Impulse Records [compact disc] : music, message and the moment
2021
Music
Celebrating 60 years of Impulse Records. A Deluxe 2-CD Set with tracks by John Coltrane, Quincy Jones, Charles Mingus, Oliver Nelson, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp and other legendary Impulse Artists. This release includes liner notes by Greg Tate and A.B. Spellman. Orange and black. Fire and ebony. Fury and pride. Wearing its signature colors proudly and raising its exclamation point high, Impulse! Records was the go-to label for music that harnessed the searching and political stand-taking of the Sixties. Launched in 1961, Impulse grew to become an inherent part of the era's velocity as well as its volume, pulling jazz into the age of Black Power, Afrocentricity, and Spiritual Expansion. In its balance of tradition and transition, it bridged the golden age of jazz, that brief window from the late Fifties to the Seventies when players representing every jazz era were alive and active-from Louis Armstrong to Albert Ayler, from the legends of lore to a new generation of energy players. Impulse treated all its musicians as innovators, revolutionaries even-from swing and bebop, to free and Afrofuturist. The performances on Impulse Records: Music, Message and the Moment draw their staying power from a wide embrace of styles and sounds, as well as a tight focus on a historic moment when the promise of change was in the air and the message of racial harmony was in the music. Today that music has lost none of its relevance: the promise still deferred, the message still on time.
Author:
Roach, Max, 1924-2007, composer, performerJones, Quincy, 1933-2024, composer, performerColtrane, John, 1926-1967, composer, performerJones, Elvin, performerMingus, Charles, 1922-1979, composer, performerLateef, Yusef, composer, performerShepp, Archie, composer, performerTurrentine, Stanley, composer, performerHines, Earl, 1903-1983, performerNelson, Oliver, 1932-1975, composer, performerSanders, Pharoah, performerColtrane-Turiyasangitananda, A. (Alice), composer, performerAyler, Albert, performerHaden, Charlie, performerWhite, Mike, 1933-, composer, performerRedman, Dewey, composer, performerBrown, Marion, 1931-2010, performerHandy, John, 1933-, performerJohn Coltrane Quartet, performerQuincy Jones Orchestra, performerJimmy Garrison Sextet, performerShirley Scott Trio, performerAhmad Jamal Trio, performer
Imprint:
[Santa Monica, CA] : Impulse Records, [2021]
Collation:
2 audio discs (2 hr., 34 min., 8 sec.) : CD audio ; 4 3/4 inches.
Notes:
Title from disc label.Contains material previously released 1961-1976.Compact discs.Performance notes (25 pages : illustrations, portraits, some color) printed on container insert.Recorded 1961-1976.
Credits:
Produced by Ken Druker & Ashley Kahn.
Performers:
Various performers.
Contents:
Disc one. Africa / The John Coltrane QuartetGarvey's ghost / Max RoachHard sock dance / Quincy Jones and His OrchestraUp 'gainst the wall / John ColtraneJust us blues / Elvin Jones ; Jimmy Garrison SextetAlabama / John ColtraneBetter get hit in yo' soul / Charles MingusFreedom dance / Shirley Scott TrioSister Mamie / Yusef LateefMalcolm, Malcollm-semper Malcolm / Archie SheppGood lookin' out / Stanley TurrentineBlack and tan fantasy / Earl HinesThe rights of all / Oliver Nelson.Disc two. The Creator has a master plan (edit) / Pharoah SandersReverend King / John Coltrane & Alice ColtraneThe awakening / The Ahmad Jamal TrioMusic is the healing force of the universe / Albert AylerWe shall overcome / Charlie HadenBlue Nile / Alice ColtraneAstral traveling / Pharoah SandersBlues for Brother George Jackson / Archie SheppLament (mankind) / Michael WhiteImani / Dewey RedmanBismillahi 'Rrahmani ' Rrahim / Marion BrownHard work / John Handy.
Dewey class:
781.65
Language:
English
BRN:
718709
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | CD Music Jazz | JAZZ IMPU | On loan - Due: 29 Jun 2026 |