The
9171	Scott, Tom	Rural Still Life
9172
9173	Szabo, Gabor	Best Of
9174	Hamilton, Chico	Best Of
9175	Ayler, Albert	New Grass
9176	Jamal, Ahmad	At The Top - Poinciana Revisited
9177
9178	Coleman, Ornette	Ornette At 12
9179
9180	Brown, Mel	Blues For We
9181	Pharoah Sanders	Karma
9182	Richards, Emil	Spirit Of 1976
9183	Charlie Haden	Liberation Music Orchestra
9184	MacKay, Dave & Vicky Hamilton	Dave MacKay And Vicky Hamilton
9185	Alice Coltrane	Huntington Ashram Monastery
9186	Brown, Mel	I'd Rather Suck My Thumb
9187	Coleman, Ornette	Crisis
9188	Shepp, Archie	For Losers
9189	Jackson, Milt	That's The Way It Is
9190	Sanders, Pharoah	Jewels Of Thought
9191	Ayler, Albert	Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe
9192	Buddy Montgomery	This Rather Than That
9193	Jackson & Ray Brown	Memphis Jackson
9194	Jamal, Ahmad	Awakening, The
9195	Coltrane, John	Transition
9196	Coltrane, Alice	Ptah, The El Daoud
9197	Coulter, Clifford	East Side San Jose
9198	MacKay, Dave & Vicky Hamilton	Rainbow
9199	Pharoah Sanders	Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun)
9200	Coltrane, John	His Greatest Years 1
9201
9202	Coltrane, John	Live In Seattle 9/30/65
9203	Coltrane, Alice	Journey In Satchidananda
9204	Szabo, Gabor	His Great Hits
9205	Genesis	Trespass
9206	Pharoah Sanders	Thembi
9207	Roberts, Howard	Antelope Freeway
9208	Ayler, Albert	Last Album, The
9209	Brown, Mel	Mel Brown's Fifth
9210	Coltrane, Alice	Universal Consciousness
9211	Coltrane, John	Sun Ship
9212	Shepp, Archie	Things Have Got To Change
9213	Hamilton, Chico	His Great Hits
9214	Klemmer, John	Constant Throb
9215	White, Michael	Spirit Dance
9216	Coulter, Clifford	Do It Now, Worry 'Bout It Later
9217	Jamal, Ahmad	Freeflight
9218	Alice Coltrane	World Galaxy
9219	Pharoah Sanders	Black Unity
9220	John Klemmer	Waterfalls
9221	Michael White	Pneuma
9222	Archie Shepp	Attica Blues
9223	Coltrane, John	His Greatest Years 2
9224	Alice Coltrane	Lord Of Lords
9225	Alice Coltrane	John Coltrane: Infinity
9226	Jamal, Ahmad	Outertimeinnerspace
9227	Sanders, Pharoah	Live At The East
9228	Various Artists	Impulse Energy Essentials
9229	Sanders, Pharoah	Best Of
9230	Jackson, Milt & Ray Brown	Just The Way It Had To Be
9231	Shepp, Archie	Cry Of My People, The
9232	Coltrane, Alice	Reflection On Creation And Space
9233	Sanders, Pharoah	Wisdom Through Music
9234	Mingus, Charles	Reevaluation: The Impulse Years
9235	Tyner, McCoy	Reevaluation: The Impulse Years
9236	Rollins, Sonny	Reevaluation: The Impulse Years
9237	Hubbard, Freddie	Reevaluation: The Impulse Years
9238	Jamal, Ahmad	Tranquility
9239	Sun Ra	Atlantis
9240	Jarrett, Keith	Fort Yawuh
9241	White, Michael	Land Of Spirit And Light, The
9242	Sun Ra	Nubians Of Plutonia, The
9243	Sun Ra	Magic City, The
9244	Klemmer, John	Intensity
9245	Sun Ra	Angels And Demons At Play
9246	Coltrane, John	Concert In Japan 1966
9247	Saracho, Gary	En Medio
9248	Barbieri, Gato	Chapter 1: Latin America
9249	Brown, Mel	Big Foot Country Girl
9250	Dewey Redman	Ear Of The Behearer, The
9251	Rivers, Sam	Streams
9252	Brown, Marion	Geechee Recollections
9253	Various Artists	Saxophone, The
9254	Sanders, Pharoah	Village Of The Pharoahs
9255	Sun Ra	Astro Black
9256	Ellington, Duke	Reevaluation: The Impulse Years
9257	Ayler, Albert	Reevaluation: The Impulse Years
9258	Hawkins, Coleman	Reevaluation: The Impulse Years
9259	Lateef, Yusef	Reevaluation: The Impulse Years
9260	Jamal, Ahmad	Reevaluation: The Impulse Years
9261	Sanders, Pharoah	Elevation
9262	Shepp, Archie	Kwanza
9263	Barbieri, Gato	Chapter Two - Hasta Siempre
9264	Various Artists	Impulse Artists on Tour
9265	Sun Ra	Jazz In Silhouette
9266	Various Artists	Impulsively
9267	Various Artists	No Energy Crisis
9268	White, Michael	Father Music, Mother Dance
9269	Klemmer, John	Magic & Movement
9270	Sun Ra	Fate In A Pleasant Mood
9271	Sun Ra	Supersonic Sounds
9272	Various Artists	Drums, The
9273	Coltrane, John	Africa/Brass 2
9274	Jarrett, Keith	Treasure Island
9275	Brown, Marion	Sweet Earth Flying
9276	Sun Ra	Bad And The Beautiful, The
9277	Coltrane, John	Interstellar Space
9278	Coltrane, John	His Greatest Years 3
9279	Barbieri, Gato	Viva Emiliano Zapata
9280	Sanders, Pharoah	Love In Us All
9281	White, Michael	Go With The Flow
9282	Jackson, Milt	Impulse Years, The
9283	Jones, Elvin	Impulse Years, The
9284	Various Artists	Bass, The
9285	Various Artists	Ellingtonia 2
9286	Rivers, Sam	Crystals
9287	Sun Ra	Night Of The Purple Moon [NEVER ISSUED]
9288	Sun Ra	Visits Planet Earth [NEVER ISSUED]
9289	Sun Ra	My Brother, The Wind
9290	Sun Ra	Sound Sun Pleasure [NEVER ISSUED]
9291	Sun Ra	Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy [NEVER ISSUED]
9292	Sun Ra	We Travel The Spaceways [NEVER ISSUED]
9293	Sun Ra	Other Planes Of There [NEVER ISSUED]
9294	Sun Ra	Art Forms Of Dimensions Tomorrow [NEVER ISSUED]
9295	Sun Ra	Monorails And Satellites [NEVER ISSUED]
9296	Sun Ra	Cymbals [NEVER ISSUED]
9297	Sun Ra	Crystal Spears [NEVER ISSUED]
9298	Sun Ra	Pathways To Unknown Worlds
9299	Howard Roberts	Equinox Express Elevator
9300	Dewey Redman	Coincide
9301	Keith Jarrett	Death And The Flower
9302	Rivers, Sam	Hues
9303	Barbieri, Gato	Chapter 4: Alive In New York
9304	Marion Brown	Vista
9305	Jarrett, Keith	Back Hand
9306	Coltrane, John	Gentle Side Of John Coltrane, The
9307	Lucky Thompson	Dancing Sunbeam
9308	Brass Fever	Brass Fever
9309
9310	Lateef, Yusef	Club Date
9311	Gloria Lynne	I Don't Know How To Love Him
9312	Sonny Criss	Warm And Sonny
9313	Ponder, Jimmy	Illusions
9314	John Handy	Hard Work
9315	Jarrett, Keith	Mysteries
9316	Rivers, Sam	Sizzle
9317	Bland, Bobby Blue & B.B. King	Together Again…Live
9318	Marcus, Wade	Metamorphosis
9319	Brass Fever	Time Is Running Out
9320
9321	Betty Carter	What A Little Moonlight Can Do
9322	Jarrett, Keith	Shades
9323
9324	Handy, John	Carnival
9325	Coltrane, John	Other Village Vanguard Tapes, The 11/61
9326	Criss, Sonny	Joy Of Sax, The
9327	Ponder, Jimmy	White Room
9328	Mitchell, Blue	African Violet
9329	McCann, Les	Music Lets Me Be
9330	Tate, Grady	Master Grady Tate
9331	Jarrett, Keith	Byablue
9332	Coltrane, John	First Meditations
9333	McCann, Les	Live At The Roxy
9334	Jarrett, Keith	Bop-Be
9335	Nelson, Oliver	Three Dimensions
9336	Ayler, Albert	Village Concerts, The
9337	Dorham, Kenny/Sonny Criss	Bopmasters, The
9338	Tyner, McCoy	Early Trios, The
9339	Taylor, Cecil	New Breed, The
9340	Evans, Gil/McFarland, Gary	Great Arrangers, The
9341	Scott, Shirley	Great Live Sessions, The 9/23/64
9342	Jones, Quincy	Quintessential Charts, The
9343	Hugh Masekela	The African Connection
9344
9345	John Coltrane	Feelin' Good - Mastery 1
9346	John Coltrane	To The Beat Of A Different Drum - Mastery 2
9347	Blue Mitchell	Summer Soft
9348	Keith Jarrett	Best Of
9349	Sonny Rollins	There Will Never Be Another You
9350	Duke Ellington	Great Tenor Encounters, The
9351	Count Basie	Retrospective Sessions
9352	Sam Rivers	Trio Sessions, The
9353	Yusef Lateef	Live Session, The
9354	Tom Scott/John Klemmer/Gato Barbieri	Foundations
9355
9356	Paul Horn	Plenty Of Horn
9357	Archie Shepp	Further Fire Music
9358
9359	Pee Wee Russell	Salute To Newport
9360	John Coltrane	Jupiter Variations - Mastery 3
9361	John Coltrane	Trane's Modes - Mastery 4

Further Reading

• Ashley Kahn (2006) The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records, W.W. Norton, ISBN 0-393-05879-4

External Links

• Verve music site
• Discogs entry

References

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