5. Rufus (Swung, His Face At Last To The Wind, Then His Neck Snapped)
Archie Shepp's first major outing was recorded in August 1964 about a year before John Coltrane gathered some of these same players (Shepp and alto saxophonist John Tchicai) in the studio for the recording of Ascension.
These 1969 recordings (released 5 years later) combine Shepp’s free jazz bonafides and a blend of blues and funk through an African lens, all in a big...
Rare European album, recorded at the Donaueschingen Music Festival in 1967, and released in 1972 on MPS. Shepp is joined by two trombonists (Roswell Rudd...
This album features Alice Coltrane’s first Carnegie Hall performance as a leader, joined by an all-star band including fellow members of her late-husband...
Totally essential deep astro jazz with the full twenty minute version of the title track! One-of-a-kind, out-of-this-world, wonky space anthem! This...
Fusing elements of jazz, hip-hop, global music traditions and spoken word, Protect Your Light sees the quintet (vocalist/poet Camae Ayewa, saxophonist...
Super-heavy percussive spiritual jazz. Highly recommended!Pharaoh Sanders added groove to foundation of spiritual and free jazz he had explored on his...
A never-before-heard live recording from a private collection! Coltrane’s classic quartet inc. Pharoah Sanders. One of only three known concert performances...
Performer, composer and educator Brandee Younger is an accomplished ensemble leader who perviously played with Dezron Douglas on the superb 'Force Majeure'...
Deep, spiritual material from 1982 by Alice Coltrane!!!! INCREDIBLE LOST ALBUM!!
'Kirtan: Turiya Sings' features Alice Coltrane at peak spirituality and...
Second Impluse! records release for cult UK jazz psychonauts, Sons Of Kemet! Frenetic, spiritual, cosmic jazz energy from Shabaka Hutchings, Theon Cross...
UNBELIEVABLE new compilation of deep spiritual music by John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Oliver Nelson, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp and other groundbreaking...
• 4xLP box set is housed in a high-quality archival portfolio cast with a museum drop front.
• Magazine style booklet featuring original impulse! ads and artist photos
• Impulse! vinyl slipmat.
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'Palo Alto' is a previously unknown and unreleased live Thelonious Monk recording from 1968!
After the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in...
It's the bomb!
Just landing! Release date brought forward! WILL SELL OUT!! Don't miss out!
Comet Is Coming band leader Shabaka is back with The Ancestors...
In 1964, the National Film Board of Canada asked John Coltrane to record the soundtrack for a French-language film titled 'Le Chat dans le Sac' ('The Cat...
Futurist jazz voyagers (lead by Shabaka Hutchings) The Comet Is Coming release their anticipated 2nd album via Impulse! A propulsive, kaleidoscopic trip...
On March 6, 1963, John Coltrane and his classic quartet - McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones - recorded an entire studio album at the legendary...
Over half an hour of "The Creator Has A Master Plan"! Leon Thomas on vocals joins the Pharoah for one of the greatest collaborations in deep, spiritual...
Landmark free jazz album! An essential classic for any fan of 'new thing' improvisation! John Coltrane was one of the greatest player/composers the world...
Two seminal, deep Alice Coltrane albums on one CD! 'Huntington Ashram Monastery' from 1969 is a trio outing with Ron Carter on bass and Rashied Ali on...
Beautiful, intense, spiritual jazz from the master! This is a landmark album for John Coltrane, recorded in his 'classic period' just after his masterpiece...
Sorry. Out of Print.
Featuring: John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Pharoah Sanders, Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, Roland Kirk, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Alice...
BBE team up with Snowboy to bring a stunning compilation of 'new vintage' Jazz, Latin, Funk and Soul. spanning an immense 21 tracks. There are recordings...
Record Store Day 2014 Release. With assistance from Dennis Wilson--emulating the Beach Boys sound and achieving something as complex and moving as anything...
Myron & E are singers with their own style and mood. They are type of singers who tend to make the listener to listen to their songs as if in hypnotic...
Classic, classic album originally on Strata East and featuring 'The Bottle'. Gil Scott Heron is a legendary soul/jazz/spoken word hero and this is one...
Classic, essential latin funk album from salsa superstar Joe Bataan - one of the most prominant of the new wave of young 1960s artists to mix latin and...
Mystical magical mid-sixties album from cult Saturnian jazz hero Sun Ra!
Featuring a classic cast of Arkestra muscians including Marshall Allen, John...
New Studio One release featuring loads of killer tunes. Includes booklet text and lots of nice pix!In the early releases featured here you will find the...
Killer, unissued rockin' blues cuts here as a double-header, unleashing the hot alternate take of Little Walter's 'Mean Old Frisco' - on 45 for the first...
Classic Lee Perry production from 1976! Includes 'Nice And Easy', 'Fever', 'In The Ghetto' and the hit tune 'Hurt So Good'. This CD edition also has an...
Although known mostly for her jazz and swing output, Ella was much more than that, as this fantastic recording of the Nancy Sinatra hit testifies - backed...
From one of the most soulful voices in reggae, Ken Boothe's '74 classic features such tear-jerkers as the title track, 'Everything I Own', 'Crying Over...