Tag Archives: Impulse Records

CULT CLASSIC: BOB THIELE EMERGENCY-HEAD START.

Cult Classic: Bob Thiele Emergency-Head Start. Flying Dutchman Rcords was the second record label Bob Thiele founded during what was by then a long, illustrious and successful career. The first was Signature Records, founded by Bob in 1939, when he was just seventeen. However, a lot had happened in the intervening thirty years. He had worked with many …

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ORNETTE COLEMAN-FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS- ORNETTE LIVE AT PRINCE STREET.

ORNETTE COLEMAN-FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS- ORNETTE LIVE AT PRINCE STREET. Back in 1970, Ornette Coleman, one of the most innovative musicians and composers of the free jazz movement, found himself without a record company. He’d just left Impulse Records, having released Ornette at 12 in 1969. However, he wouldn’t be without a record label for long. …

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BOB THIELE EMERGENCY-HEAD START.

BOB THIELE EMERGENCY-HEAD START. Flying Dutchman Rcords was the second record label Bob Thiele founded. The first was Signature Records, founded by Bob in 1939, when he was just seventeen. A lot had happened in the intervening thirty years. Bob had worked with many of the giants of jazz. John Coltrane, Charlie Mingus, Sonny Rollins, …

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