Double CD of the powerfully spiritual "Things Have Got To Change" and "The Cry Of My People". Fierce African rhythms mix with free jazz and blues, as Shepp continues to challenge the definition of jazz.
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...
Heavyweight, check the bass-line on Sorry Bout Dat. Hardcore essential.
A must-have for anyone interested in '60's African-American avant-garde jazz....
Classic modal jazz album from the master of deep jazz and one of the most important performer/composers ever! Modal fans will love the tranquil, melancholic...
STUNNING NEW 180gm, heavy USA tip-on style gatefold, mono pressing (first time in 50 years! - THE WORKS!
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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...
Super-heavy percussive spiritual jazz. Highly recommended!Pharaoh Sanders added groove to foundation of spiritual and free jazz he had explored on his...
Shabaka Hutchings debut release under his own name, Afrikan Culture, was released on Impulse! Records in May 2022. Known for his globally-acclaimed, groundbreaking...
Crescent is widely regarded as one of John Coltrane's finest albums, featuring the talents of McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones. During 1964,...
Recorded at two sessions in 1963, this is one of Charles Mingus's stormiest recordings. From the blues-painted bass moaning that opens "II BS," a faster...
A never-before-heard live recording from a private collection! Coltrane’s classic quartet inc. Pharoah Sanders. One of only three known concert performances...
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.
• Free UK shipping!
'Palo Alto' is a previously unknown and unreleased live Thelonious Monk recording from 1968!
After the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in...
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...
Sons of Kemet’s third studio album, and first under the impulse! label! Shabaka Hutchings and his band incorporate sounds of spiritual jazz music, while...
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...
Heavyweight, check the bass-line on Sorry Bout Dat. Hardcore essential.
A must-have for anyone interested in '60's African-American avant-garde jazz....
Coltrane's first for Impulse, in 1962, was also the first recording for the classic quartet line-up and is a beautiful blend of extended modal solos, as...
Beautiful, intense, spiritual jazz from the master! This is a landmark album for John Coltrane, recorded in his 'classic period' just after his masterpiece...
Sixteen killer 70s reggae funk and soul cuts from the likes of John Holt, Lee Perry, Cornel Campbell, The Cimarons , The Chosen Few and more featuring...
Glenn Underground is the founding member of the Strictly Jaz Unit. He was raised on disco classics and freeform jazz in Chicago's Southside, the place...
Glenn Underground is the founding member of the Strictly Jaz Unit. He was raised on disco classics and freeform jazz in Chicago's Southside, the place...
Born and raised in the birthplace of House Music, Paul Johnson was known for his raw, soulful, and infectious sound, that helped shape Chicago's house...
Born and raised in the birthplace of House Music, Paul Johnson was known for his raw, soulful, and infectious sound, that helped shape Chicago's house...
KNEECAP return to bend genre, language, and rules. The most talked about artists in the world are turning the page. A new chapter, new sounds, new manifestos....
In addition to appearing as a sideman with Blue Note organists Baby Face Willette and Big John Patton, the brawny tenor saxophonist Fred Jackson also cut...
An inspired coming together of musical minds. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of In A Space Outta Sound, George Evelyn aka DJ E.A.S.E has handed over...
Celebrating two decades since the release of one of the most loved albums in the Nightmares On Wax catalogue, In A Space Outta Sound sought inspiration...
The final Blue Note album by organist Larry Young, 1969’s Mother Ship bristled with unbridled kinetic energy while delivering soulful grooves. First...
That’s My Story: John Lee Hooker Sings the Blues is a studio album originally recorded and released by John Lee Hooker in 1960. The album was recorded...
A collection of fourteen digital reggae, deep roots and dub rarities from the Nigerian underground, spotlighting a time when Jamaican reggae entwined with...
Recorded in February and March of 1963 and released later that year on Verve, Jazz Samba Encore reunites Stan Getz with Luiz Bonfá and Maria Toledo in...
Experience the profound artistry of Ryuichi Sakamoto with Opus, a definitive vinyl collection curated by the composer himself. Spanning decades of groundbreaking...
Following his melancholy masterpiece In The Wee Small Hours, the legendary vocalist Frank Sinatra brightened the mood considerably with his exuberant album...
This album brings together some of the finest music ever released on Black Jazz Records which in its short four-year history between 1971 and 1975, released...
This album brings together key tracks from Doug Carn recorded for Black Jazz Records in the 1970s.
Doug Carn is one of the most-important (and least-recognised)...
Released on Verve in 1965, The Shadow of Your Smile captures Astrud Gilberto in the early ascent of her solo career, placing her understated, conversational...
A new album from Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, is set to arrive on March 20. The rapper has inked a partnership deal with the independent...
Awesome spiritual jazz of the highest order!Elevation, released in 1974 on Impulse! Records, finds saxophonist Pharoah Sanders expanding his spiritual...
Serious heavyweight jazz-dance classic!Spellbinder, released in 1966 on Impulse! Records, introduced Hungarian guitarist Gábor Szabó to a wider American...
Eddie Palmieri’s 1971 masterpiece Vámonos Pa’l Monte returns, featuring (AAA) lacquers cut from the original master tapes and pressed on 180-gm vinyl....
The Prodigy’s era-defining Firestarter turns 30 this year. To mark this, XL Recordings release a new 12” vinyl package titled Firestarter - x30 Vinyl...
The Best Of John Coltrane captures the legendary saxophonist in his most formative and creative years with Prestige. Curated from his prolific 1957-1958...
Ranking Barnabas or simply Barnabas, is one of the many unsung heroes of Jamaican dub music, which is usually associated with names such as King Tubby,...
For two decades now, Los Angeles’ Steve Ellison, better known as Flying Lotus and Captain Murphy, has helped form and influence the shape of 21st century...
Greatest Hits is the third hits compilation, and presents 16 of Neil Young's best-known songs, spanning his solo career from 1969-1992, including "Down...
Multi-instrumentalist, producer, and artist Shabaka (a.k.a Shabaka Hutchings) announces his third solo album Of The Earth, his first solo album to be released...
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Recorded in London in 1981 for the Sylvester Music Company, Bright And Shining captures Barbara Moore at a point of rare ease and clarity. A key figure...
Charles Stepney gained worldwide success as the producer for Earth Wind & Fire and Deniece Williams but the producer and arranger’s earlier work at Chess...
On a Sunday in the early 70s in South LA one could easily find themselves experiencing the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra doing what they do for the community,...
Texas-based songwriter Bill Callahan has spent the past decade turning ordinary scenes into something rather disorienting, and this new set deepens that...