The New Jazz Musings

For this, I thought I would feature one of the Instagram accounts I follow @fast__and___bulbous Ben lives in London, Ontario, which was the home of Sparton Records, Impulse's Canadian pressing and distribution partner. It's definitely helped him collect a good number of original vinyls. When did you buy or get your 1st Impulse record ? I bought my first Impulse! release on CD when I was in Grade 10 (16 years old).  It was Black Saint and the Sinner Lady by Mingus. I remember liking it but not as much as Mingus Ah Um and Blues and Roots which were more accessible. It took me a few years to really get to appreciate it but by the time I was 20, it was my favourite Mingus album and possibly jazz album period. It still is my favourite Mingus and would make my Top 5 list for sure.  How soon after that did you start specifically hunting out Impulse records, or was it artist selections first ? The first Impulse! album I bought on vinyl was a reissue of Alice Coltran

Britain's Jazz Journal from August 1962 paints a typical picture of the Jazz scene in the early 1960s. The 'New Thing' is being discussed in typical polar opposites to more traditional music. Interestingly, the references are not just Jazz. Igor Stravinsky talks about the opposition to his New York period music. There is also a partly balancing piece by Steve Voce on (more traditional) jazz critic Benny Green's dislike of Ornette Coleman. Steve Voce is a big supporter of e.g. John Coltrane during this period, as I've seen in other journals from the early 60s. There is also a very dismissive record review of Ornette Coleman's, amongst generally positive reviews of contemporary artists such as Ahmad Jamal, Roland Kirk, Sonny Rollins, Ike Quebec and Hank Mobley. Lastly, there is the letter below from Wellington Holliday, who accosted John Coltrane side-stage during the JATP appearance at Glasgow's St Andrews Halls in late 1961. He says he is compelled to writ