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
It’s Time
1962
Desafinado
1962
Out Of The Afternoon
1962
Coltrane
1962
Inception
1962
Further Definitions
1962
The Quintessence
1962
Live At The Village Van...
1962
1962
Live At The Village Vanguard<span class="js-real-artist-data" data-artist="John Coltrane" style="display:none;"></span>
Today And Now
1963
Impressions<span cla...
1963
1963
Impressions<span class="js-real-artist-data" data-artist="John Coltrane" style="display:none;"></span>
John Coltrane and Johnn...
1963
1963
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman<span class="js-real-artist-data" data-artist="John Coltrane" style="display:none;"></span>
The Black Saint And The...
1963
Reaching Fourth
1963
Ballads<span class=&...
1963
1963
Ballads<span class="js-real-artist-data" data-artist="John Coltrane" style="display:none;"></span>
Duke Ellington and John...
1963
1963
Duke Ellington and John Coltrane<span class="js-real-artist-data" data-artist="John Coltrane" style="display:none;"></span>
Duke Ellington Meets Co...
1963
Today and Tomorrow
1964
Crescent<span class=...
1964
1964
Crescent<span class="js-real-artist-data" data-artist="John Coltrane" style="display:none;"></span>
Alexandria The Great
1964
Live At Birdland<spa...
1964
1964
Live At Birdland<span class="js-real-artist-data" data-artist="John Coltrane" style="display:none;"></span>
A Jazz Message
1964
Live at Pep’s
1965
A Love Supreme<span ...
1965
1965
A Love Supreme<span class="js-real-artist-data" data-artist="John Coltrane" style="display:none;"></span>
McCoy Tyner Plays Ellin...
1965
John Coltrane Quartet P...
1965
Fire Music
1965
On Impulse!
1965
Ascension<span class...
1965
1965
Ascension<span class="js-real-artist-data" data-artist="John Coltrane" style="display:none;"></span>
John Coltrane At The Vi...
1966
1966
John Coltrane At The Village Vanguard Again<span class="js-real-artist-data" data-artist="John Coltrane" style="display:none;"></span>
The Golden Flute
1966
Alfie
1966
East Broadway Run Down
1966
Spellbinder
1966
Tauhid
1967
Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
1967
A Monastic Trio<span...
1967
1967
A Monastic Trio<span class="js-real-artist-data" data-artist="Alice Coltrane" style="display:none;"></span>
Kulu Se Mama<span cl...
1967
1967
Kulu Se Mama<span class="js-real-artist-data" data-artist="John Coltrane" style="display:none;"></span>
Huntington Ashram Monas...
1969
1969
Huntington Ashram Monastery<span class="js-real-artist-data" data-artist="Alice Coltrane" style="display:none;"></span>
Music Is The Healing Fo...
1969
Huntington Ashram Monas...
1969
1969
Huntington Ashram Monastery<span class="js-real-artist-data" data-artist="Alice Coltrane" style="display:none;"></span>
Liberation Music Orchestra
1969
Karma
1969
Ptah The El Daoud<sp...
1970
1970
Ptah The El Daoud<span class="js-real-artist-data" data-artist="Alice Coltrane" style="display:none;"></span>
Journey In Satchidanand...
1970
1970
Journey In Satchidananda<span class="js-real-artist-data" data-artist="Alice Coltrane" style="display:none;"></span>
Live In Seattle<span...
1971
1971
Live In Seattle<span class="js-real-artist-data" data-artist="John Coltrane" style="display:none;"></span>
Thembi
1971
Universal Consciousness...
1971
1971
Universal Consciousness<span class="js-real-artist-data" data-artist="Alice Coltrane" style="display:none;"></span>
Concert In Japan<spa...
1972
1972
Concert In Japan<span class="js-real-artist-data" data-artist="John Coltrane" style="display:none;"></span>
Fort Yawuh
1972
Attica Blues
1972
Lord Of Lords<span c...
1973
1973
Lord Of Lords<span class="js-real-artist-data" data-artist="Alice Coltrane" style="display:none;"></span>
Lord Of Lords<span c...
1973
1973
Lord Of Lords<span class="js-real-artist-data" data-artist="Alice Coltrane" style="display:none;"></span>
Crystals
1974
Death And The Flower
1975
Hard Work
1976
Brandee Younger –...
2021
2021
Brandee Younger – Somewhere Different<span class="js-real-artist-data" data-artist="Brandee Younger" style="display:none;"></span>
John Coltrane with Eric...
2023
2023
John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy: Evenings at the Village Gate<span class="js-real-artist-data" data-artist="John Coltrane" style="display:none;"></span>
Brandee Younger –...
2023
2023
Brandee Younger – Brand New Life<span class="js-real-artist-data" data-artist="Brandee Younger" style="display:none;"></span>
Irreversible Entangleme...
2023
2023
Irreversible Entanglements – Protect Your Light<span class="js-real-artist-data" data-artist="Irreversible Entanglements" style="display:none;"></span>
The Messthetics, James ...
2024
2024
The Messthetics, James Brandon Lewis – The Messthetics<span class="js-real-artist-data" data-artist="The Messthetics" style="display:none;"></span>
Alice Coltrane – ...
2024
2024
Alice Coltrane – The Carnegie Hall Concert (Live)<span class="js-real-artist-data" data-artist="Alice Coltrane" style="display:none;"></span>
The Messthetics –...
2026
2026
The Messthetics – Deface The Currency<span class="js-real-artist-data" data-artist="The Messthetics" style="display:none;"></span>
John Coltrane – T...
2026
2026
John Coltrane – The Tiberi Tapes<span class="js-real-artist-data" data-artist="John Coltrane" style="display:none;"></span>
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson ...
2026
