★Impulse!
The Voice That Is!
Drawn from two September 1964 sessions at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio with producer Bob Thiele, The Voice That Is! features vocalist Johnny Hartman in his third and final album for Impulse! following a celebrated collaboration with John Coltrane. The album blends two sessions arranged by Bob Hammer: one pairing Hartman with pianist Hank Jones, bassist Richard Davis, and drummer Osie Johnson, and another for octet, with English horn, flute, marimba and Latin percussion flourishes throughout. The rep…
Dear John C.
Cut on February 23 and 25, 1965, at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio and released later that year on Impulse!, Dear John C. marks drummer Elvin Jones’s first album for the label as a full-fledged leader, boldly looking forward while honoring his transformative contributions with the John Coltrane Quartet since the beginning of the decade. Produced by Bob Thiele, the sessions feature alto saxophonist Charlie Mariano, pianists Roland Hanna and Elvin’s brother Hank Jones, bassist Richard Davis, and Jones o…
Meditations
Following the genre-redefining revelations of A Love Supreme in 1965, John Coltrane began a dramatic shift toward spiritual free jazz, abandoning familiar forms in favor of a more abstract sonic palette and bold questions he'd spend the rest of his life and career pursuing. Meditations, released by Impulse! in 1966, continues that emotional throughline while retaining, for the last time in full, the classic quartet that propelled Trane to greatness: pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison an…
Ananta: Spirit of Coltrane
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson marks John Coltrane's centennial on Impulse! with a 21-piece collective (Brandee Younger, Shabaka Hutchings, Flying Lotus, Jeff Parker, Azar Lawrence), recasting Naima, Giant Steps and A Love Supreme as cosmic, spiritual music.
Essential John Coltrane
John Coltrane’s legacy defies boundaries—not only musical ones. From his early beginnings in Philadelphia to his final, urgent explorations of the unknown, Coltrane continually expanded the language of modern music, transforming the possibilities of the jazz saxophone and redefining the relationship between performer, composition, and spiritual expression. His playing was never merely virtuosic: it was a deeply personal force, capable of moving from the most delicate melodic statements to torren…
Sweet Love, Bitter
On Sweet Love, Bitter, Mal Waldron turns a fictional portrait of Charlie Parker’s final years into a darkly luminous suite of cinematic jazz. His lyricism, tension and blues‑stained restraint guide a formidable 1967 ensemble through music that moves beyond soundtrack function, making New York feel bruised, nocturnal and fiercely alive.
In Greenwich Village (LP)
Rare 1968 re-press on Impulse!/ABC of the 1967 album featuring Alan Silva, Henry Grimes and Donald Ayler.
Ptah, The El Daoud
Very rare original US edition on Impulse!/ABC of the 1970 album featuring Pharoah Sanders, Joe Henderson and Ron Carter.
A Love Supreme (LP)
1972 US re-issue on Impulse!/ABC of the 1964 album featuring Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner.
Live In Seattle (2LP)
1974 US re-issue on Impulse!/ABC of the 1971 double-album with a 1965 live recording featuring Pharoah Sanders, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner. With original innersleeve.
Fort Yawuh (LP)
Original Japanese edition on Impulse!/ABC of the 1973 live album featuring Charlie Haden. With insert and obi.
Byablue (LP)
Original Italian edition on Impulse! of the 1977 album featuring Charlie Haden.
The Blues And The Abstract Truth (LP)
1974 re-issue on Impulse! with different cover of the 1961 album featuring Eric Dolphy, Bill Evans, Roy Haynes, Freddie Hubbard and Paul Chambers.
The Blues And The Abstract Truth (LP+magazine)
2017 Japanese edition in the "Jazz LP Record Collection" of the Italian re-issue in DeAgostini's "Jazz 33 Giri" series with accompanying magazine of the 1961 album featuring Eric Dolphy, Bill Evans, Roy Haynes, Freddie Hubbard and Paul Chambers. With magazine.
On Impulse! (LP)
1973 Japanese re-issue on Impulse!/ABC's "Monumental jazz label" series of the 1965 album.
In Greenwich Village (LP)
Rare 1971 Japanese re-press on Impulse!/ABC of the 1967 album featuring Alan Silva, Henry Grimes and Donald Ayler.
New Grass (LP)
Original French edition on Impulse!/ABC of the 1969 album.
The Last Album (LP)
Original Japanese pressing on Impulse of the 1971 album. With insert and obi.
Live At The Village Vanguard (LP)
First mono pressing in stereo sleeve of the 1962 album featuring Eric Dolphy, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner. With original innersleeve.
Coltrane (LP)
First mono pressing in stereo sleeve of the 1962 album by the "John Coltrane Quartette" featuring Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner.