Universal Music Group got off to a great start anthologizing the deep catalogue of Impulse! Records with a four-disc box set from Hip-o Select earlier this year. Today, that catalogue is revisited yet again, in the form of 28 albums from the jazz label's catalogue collected as two-on-one discs.
The titles are pretty diverse, collecting sets from Duke Ellington, McCoy Tyner, Alice Coltrane, Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins, Milt Jackson and others.
You can order each of the titles on Amazon here and check out the track lists after the jump.
Elvin Jones, Illumination! / Dear John C. (Impulse!/UMe 5334698, 2011)
- Nuttin' Out Jones
- Oriental Flower
- Half and Half
- Aboriginal Dance in Scotland
- Gettin' on Way
- Just Us Blues
- Dear John C.
- Smoke Rings
- Love Bird
- Feeling Good
- Anthropology
- This Love of Mine
- Fantazm
- Ballade
- Everything Happens to Me
Tracks 1-6 released as Impulse! LP AS-49, 1964
Tracks 7-15 released as Impulse! LP AS-88, 1965
Albert Ayler, Love Cry / The Last Album (Impulse!/UMe 5334699, 2011)
- Ghosts
- Omega
- Dancing Flowers
- Bells
- Love Flower
- Zion Hill
- Universal Indians
- Untitled Dueet
- Again Comes the Rising of the Sun
- All Love
- Toiling
- Desert Blood
- Birth of Mirth
- Water Music
Tracks 1-7 released as Impulse! LP AS-9165, 1968
Tracks 8-14 released as Impulse! LP AS-9208, 1971
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Jazz Messengers / A Jazz Message (Impulse!/UMe 5334700, 2011)
- Alamode
- Invitation
- Circus
- You Don't Know What Love Is
- I Hear a Rhapsody
- Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You
- Cafe
- Just Knock on My Door
- Summertime
- Blues Back
- Sunday
- The Song is You
Tracks 1-6 released as Impulse! LP AS-7, 1961
Tracks 7-12 released as Impulse! LP AS-45, 1964
Coleman Hawkins, Today and Now / Desafinado (Impulse!/UMe 5334701, 2011)
- Go Lil Liza
- Quintessence
- Don't Love Me
- Apache Love Song
- Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet
- Swingin' Scotch
- Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree
- Desafinado
- I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover
- Samba Para Bean
- I Remember You
- One Note Samba
- O Pato
- Abraco No Bonfa
- Samba Bossa Nova
Tracks 1-7 released as Impulse! LP AS-34, 1963
Tracks 8-15 released as Impulse! LP AS-28, 1962
Pharaoh Sanders, Village of the Pharaohs / Wisdom Through Music (Impulse!/UMe 5334702, 2011)
- Village of the Pharaohs (Part 1)
- Village of the Pharaohs (Part 2)
- Village of the Pharaohs (Part 3)
- Myth
- Mansion Worlds
- Memories of Lee Morgan
- Went Like It Came
- High Life
- Love is Everywhere
- Wisdom Through Music
- The Golden Lamp
- Selflessness
Tracks 1-7 released as Impulse! LP AS-9254, 1973
Tracks 8-12 released as Impulse! LP AS-9233, 1973
Milt Jackson, Statements / Jazz 'n' Samba (Impulse!/UMe 5334720, 2011)
- Statement
- Slowly
- Thrill from the Blues
- Paris Blues
- Put Off
- Beautiful Romance
- Sonnymoon for Two
- Bad and the Beautiful
- I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
- Big George
- Gingerbread Boy
- Jazz 'N' Samba
- The Oo-Oo Bossa Nova
- I Love You
- Kiss and Run
- Jazz Bossa Nova
Tracks 1-8 released as Impulse! LP AS-14, 1962
Tracks 9-16 released as Impulse! LP AS-70, 1964
The McCoy Tyner Trio, Inception / Reaching Fourth (Impulse!/UMe 5334721, 2011)
- Inception
- There is No Greater Love
- Blues for Gwen
- Sunset
- Effendi
- Speak Low
- Goodbye
- Theme for Ernie
- Blues Back
- Old Devil Moon
- Have You Met Miss Jones
Tracks 1-6 released as Impulse! LP AS-18, 1962
Tracks 7-11 released as Impulse! LP AS-33, 1963
Archie Shepp, For Losers / Kwanza (Impulse!/UMe 5334722, 2011)
- Stick 'Em Up
- What Would It Be Without You
- Abstract
- I Got It Bad
- Un Croque Monsieur
- Black Back
- Spoo Pee Doo
- New Africa
- Slow Drag
- Bakai
Tracks 1-5 released as Impulse! LP AS-9188, 1969
Tracks 6-10 released as Impulse! LP AS-9262, 1974
Sonny Rollins, Sonny Rollins on Impulse! / There Will Never Be Another You (Impulse!/UMe 5334723, 2011)
- On Green Dolphin Street
- Everything Happens to Me
- Hold 'Em Joe
- Blue Room
- Three Little Words
- On Green Dolphin Street (Live)
- Three Little Words (Live)
- Mademoiselle de Paris (Live)
- To a Wild Rose (Live)
- There Will Never Be Another You (Live)
Tracks 1-5 released as Impulse! LP AS-91, 1965
Tracks 6-10 released as Impulse! LP ASD-9349, 1978
Shirley Scott, For Members Only / Great Scott! (Impulse/UMe 5334724, 2011)
- Southern Comfort
- Blue Piano
- Freedom Dance
- Toys in the Attic
- Blues for Members
- I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
- Marchin' to Riverside
- We're Goin' Home
- Shot in the Dark
- 7th Whistle
- Blues Ain't Nothin'
- I'm Gettin' Sentimental
- Make Someone Happy
Tracks 1-8 released as Impulse! LP AS-51, 1964
Tracks 9-13 released as Impulse! LP AS-67, 1964
Gabor Szabo, The Sorceror / More Sorcery (Impulse!/UMe 5334725, 2011)
- The Beat Goes On
- Little Boat (O Barquinho)
- Lou-Ise
- What is This Thing Called Love
- Space
- Stronger Than Us (from the Picture "A Man and a Woman")
- Mizrab
- Comin' Back
- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
- Comin' Back
- Spellbinder
- Los Matodoros
- People
- Corcovado (Quiet Nights)
Tracks 1-8 released as Impulse! LP AS-9146, 1967
Tracks 9-14 released as Impulse! LP AS-9167, 1968
Alice Coltrane, Universal Consciousness / Lord of Lords (Impulse!/UMe 5334726, 2011)
- Universal Consciousness
- Battle at Armageddon
- Oh Allah
- Hare Krishna
- Sita Ram
- The Ankh of Amen-Ra
- Andromeda's Suffering
- Sri Rama Ohnedaruth
- Excerpts from "The Firebird"
- Lord of Lords
- Going Home
Tracks 1-6 released as Impulse! LP AS-9210, 1971
Tracks 7-11 released as Impulse! LP AS-9224, 1973
Duke Ellington, Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins / Duke Ellington and John Coltrane (Impulse!/UMe 5334729, 2011)
- Limbo Jazz
- Mood Indigo
- Ray Charles' Place
- Wanderlust
- You Dirty Dog
- Self Portrait
- Jeep is Jumpin'
- Ricitic
- In a Sentimental Mood
- Take the Coltrane
- Big Nick
- Stevie
- My Little Brown Book
- Angelica
- The Feeling of Jazz
Tracks 1-8 released as Impulse! LP AS-26, 1963
Tracks 9-15 released as Impulse! LP AS-30, 1963
Ahmad Jamal, At the Top: Poinciana Revisited / Freeflight (Impulse!/UMe 5334730, 2011)
- Have You Met Miss Jones
- Poinciana
- Lament
- Call Me
- Theme from "Valley of the Dolls"
- Frank's Tune
- How Insensitive
- Introduction (Live)
- Effendi (Live)
- Dolphin Dance (Live)
- Manhattan Reflections (Live)
- Poinciana (Live)
Tracks 1-7 released as Impulse! LP AS-9176, 1968
Tracks 8-12 released as Impulse! LP AS-9217, 1971
Curtis Fuller, Soul Trombone / Cabin in the Sky (Impulse!/UMe 5334879, 2011)
- Clan
- In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
- Newdles
- Breeze and I
- Dear Old Stockholm
- Ladies' Night
- Prayer
- Taking a Chance on Love
- Cabin in the Sky
- Old Ship of Zion
- Do What You Wanna Do
- Honey in the Honeycomb
- In My Old Virginia Home
- Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
- Savannah
- Love Turned the Light Out
- Love Me Tomorrow
Tracks 1-6 released as Impulse! LP AS-13, 1962
Tracks 7-17 released as Impulse! LP AS-22, 1962
kevin says
Good stuff. Any idea regarding what masters where used? I assume from whenever the last time each disc was remastered (if that indeed occurred in each case)?
Joe Marchese says
I hope to have my hands on some of these soon, Kevin. I'll report back!
Joe Marchese says
I've got a couple of these titles now; they're actually imports, made in the EU. New remastering is credited to Eastside Mastering Studios in Berlin; Matthias Kunnecke and Douglas Payne are producing the series. The eight-page booklets reprint the front, back and gatefolds of the original LPs, but there are no new liner notes - only composer credits and catalogue information. Still, the uniform design is rather nice.
kevin says
Very cool. Thanks again for the hipping!
plasket says
Does anyone know which of these are on CD for the first time? I know Ayler's last album is for sure (outside Japan, anyway).