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(Impulse/Universal)It's the 50th birthday of Impulse Records, one of the most famous of all jazz labels – and famously home to John Coltrane for six years. The upcoming London Jazz festival celebrates with a concert on 12 November featuring pianist McCoy Tyner, and there's a torrent of budget reissues, packing two vinyl albums on to one CD. Lesser-known recordings by Alice Coltrane, Chico Hamilton, Keith Jarrett and others are receiving this treatment, but four of the most substantial sessions...

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