The "Impulse! Sessions" is a bit of a misnomer. While it was the title found on this recording's 2-track master safety reel (the only surviving master of any kind), and it appears now as it was originally readied for submission to the storied Impulse! label... there is no documentation that the label ever received or heard this music. It seems unlikely, anyway.
Recorded in East St. Louis in the fall of 1978, Art Jackson's Atrocity self-produced this collection of demos, rehearsals and jams as an audio introduction for the label. Instead... these "sessions" - actually recorded over the course of about 3 months -were quietly entombed for over 45 years. Never to be heard again. Further, The Atrocity never bothered to go back to these tapes when considering an official 4th LP release, thus sealing the fate of these recordings. Is this the future of jazz/rock/avant-garde, circa 1978? Or just a singular voice in the void? These tapes capture the final incarnation of the original line-up of Art Jackson's Atrocity. As you blog regulars know... FREE 320s are below. Those with enhanced, sub-sonic frequency detection, however, can get coveted file formats like AIFF, FLAC, WAV from Bandcamp (or their players) for just one buckaroo.
Listen:
Art Jackson: guitars
Artis Killins: bass
Kurtis Snider: drums
Pharaoh Keyes: keyboards
Joseph Mix: sax/trumpet/flute
Eric Gaye: sax/trumpet
Roger Houston: guitar
Val Heston: violin/viola/cello
Mark Napoleon: percussion