A beautiful album from Lorez Alexanderia – one of her two excellent sessions for Impulse! The record was cut after Lorez recorded some great sides for the Argo label – and it works off the strength of those sides, taking her unique vocal approach, forged in R&B, but smoothed by ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange & black label mono pressing, with Van Gelder stamp.)
Albert Ayler —
Last Album ... LP Impulse, 1969. Very Good Gatefold ...
$29.99
Ayler's last album ever – and an incredibly strange batch of tracks that shows perfectly the kind of stylistic and emotional struggle he was going through in the final years of his life. Like the albums New Grass and Love Cry, this one shows Ayler toying with influences from other genres ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Rainbow label pressing. Cover has some wear, and stickers on front & back.)
Albert Ayler —
Love Cry ... LP Impulse, 1968. Very Good Gatefold ...
$34.99
Brilliant late work from Ayler – one of his last truly great albums! The session has none of the jazz-meets-other music feel of some of the other Impulse albums – and is more in the straight expressive style of the ESP recordings. Tracks are more reined in here – with some short ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Black label ABC/Impulse pressing. Cover has moisture staining along the bottom half, with a split bottom seam & the back cover paste-on is partially separated.)
Searing live work from Gato Barbieri – a brilliant little album that follows on the spirit of his other Latin America sessions for Impulse! The format here is similar to those studio outings – an organic blend of percussion, keyboards, and sax – all bubbling together in a highly ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Henry Butler —
Village ... LP MCA/Impulse, 1987. Near Mint- 2LP Gatefold ...
$5.99
Titles include "What's Up", "Beautiful She Is", "Joanna", "The Village", "Music Came", "Soft Platonicism", and "Expressions Of Quietude". (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
Swirling spiritual work from Alice Coltrane – an incredible trio album that features her heavily on harp, plus a bit of piano – in a trio with Ron Carter on bass and Rashied Ali on drums! The sound is wonderful – lush, yet contemplative – in a personal style that really ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Rainbow label pressing. Cover has waviness, stains, and flaking due to seepage along the bottom half.)
Arguably the most classic Alice Coltrane album on Impulse – and a strong group effort that features some great work from Pharoah Sanders! Coltrane leads two different small combos on the record – both with Sanders on saxes, plus either Cecil McBee or Charlie Haden on bass, and Rashied ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Rainbow label pressing.)
Alice Coltrane —
World Galaxy ... LP Impulse, 1972. Very Good+ Gatefold ...
Just Sold Out!
One of Alice Coltrane's most ambitious albums of the early years – recorded with a full set of heavenly orchestrations! The core group features Alice on piano, organ, and harp – alongside Frank Lowe on saxes, Reggie Workman on bass, Leroy Jenkins on violin, and Ben Riley on drums. ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Rainbow label pressing. Cover has a cutout hole & minor splitting.)
John Coltrane —
Africa/Brass ... LP Impulse, 1961. Used Gatefold ...
Temporarily Out Of Stock
Quite a different album than usual for John Coltrane, but a classic one too – and a set that has the great one exploring his ideas in a set of longer tracks recorded with an expanded jazz orchestra! The format's hardly the mainstream big band of the time – as Coltrane's filled the ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orang & black label mono pressing with RVG stamp. Cover has a cutout hole and some gloss bubbling along the spine, on the back.)
Soaring and soulful work from the legendary John Coltrane – a tremendous live set that's one of his best early 60s albums! The groove is open and free – filled with pulsating modal rhythms, and handled with a slightly more relaxed feeling than some of Trane's studio work from the same ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono orange & black label pressing with IAM triangle. Cover has thick black tape on the spine.)
One of a late 70's series of unissued takes from 'Trane's Impulse years. This set features the "classic" quartet with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison & Elvin Jones, augmented by Art Davis as a second bassist on a couple of tracks. It's clear from the material here that Coltrane was on ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Modal Coltrane at its finest – a record that almost returns the great one to the territory explored at the end of his years at Atlantic Records, but which still incorporates all of the new ideas learned afterwards! The album's actually one of the straightest that John Coltrane cut after 1964 ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Sealed mono pressing – which we assume means the original!)
Sublimely spiritual work from the great John Coltrane – a live album, but one that's easily one of his most important contributions to music in the early 60s – and a set that we'd rank right up there with his best studio sides for Impulse or Atlantic Records at the time! The group here ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange & black label mono pressing with RVG stamp. Cover has heavy edge wear, mostly split bottom seam, and some gloss separation.)
John Coltrane —
Om ... LP Impulse, 1965. Very Good+ Gatefold ...
$24.99
A pure statement of being and essence – and one of John Coltrane's spiritual masterpieces from the 60s! The 1965 recording was one of Trane's most adventurous so far – as it featured just one album-length track, building up out of relatively free expressions from Coltrane in the studio ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Black label ABC Impulse pressing. Cover has a bumped corner & stickers on the spine.)
A landmark album of vocal jazz – and one of the few sessions that John Coltrane ever cut with a singer! In a way, the album's more Hartman's than it is Coltrane's – given that Johnny's warm, mellow style of singing isn't as free and open as Trane at his most adventurous – but at ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A seminal meeting of the old and new generations of jazz in the 60s – put together in perfect Impulse fashion! At some level, this is actually an early 60s John Coltrane Quartet album – with Duke Ellington sitting in for McCoy Tyner on piano, as that's the lineup on about half of the ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A pivotal session for Gil Evans – one that brought his genius to the American public strongly and successfully, without the help of Miles Davis! Sure, Gil had recorded albums as a leader before this one – but the sparkling quality of this set is right up there with the charts he ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange and black label mono pressing, with RVG stamp.)
A very unique album by Curtis Fuller – quite different than any of his other records at the time! The session has Curtis blowing on tunes from the score to Cabin In The Sky – arranged by Manny Albam, and performed by a large group that includes Freddy Hubbard, Hank Jones, and Bob ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange & black label mono pressing with Van Gelder stamp. Cover has some wear.)
Curtis Fuller —
Soul Trombone ... LP Impulse, 1961. Used Gatefold ...
Temporarily Out Of Stock
One of the best non-Blue Note albums from the early years of trombone giant Curtis Fuller – a definite cooker that more than lives up to its title! At his best, Fully often played his instrument with a style that was more like a trumpet than trombone – isolated notes, sharp sense of ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Rainbow label pressing. Bottom seam has some staining & peeling and is lined with clear tape. Top seam is lined with clear tape.)
Chico Hamilton —
Passin Thru ... LP Impulse, 1963. Used Gatefold ...
Out Of Stock
Wonderful work from one of Chico Hamilton's greatest groups! The record features Chico's quintet with Charles Lloyd on tenor and flute, Gabor Szabo on guitar, the great (and under-recorded) Al Stinson on bass and George Bohannon on trombone – and the tracks have that spaced out, slightly-Span ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange & black label mono pressing, with Van Gelder stamp. A nice copy!)
A beautiful album of dark-hued vocals – sung by Johnny Hartman with a quality that's as smokey as the image of him with a cigarette on the cover! The album set a whole new standard for male vocal jazz in the 60s – and is a distillation and refinement of earlier ideas in music by Billy ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange & black label stereo pressing, with Van Gelder/Stereo stamps – in beautiful shape!)
One of our favorite records by Earl Hines – a hip little comeback set, recorded in the mid 60s with an Ellingtonish lineup that includes Clark Terry, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance, Lawrence Brown, Jimmy Hamilton, and Johnny Hodges. Hines' piano is certainly a strong force in the record, but even ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Rainbow label pressing. Cover has a small cutout hole and a light mark from sticker removal.)
A nice little 60s album by Johnny Hodges – one of the few post-Verve sessions that has him still playing in the hard swinging Ellingtonia small combo mode of the 50s! Players are all strong – and include Jimmy Jones, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance, Harry Carney, and Paul Gonsalves – and ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(NOTE: Dutch pressing on Philips in a US cover.)
Keith Jarrett —
Back Hand ... LP ABC/Impulse, 1974. Used ...
Temporarily Out Of Stock
Prime Keith Jarrett on Impulse Records – and a still-wonderful session that features work by Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, and Paul Motian! The sound here is a bit more focused than on some of Jarrett's earlier Impulse sides – but still has that rich and organic sound overall – ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Really wonderful early work from Keith Jarrett – a spiritually-driven session that's free from the cliches of his later work! The album's a spectacular group effort – one that has Jarrett playing piano, percussion, and sax – in an ensemble that also includes Dewey Redman, Charlie ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Keith Jarrett —
Shades ... LP ABC/Impulse, 1976. Very Good+ ...
$5.99
A lost gem from Keith's "with horns" period – a quintet session from the mid 70s, recorded with a group that features Dewey Redman on tenor, plus Charlie Haden on bass, Paul Motian on drums and percussion, and Guilherme Franco on additional percussion. The feel is a bit straighter ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear & a promo stamp.)
Elvin Jones —
Impulse Years ... LP Impulse, 1960s. Used 2LP Gatefold ...
Temporarily Out Of Stock
Most of the tracks on this 2 LP set are not from Jones' solo records but rather songs under the direction of others, mainly John Coltrane but also Frank Foster and Sonny Rollins. Some of the Coltrane titles are the drum solo from "Pursuance", "Impressions", "Your Lady" ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a small cutout hole.)
John Klemmer —
Waterfalls ... LP Impulse, 1972. Very Good+ Gatefold ...
$6.99
A wonderful classic from John Klemmer – one of those artists we've under-appreciated for years, but grow to love more and more as time goes by! The set's an incredibly soulful set of explorations played by Klemmer (on tenor, soprano, and Echoplex) with a group that includes Mike Nock on ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Haunting set of stripped down tracks by the brilliant Yusef Lateef, who not only plays his usual assortment of reeds here – tenor, alto, flute, and oboe – but also lays down a bit of theremin! He's accompanied by Hugh Lawson on piano, Reggie Workman on bass, and Roy Brooks on drums ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange & black label mono pressing with Van Gelder stamp. Cover has some wear. Vinyl plays with clicks & crackles.)
Gary McFarland & Clark Terry —
Tijuana Jazz ... LP Impulse, Mid 60s. Near Mint- Gatefold ...
$29.99
A very groooooovy set! This one has Gary working with his "& Co" ensemble – including here the 2 guitars of Barry Galbraith and Toots Thielemans, the fender bass of Bob Brookmeyer, and the trumpet work of Clark Terry and Joe Newman. The groove is jazzy Mexican – kind of ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange & black label stereo pressing with Van Gelder stamp. Cover has a small cutout hole.)
Fantastic – and one of Mingus' greatest albums ever! This one ranks right up with The Clown and Pithecantropus Erectus for sheer raw power and emotion – and Mingus' writing here is incredibly tight, giving soloists like Charlie Mariano, Jaki Byard, Richard Williams, and Jerome ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange & black label stereo pressing, with RVG/Stereo stamps.)
A great little album – a lot better than you might think from the concept! After the death of JFK, Oliver Nelson penned this extremely strong tribute to the man – featuring snippets of speeches made by Kennedy during his time in office as president, used as bridges between jazz based ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An early gem from singer Freda Payne – recorded back in the days when she was a jazz vocalist, years before her famous hits as a soul artist in the early 70s! The album's a darkly-tinged session with arrangements by Manny Albam – done in the late nite mode that you'd expect from the ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange & black label mono pressing. Cover has a small split on the bottom seam.)
Jimmy Ponder —
Illusions ... LP Impulse, 1976. Used ...
Out Of Stock
A sweet smooth album of funky jazz from guitarist Jimmy Ponder – with a style that's right out of the Bob James-arranged albums for Kudu! Jimmy's guitar is nice and lean, laidback over some tripped out, easily funky arrangements, with strings conducted by Johnny Pate on a few numbers, and ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the few albums as a leader recorded by Dewey Redman during the years of his strongest contributions to avant garde jazz – a post-Coltrane, post-Ayler session that's filled with touches of the spiritualism that can be found in the work of other Impulse labelmates, such as Marion Brown ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Black label ABC/Impulse pressing. Cover has a cut corner.)
Sam Rivers —
Crystals ... LP Impulse, 1974. Used Gatefold ...
Out Of Stock
One of Sam Rivers' most striking albums for Impulse, a record that has him leading a fairly large group – working in an "orchestral context", as the notes on the cover say, but not really a jazz orchestra – more of a freewheeling avant ensemble, in the tradition of work by ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has some ring & edge wear, a cut corner, and small cutout hole.)
Sam Rivers —
Sizzle ... LP ABC/Impulse, 1976. Used ...
Out Of Stock
A different record for Rivers – especially when you compare it to the rest of his early 70s output! Rivers' own playing is still very similar to other records – in that he's blowing his head off on tenor, soprano, and flute – but the backing's by a pretty fierce rhythm combo that ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Max Roach's masterpiece! This record is one of his most perfectly realized visions – and it's a marvelous album that combines politics and modern jazz, yet still manages to swing! The players are some of the hippest that Roach ever worked with – and include Eric Dolphy, Booker Little, ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Green label pressing.)
Sonny Rollins —
Alfie ... LP Impulse, 1965. Used ...
Temporarily Out Of Stock
A beautiful soundtrack to the dark British comedy of the same name – starring a young Michael Caine! You might expect it to be a bit schmaltzy, but it's pure jazz all the way through, and features strong inside playing by Rollins over lively orchestrations by Oliver Nelson – filled ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Rainbow label stereo pressing. Cover has light ringwear and splitting on the bottom seam.)
One of the most free-wheeling Sonny Rollins albums of the 60s – an album that features some very long, extended tracks that really break out from some of the straighter moments of Sonny's mid-60s recordings! The title track is an incredible 20 minute workout – one that almost feels ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange and black label stereo pressing, with Van Gelder stamp.)
Roswell Rudd —
Everywhere ... LP Impulse, 1966. Used Gatefold ...
Out Of Stock
One of the greatest albums ever from trombonist Roswell Rudd – an early Impulse Records session, cut right at a time when Rudd was a crucial part of the New York "new thing" scene in the 60s! The album's almost more of an ESP session from its lineup – which includes Giuseppi ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange & black label stereo pressing. NOTE: Cover has moderate moisture staining with waviness, peeling, staining, and splitting along the bottom half.)
Pee Wee Russell —
Ask Me Now! ... LP Impulse, 1965. Used Gatefold ...
Temporarily Out Of Stock
A record that will blow your mind – way different than you might expect from the cover! Sure, Pee Wee was a bit of a traditionalist on his instrument – the clarinet – but he's working here in a starkly modern way that almost recalls some of the best 50s work of Jimmy Guiffre, or ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Rainbow label stereo pressing. Cover has light wear.)
Very nice 2 LP set that include some of Pharoah Sanders' best spiritual jazz stuff from the late 60's. Tracks are long, and presented in their full versions – and the cast includes Lonnie Liston Smith, Leon Thomas, Henry Grimes, Woody Shaw, and others. Every cut is great, and titles include ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Quite possibly the best-remembered album from Pharoah Sanders' legendary run at Impulse Records – a set that crossed over big, and sold to countless folks who might not have bought a jazz album this hip otherwise! The record was Sanders' first in the wake of Coltrane's passing – and it' ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Rainbow label pressing. Cover is stained on the bottom half, only visible inside the gatefold, with stuck-on paper on back.)
A simple formula, but one of Shirley's best records from the mid 60s, and a tight batch of quartet tracks that also features Stanley Turrentine on tenor. The title cut's a classic jazz stepper in Chicago, with a subtly loping groove that works pretty darn well. Other tracks include "Blue ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Groovin' set of tracks that has the lady organist in two settings – one with her trio with Jimmy Cobb on drums, the other with a hard swingin' big band led by Oliver Nelson. She's great with Nelson's band, and swings in the same hard way that Jimmy Smith does in the same setting. Tracks ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange & black label stereo pressing, with Van Gelder/Stereo stamp. Cover has some pen on back.)
Swinging organ tracks from Shirley, with large band backing by Oliver Nelson, very much in the mode of Jimmy Smith's albums with Nelson on Verve! Includes a nice reading of the theme from "Shot In The Dark", plus "Hoe Down", "Shadows Of Paris", and "Great ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono white label pressing with small RVG stamp. Cover has a small center split on the top seam.)
Shirley Scott —
Latin Shadows ... LP Impulse, 1965. Very Good+ Gatefold ...
$14.99
A great album from Shirley Scott – with some excellent arrangements by Gary McFarland! We've always felt that Shirley plays best when she's not leading the group – when someone else is handling the arrangements, so that she can groove mightily on her own – and this album is a ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange & black label stereo pressing, with Van Gelder stamp. Cover has a small cutout hole in the corner.)
One of the best Shirley Scott albums ever – a wonderfully groovy little set that seems to stand head and shoulders above some of her other trio dates of the 60s! Shirley really hits a nice clean groove here – a sense of tone we don't always hear this beautifully on earlier Prestige ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange & black label mono pressing. Cover has a cutout hole.)
Archie Shepp —
Cry Of My People ... LP Impulse, 1973. Used Gatefold ...
Temporarily Out Of Stock
One of the most righteous albums ever from Archie Shepp – a beautiful late Impulse set of grooves, and a record that matches the genius of Attica Blues! Shepp's working with a losse collective of players that includes Charles Greenlee, Harold Mabern, and Beaver Harris – plus vocalists ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Black label pressing. Cover has some moisture stains and wear along the spine & inside the gatefold.)
Growing brilliance from the young Archie Shepp – a record that's not just about Archie's own amazing work on the tenor, but also his keen modern vision as a leader! The combo here is an ensemble that features some of the hippest modernists of the 60s – Roswell Rudd and Grachan Moncur ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Rainbow label pressing. Cover has a small cutout hole.)
Gabor Szabo —
Gypsy '66 ... LP Impulse, 1966. Used Gatefold ...
Out Of Stock
One of Gabor Szabo's best records – a hip small combo session, featuring backup by Gary McFarland, Sadao Watanabe, Richard Davis, and Willie Rodriguez – an odd kind of lineup, but one that goes well with the offbeat grooves of the set! The overall sound has lots of touches of the ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange & black label stereo pressing, with Van Gelder stamp.)
Gabor Szabo —
Spellbinder ... LP Impulse, 1966. Used Gatefold ...
Temporarily Out Of Stock
Breezy brilliance from the legendary Gabor Szabo – and one of the grooviest albums the Hungarian guitarist recorded during the 60s! The set's almost a tightening up of the style that Szabo first brought to prominence in his work with Chico Hamilton – a sound that's got roots in gypsy ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange & black label stereo pressing! Cover has a small stereo sticker, and some light wear – but this is a great copy overall.)
Mc Coy plays Duke, with surprisingly great results – thanks to an expanded trio format that features lots of additional percussion! McCoy's on piano, working alongside Coltrane bandmates Jimmy Garrison on bass and Elvin Jones on drums – but the real charm of the record comes from ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Green label ABC pressing. Cover has waviness & flaking due to moisture along the opening.)
Michael White —
Spirit Dance ... LP Impulse, 1972. Near Mint- Gatefold ...
$29.99
One of the killer albums that Michael White cut for Impulse Records in the early 70 – a sweet set of spiritual jazz that took his instrument to a whole new level! Normally, the violin isn't an instrument we love in jazz, but White really transforms it here – playing it with a stretched- ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original rainbow label pressing. Cover has a cutout hole and some ring & edge wear.)
A companion to Impulse Records' great "The Bass" set – with work by Gabor Szabo, Art Blakey, Max Roach, Philly Joe Jones, Norman Connors, Cecil Taylor, Archie Shepp, Alice Coltrane, Chico Hamilton, Roy Haynes, Sam Rivers, and others! (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the booklet. Box has a torn wrap-around, otherwise nice, with just a bit of edge wear.)
Lorez Alexandria —
Alexandria The Great ... LP 
