Impulse founder Creed Taylor talks to Freddie Hubbard in the late '60s
Impulse's Bob Thiele talks to John Coltrane at the 1963 recording of John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
John Coltrane and Bob Thiele take a break from recording in Rudy Van Gelder's studio in the early 1960s
Bob Thiele signs Archie Shepp to an Impulse contract in 1964
Bob Thiele and Yusef Lateef
Never has one jazz label been so associated with one artist. As John Coltrane’s legend has grown, so has the legacy of Impulse Records. The label’s orange-and-black colors are as renowned as the wide range of music it has produced-from swing to the new thing.
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