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The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady is without question Charles Mingus's magnum opus. Originally released on Impulse! in 1963, the album broke new ground in both genre-defying composition and innovative recording techniques. A six-part suite with dramatic

Sonny Rollins made some excellent recordings for Impulse! in the mid-1960s, a time when his unassailable skills and acrobatic approach made him a leading saxophonist, and one of the few to rival John Coltrane. Each of the five tracks collected here tell t

In 1964, John Coltrane and his Classic Quartet went into Van Gelder Studios and, in an unprecedented move for the saxophone giant/composer, recorded new versions of some of his most famous works. Those never-before-heard recordings are presented here as B

Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio on February 23 & 25, 1965, and released later that year on Impulse! Records, Dear John C. is drummer Elvin Jones’s first album for the label as a leader. Produced by Bob Thiele, it features Charlie Mariano, Roland Hann

Recorded during two September 1964 sessions at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio and produced by Bob Thiele, The Voice That Is! was Johnny Hartman’s third and final album for Impulse! Records, following his acclaimed collaboration with John Coltrane. Arranged by B

Murray, David Quartet: Birdly Serenade LP

Released in 1971 on Impulse! and recorded with two different ensembles, Thembi marked a departure from the slowly developing, side-long, mantra-like grooves Sanders had been pursuing for much of his solo career. Instead, it offers an intriguingly wide ran

Alice Coltrane's Previously Unreleased Recording of a Historic 1971 Concert, The Carnegie Hall Concert on 2LP. Features an All-Star Group Including Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, Jimmy Garrison, Cecil McBee, Ed Blackwell and Others. Alice Coltrane’s “The

Impulse! Records proudly announces the signing of free jazz collective Irreversible Entanglements with their label debut Protect Your Light. Fusing elements of jazz, hip-hop, global music traditions and spoken word, the new album sees the quintet (vocalis

In August of 1961, the John Coltrane Quintet played an engagement at the legendary Village Gate in Greenwich Village, New York. Eighty minutes of never-before-heard music from this group was recently discovered at the New York Public Library. The recordin

Palo Alto, a previously unheard recording of a 1968 high school performance by jazz great Thelonius Monk, also marks his posthumous debut on the revered Impulse! label. The surprise set came about after 16-year-old high school student Danny Scher had a dr