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 Jamal–Poinciana Revisited/Freeflight
Albert Ayler–Love Cry/The Last Album
Alice Coltrane–Universal Consciousness/Lord of Lords
Archie Shepp–For Losers/Kwanza
Art Blakey–Jazz Messengers!!!!/A Jazz Message
Coleman Hawkins–Today and Now/Desafinado
Curtis Fuller–Soul Trombone/Cabin in the Sky
Duke Ellington–Meets Coleman Hawkins/And John Coltrane
Elvin Jones–Illumination!/Dear John
Gabor Szabo–The Sorcerer/More Sorcery
McCoy Tyner Trio–Inception/Reaching Forth
Milt Jackson–Statements/Jazz ‘n’ Samba
Pharoah Sanders–Village of the Pharoahs/Wisdom Through Music
Shirley Scott Trio–For Members Only/Great Scott!!
Sonny Rollins–Oh Impulse!/There Will Never Be Another You
Classic Impulse! Jazz Albums to be Reissued
32 Landmark Albums in 2-in-1 Packages: Rollins, Jamal, Tyner, etc.