Impulse Energy Essentials. A Developmental And Historical Introduction To The New Music

Impulse/ABC Records ASD 9228 (US) [cover]

Released 1972

Side 1

Charles Mingus: Hora Decubitus [4:43] (Charles Mingus)
September 20, 1963
New York City

Charles Mingus (b)
Eddie Preston (tp)
Richard Williams (tp)
Britt Woodman (tb)
Don Butterfield (tuba)
Eric Dolphy (as)
Dick Hafer (ts)
Booker Ervin (ts)
Jerome Richardson (bariton-sax)
Jacki Bayard (p)
Walter Perkins (dr)

From "Mingus Mingus Mingus" (Impulse AS-54)
Max Roach: Garvey's Ghost [7:49] (Max Roach)
August 1, 1961
New York City

Max Roach (dr)
Abbey Lincoln (voc)
Booker Little (tp)
Julian Priester (tb)
Eric Dolphy (fl, bcl)
Clifford Jordan (ts)
Mal Waldron (p)
Art Davis (b)
"Patato" Valdez (perc)
"Totico" Eugenio (perc)

From "Percussion Bitter Sweet" (Impulse AS-8)
Archie Shepp: Mama Too Tight [5:22] (Archie Shepp)
August 19, 1966
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. (probably)

Archie Shepp (ts)
Tommy Turrentine (tp)
Roswell Rudd (tb)
Grachan Moncur III (tb)
Howard Johnson (tuba)
Perry Robinson (cl)
Charlie Haden (b)
Beaver Harris (dr)

From "Mama Too Tight" (Impulse AS-9134)
Freddie Hubbard: Aires [3:04] (Freddie Hubbard)
March 11, 1963
New York City (probably)

Freddie Hubbard, Al Dirisi, Clark Terry, Ernie Royal (tp)
Curtis Fuller, Melba Liston (tb)
Bob Northern (french horn)
Eric Dolphy (as)
Seldon Powell (ts)
Charles Davis, Jerome Richardson (bariton-sax)
Cedar Walton (p)
Reggie Workman (b)
Philly Joe Jones (dr)

From "The Body and Soul" (Impulse AS-38)

Side 2

Oliver Nelson: Teenie's Blues [6:32] (Oliver Nelson)
February 23, 1961
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.

Oliver Nelson (as, ts)
Freddie Hubbard (tp)
Eric Dolphy (as)
George Barrow (bariton-sax)
Bill Evans (p)
Paul Chambers (b)
Roy Haynes (dr)

From "Blues and the Abstract Truth" (Impulse AS-5)
John Coltrane: Spiritual [7:13] (John Coltrane)
November 2 or 3, 1961
The Village Vanguard, NYC (live)

John Coltrane (ss)
Eric Dolphy (bcl)
McCoy Tyner (p)
Reggie Workman (b)
Elvin Jones (dr)

From "Coltrane "Live" at the Village Vanguard" (Impulse AS-10)
Cecil Taylor: Bulbs [6:50] (Cecil Taylor)
October 10, 1961
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. (probably)

Cecil Taylor (p)
Jimmy Lyons (as)
Archie Shepp (ts)
Henry Grimes (b)
Sunny Murray (dr)

From "Into The Hot (Gil Evans Orchestra)" (Impulse AS-9)

Side 3

Marion Brown: New Blue [5:06] (Marion Brown)
December 1, 1966
New York City

Marion Brown (as)
Grachan Moncur III (tb)
Dave Burrell (p)
Norris Jones (b)
Beaver Harris (dr)

From "Three For Shepp" (Impulse AS-9139)
Elvin Jones-Jimmy Garrison: Nuttin' Out Jones [5:32] (Prince Lasha)
August 8, 1963
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.

Elvin Jones (dr)
Jimmy Garrison (b)
Sonny Simmons (as, english horn)
Prince Lasha (fl)
Charles Davis (bariton-sax)
McCoy Tyner (p)

From "Illumination" (Impulse AS-49)
Sonny Rollins: East Broadway Run Down (opening sections) [5:25] (Sonny Rollins)
May 9, 1966
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.

Sonny Rollins (ts)
Freddie Hubbard (tp)
Jimmy Garrison (b)
Elvin Jones (dr)

From "East Broadway Run Down" (Impulse AS-9121)
Ornette Coleman: Trouble In The East [6:39] (Ornette Coleman)
March 22, 1969
New York University (live)

Ornette Coleman (vln)
Don Cherry (fl)
Dewey Redman (cl)
Charlie Haden (b)
Ornette D. Coleman (dr)

From "Crisis" (Impulse AS-9187)

Side 4

John Coltrane: Acknowledgement from A Love Supreme [7:43] (John Coltrane)
December 9, 1964
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.

John Coltrane (ts, voc)
McCoy Tyner (p)
Jimmy Garrison (b)
Elvin Jones (dr)

From "A Love Supreme" (Impulse AS-77)
Pharoah Sanders: The Creator Has A Master Plan [6:53] (Pharoah Sanders-Amosis Leontopolis Thomas)
February 14, 1969
New York City

Pharoah Sanders (ts)
Leon Thomas (voc, perc)
Julius Watkins (french horn)
James Spaulding (fl)
Lonnie L. Smith Jr. (p)
Richard Davis (b)
Reggie Workman (b)
Billy Higgins (dr)
Nat Bettis (perc)

From "Karma" (Impulse AS-9181)
Michael White: John Coltrane Was Here [5:59] (Michael White)
September 21, 1971
Wally Heider Recording, San Francisco

Michael White (vln)
Ed Kelly (p)
Ray Drummond (b)
Baba Omson (perc)

From "Spirit Dance" (Impulse AS-9215)

Side 5

John Coltrane: Ascension (Edition I) (opening sections) [13:40] (John Coltrane)
June 28, 1965
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.

John Coltrane (ts)
Freddie Hubbard (tp)
Dewey Johnson (tp)
Marion Brown (as)
John Tchicai (as)
Archie Shepp (ts)
Pharoah Sanders (ts)
McCoy Tyner (p)
Jimmy Garrison (b)
Art Davis (b)
Elvin Jones (dr)

From "Ascension" (Impulse AS-95)
Albert Ayler: Holy Ghost [7:34] (Albert Ayler)
March 28, 1965
The Village Gate, NYC (live)

Albert Ayler (ts)
Donald Ayler (tp)
Joel Friedman (cello)
Lewis Worrell (b)
Sunny Murray (dr)

From "The New Wave in Jazz" (Impulse AS-90)

Side 6

Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra: Song For Che [7:05] (Charlie Haden)
April 29, 1969
Judson Hall, NYC

Charlie Haden (b)
Don Cherry (cornet, Indian wood fl, bamboo fl)
Mike Mantler (tp)
Roswell Rudd (tb)
Bob Northern (french horn, hand wood blocks, crow call, bell, military whistle)
Howard Johnson (tuba)
Perry Robinson (cl)
Gato Barbieri (ts, cl)
Dewey Redman (as, ts)
Sam Brown (g, Tanganyikan guitar, thumb piano)
Paul Motian (perc)
Carla Bley (p, tambourine)

From "Liberation Music Orchestra" (Impulse AS-9183)
Alice Coltrane: Galaxy Around Olodumare [4:15] (Alice Coltrane)
November 15+16, 1971
The Record Plant, NYC

Alice Coltrane (p, perc)
Frank Lowe (ts)
Reggie Workman (b)
Ben Riley (dr)
Elayne Jones (tympani)
String section

From "World Galaxy" (Impulse AS-9218)
John Coltrane: Leo [9:58] (John Coltrane)
February 2, 1966
Coast Recorders, San Francisco
additional recording at Dix Hills, N.Y., and The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, spring, 1972

John Coltrane (ts, bcl)
Pharoah Sanders (ts, fl)
Alice Coltrane (p, organ, perc)
Charlie Haden (b)
Rashied Ali (perc)
Ray Appleton (perc)
String section

From "Infinity" (Impulse AS-9225)

Source: KK, KMS