Tag Archives: Archie Shepp

IMPULSE RECORDS: MUSIC, MESSAGE AND THE MOMENT.

♦ June 8, 2021 ♦ Leave a comment

Impulse Records: Music, Message and The Moment. Label: Impulse. Format: 2CD Set. The roots of Impulse! can be traced to 1955 when the American Broadcasting Company decided the time was right to diversify into the record business. History was made on June ‘14th’ 1955 when  Am-Par Record Corporation was incorporated and Samuel H. Clark became …

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SPIRITUAL JAZZ 12: IMPULSE!

♦ September 18, 2020 ♦ 1 Comment

Spiritual Jazz 12: Impulse! Label: Jazzman Records. Format: 2CD. Little did anyone at Jazzman Records know when they released Spiritual Jazz (Esoteric, Modal and Deep Jazz From The Underground 1968-77) in 2008, that this was the first instalment in what would become their longest-running and most successful compilation series. Over the next twelve years, they’ve …

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IF MUSIC PRESENTS YOU NEED THIS! AN INTRODUCTION TO BLACK SAINT AND SOUL NOTE (1975 TO 1985).

♦ November 4, 2017 ♦ Leave a comment

IF Music Presents You Need This! An Introduction To Black Saint and Soul Note (1975 To 1985). Label: BBE. Two years ago, in November 2015, when BBE released IF Music presents You Need This A Journey Into Deep Jazz which was compiled by Jean Claude, the owner of London’s IF Music the aim of this …

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BLACK FIRE! NEW SPIRITS! RADICAL AND REVOLUTIONARY JAZZ IN THE USA 1957-1982.

♦ October 29, 2014 ♦ 1 Comment

BLACK FIRE! NEW SPIRITS! RADICAL AND REVOLUTIONARY JAZZ IN THE USA 1957-1982. Throughout the last hundred years, jazz music has been in a constant state of evolution. Jazz refused to stand still. New genres grew out of old ones. From swing, bebop was born. After bebop, there was the cool school. Suddenly, the cool school …

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KEV BEADLE PRESENTS PRIVATE COLLECTION VOLUME 2.

♦ July 25, 2014 ♦ Leave a comment

KEV BEADLE PRESENTS PRIVATE COLLECTION VOLUME 2. Back in the seventies and eighties, major record labels were reducing the money the were spending on jazz.  No longer was jazz seen as a priority. In the eyes of many record label executives, it was yesterday’s music. So, they weren’t willing to risk scarce resources on new …

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