| Élan • Impulse | |
| Type: | Live |
| Artist: | Joe McPhee, Milo Fine and Steve Gnitka |
| Cover: | Élan_•_Impulse.jpg |
| Released: | 1991 |
| Recorded: | April 1991 at the 3ème Nuit Culturelle in Nancy, France |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 61:52 |
| Label: | Insitu IS 075 |
| Producer: | Pia & Werner X. Uehlinger |
| Chronology: | Joe McPhee |
| Prev Title: | Linear B |
| Prev Year: | 1990 |
| Next Title: | Impressions of Jimmy Giuffre |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
Élan • Impulse is a live duet album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee, recorded in 1991 and released on the French In Situ label.[1]
Allmusic states "This duo digs deep into the spirit of a particular night in France and calls out of it the entire improvisational tradition from Duke Ellington (whose "Come Sunday" is featured here) to Steve Lacy (whose "Pearl Street" is played movingly) and the host of time periods in between... This is an astonishing record. Period".
All compositions by Joe McPhee except as indicated