Inner Urge
Joe Henderson - CD
- Artist: Joe Henderson
- Format: CD
- Year: 1989, 2003, 2004
- UPC: 4988006811782
- Item Number: MSI681178
- Release date: 05/15/2011
- 1. Inner Urge
- 2. Isotope
- 3. Barrio
- 4. You Know I Care
- 5. Night and Day
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Inner Urge by Joe Henderson on CD
This early recording by Joe Henderson is not only one of the finest of all of his fine recordings, but is also a high point for 1960s jazz. At this point in his career, Henderson was a full-time member of Horace Silver's combo and did not yet have a steady band in his hire. He is joined on Inner Urge by veterans of other combos: McCoy Tyner and Elvin Jones from John Coltrane's unit and Sonny Rollins sideman Bob Cranshaw. The presence of these luminaries aside, Inner Urge is home to two of Henderson's best (and best-loved) compositions: "Inner Urge" and "Isotope." The leader's solo on the title track is a marvelous thing, full of melody as well as anarchic bursts of sound, which is in perfect keeping with the spirit of the song's probing, searching theme. The other musicians support Henderson nicely as well as turning in some strong solos of their own. Tyner especially sounds fantastic on this record. Although not the equal of the leader in terms of the quality of his lines or the overall sense of composition of his solos, his performance is at least the rival of Henderson's in terms of raw kinetic power. The other great song on "Inner Urge," the Monk-ish "Isotope," is another ideal showcase for Henderson's total command of his instrument. The remaining tracks on Inner Urge are also fantastic, especially the wailing cry of "El Barrio" and the Henderson-altered head to "Night and Day," but the first side, even if taken alone, is by itself enough to guarantee this album as perhaps the best Henderson recorded in his long and illustrious career, and stands easily alongside the best records of the era. ~ Daniel Gioffre, All Music Guide
- Artist: Joe Henderson
- Format: CD
- Year: 1989, 2003, 2004
- UPC: 4988006811782
- Item Number: MSI681178
- Release date: 05/15/2011
- Label: Blue Note, Blue Note Records, Toshiba EMI
- Genre: Jazz
- Style: Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Modal Music, Post-Bop, Saxophone Jazz
- Album Time: 42:35
- Album Type: Instrumental
- At The Lighthouse (Live)
- Canyon Lady
- Double Rainbow: The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim (Import)
- In 'n Out
- In 'n Out [Bonus Track]
- In 'n Out [Bonus Track]
- In Pursuit of Blackness/Black Is the Color
- Inner Urge
- Inner Urge
- Joe Henderson in Japan
- Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn
- Milestone Profiles
- Mode for Joe [Japan Bonus Track]
- Mode for Joe [Japan Bonus Track]
- Mode for Joe [Japan]
- Multiple
- Our Thing
- Our Thing (Import)
- Our Thing [Japan Bonus Track]
- Page One
- Page One
- Page One
- Porgy and Bess
- Porgy and Bess
- Power to the People
- Relaxin' at Camarillo (Import)
- So Near, So Far (Musings for Miles)
- Straight, No Chaser
- Tetragon
- The Definitive Joe Henderson
- The Definitive Joe Henderson
- The Milestone Years
- The State of the Tenor, Vols. 1 & 2 (Import)
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Credits:
- Alfred Lion - Producer
- Bob Blumenthal - Liner Notes
- Bob Cranshaw - Bass
- Elvin Jones - Drums
- Francis Wolff - Cover Photo
- Francis Wolff - Photography
- Gordon Jee - Creative Director
- Joe Henderson - Sax (Tenor)
- McCoy Tyner - Piano
- Micaela Boland - Art Direction
- Micaela Boland - Design
- Michael Cuscuna - Reissue Producer
- Nat Hentoff - Liner Notes
- Nat Hentoff - Original Liner Notes
- Reid Miles - Cover Design
- Rudy Van Gelder - Engineer
- Rudy Van Gelder - Remastering
