Our Story
For sixty years, Impulse Records has stood as a label of musical integrity and lasting cultural significance. Known as the “house that Trane built” in honor of its best-selling artist John Coltrane, the label produced music exciting in its experimental charge, and spiritual in its priority. Sonny Rollins, Quincy Jones, Max Roach, Ray Charles, Alice Coltrane, Keith Jarrett, Charles Mingus, Sun Ra, and Pharoah Sanders were but a few of the legendary musicians who helped define the label’s sound and message. To this day, Impulse continues to proudly wear its distinctive orange-and-black color scheme, and is home to the new vanguard of creative musicians including Brandee Younger, Irreversible Entanglements, and The Messthetics.
Out Of The Cool
1961
The Blues And The Abstr...
1961
Africa / Brass
1961
Percussion Bitter Sweet
1961
Genius + Soul + Jazz
1961
Inception
1962
Desafinado
1962
Out Of The Afternoon
1962
Coltrane
1962
It’s Time
1962
Further Definitions
1962
The Quintessence
1962
Live At The Village Van...
1962
Duke Ellington and John...
1963
Impressions
1963
John Coltrane and Johnn...
1963
The Black Saint And The...
1963
Today And Now
1963
Reaching Fourth
1963
Ballads
1963
Duke Ellington Meets Co...
1963
A Jazz Message
1964
Live At Birdland
1964
Alexandria The Great
1964
Today and Tomorrow
1964
Crescent
1964
Ascension
1965
On Impulse!
1965
Fire Music
1965
John Coltrane Quartet P...
1965
A Love Supreme
1965
McCoy Tyner Plays Ellin...
1965
Live at Pep’s
1965
Alfie
1966
East Broadway Run Down
1966
Spellbinder
1966
John Coltrane At The Vi...
1966
The Golden Flute
1966
Tauhid
1967
Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
1967
A Monastic Trio
1967
Kulu Se Mama
1967
Karma
1969
Liberation Music Orchestra
1969
Huntington Ashram Monas...
1969
Huntington Ashram Monas...
1969
Music Is The Healing Fo...
1969
Ptah The El Daoud
1970
Journey In Satchidananda
1970
Live In Seattle
1971
Thembi
1971
Universal Consciousness
1971
Concert In Japan
1972
Attica Blues
1972
Fort Yawuh
1972
Lord Of Lords
1973
Lord Of Lords
1973
Crystals
1974
Death And The Flower
1975
Hard Work
1976
Brandee Younger –...
2021
John Coltrane with Eric...
2023
Brandee Younger –...
2023
Irreversible Entangleme...
2023
The Messthetics, James ...
2024
Alice Coltrane – ...
2024
The Messthetics –...
2026
