UPDATE 3/22: You can now order this box set through Hip-o Select here. We have some more info on the aforementioned Impulse! Records box set coming from Universal in April, thanks to our friends at Record Racks. As previously mentioned, First Impulse: The Creed Taylor Collection 50th Anniversary box is going to compile the label’s first six LPs by the likes of Kai Winding, Gil Evans, Ray Charles and John Coltrane, all of which were produced by label founder Taylor, along with rare and unreleased material across four discs. We now have…

Universal Music Group has an impressive array of jazz titles in their library. Defining labels of the genre like Verve and Mercury are jewels in UMe’s crown, while the catalogues of Concord and Fantasy are distributed domestically by Universal as well. One of the more arguably underrated vintage labels in Universal’s family, though, is Impulse! Records. The label, founded by Creed Taylor in 1960 as a label in the ABC-Paramount group, may not be as long-running as the others in Universal’s catalogue, but it was incredibly notable in its time, offering a…