The house that Trane built
Subtitle: the story of Impulse Records
By: Ashley Kahn
Publisher: Granta Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9781862076464
Subjects: Sound recording industry; History; Jazz; Impulse Records
Description: "Through the exciting and rapid changes of the 1960s and 1970s, Impulse Records was the sound of jazz tradition and the shape of jazz to come - edgy, soulful, and elegantly packaged. In The House That Trane Built, author Ashley Kahn recounts in layman-friendly terms the full story of this unusual and fascinating company, tracing its nearly two-decade arc of artistic triumphs and unlikely marketing coups. Leaning on extensive archival research and interviews with well over fifty musicians, industry executives, and producers. The House That Trane Built features over one hundred illustrations, as well as thirty-six album profiles detailing the inside stories of some of the most enduring jazz recordings of all time."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references(321-324), discography (299-320) and index.
Table of contents: title: The man behind the signature : Creed Taylor (1954-1961); title: The re-education of Bob Thiele (1961-1962); title: Intuition and Impulse (1963-1964); title: The new thing and Impulse (1965-1967); title: Between jazz and a hard place (1965-1967); title: Impulse after Trane (1967-1969); title: Impulse out west (1969-1975); title: The lives of a label ; the tenor of the time (1975-present).