Artists on Impulse!
John Coltrane
1926–1967 · American jazz saxophonist (1926–1967)
Charles Mingus
1922–1979 · American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader…
Clark Terry
1920–2015 · American swing and bebop trumpeter (1920–2015)
Gil Evans
1912–1988 · American composer, arranger, bandleader, and pianist…
Archie Shepp
b. 1937 · American jazz musician
McCoy Tyner
1938–2020 · American jazz pianist (1938–2020)
Lee Konitz
1927–2020 · American jazz musician (1927–2020)
Eric Dolphy
1928–1964 · American jazz musician (1928–1964)
Milt Jackson
1923–1999 · American musician (1923–1999)
Roy Haynes
1925–2024 · American jazz drummer and group leader (1925–2024)
Gato Barbieri
1932–2016 · Argentine jazz musician (1932–2016)
John Scofield
b. 1951 · American jazz guitarist and composer (born 1951)
Snarky Puppy
2004– · American jazz ensemble
Alice Coltrane
1937–2007 · American jazz musician
Bob Brookmeyer
1929–2011 · American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and…
Oliver Nelson
1932–1975 · American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger…
Gábor Szabó
1936–1982 · Hungarian-American guitarist (1936–1982)
Tom Scott
b. 1948 · American jazz musician (born 1948)
Michael Brecker
1949–2007 · American jazz saxophonist and composer (1949-2007)
Madeleine Peyroux
b. 1973 · American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist
Freda Payne
b. 1942 · American singer and actress (born 1942)
Dewey Redman
1931–2006 · American saxophonist (1931–2006)
Jimmy Garrison
1934–1976 · American double bassist (1934-1976)
Henry Butler
1948–2018 · American musical artist (1949–2018)
Joachim Kühn
b. 1944 · German jazz pianist
Dannie Richmond
1935–1988 · American drummer
Emil Richards
1932–2019 · American musician (1932–2019)
Label profile
US label.
Label Code: LC 0236 / LC LC 00236.
For unofficial releases/counterfeit/bootlegs, please .
1960 The Impulse! label was established as a jazz subsidiary of Am-Par Record Corp., initially under the direction of Creed Taylor and soon afterwards Bob Thiele.
In the 60s, the Canadian versions of the label were manufactured by Sparton Of Canada Ltd. and wear the Sparton Impulse! Records label.
Dec 7, 1961 The company names changed to ABC-Paramount Records, Inc. - The Sparton Impulse! Records remains to mention Am-Par Record Corp. after the company name changed.
June 1966 A new change to ABC Records, Inc. In this period (ca. 1968), sometimes a second ABC Records brand appears on the label.
1974 Versions on the concentric label design from the 70s commonly display the ABC Impulse! label brand.
It operated until 1979, though new recordings had stopped by 1977; it survived on with reissues.
1979 ABC was bought by MCA Records and Impulse! shut down along with all of the other ABC-affiliated labels.
Impulse is known as The House That Trane Built because of John Coltrane's 1961-67 association with the label.
MCA revived the label mainly as a reissue imprint with a few new releases in
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