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Classic Impulse! Jazz Albums to be Reissued

32 Landmark Albums in 2-in-1 Packages: Rollins, Jamal, Tyner, etc.

Alice Coltrane
Albert Ayler

Thirty-two classic Impulse! label jazz albums by artists such as Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins, Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders will be reissued on 16 two-for-one CD packages on July 26. Most of the albums were originally released in the 1960s. The two-fer sets, issued under the Impulse!/Verve banner, are as follows:

Ahmad JamalPoinciana Revisited/Freeflight
Albert AylerLove Cry/The Last Album
Alice ColtraneUniversal Consciousness/Lord of Lords
Archie SheppFor Losers/Kwanza
Art BlakeyJazz Messengers!!!!/A Jazz Message
Coleman HawkinsToday and Now/Desafinado
Curtis FullerSoul Trombone/Cabin in the Sky
Duke EllingtonMeets Coleman Hawkins/And John Coltrane
Elvin JonesIllumination!/Dear John
Gabor SzaboThe Sorcerer/More Sorcery
McCoy Tyner TrioInception/Reaching Forth
Milt JacksonStatements/Jazz ‘n’ Samba
Pharoah SandersVillage of the Pharoahs/Wisdom Through Music
Shirley Scott TrioFor Members Only/Great Scott!!
Sonny RollinsOh Impulse!/There Will Never Be Another You

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