JOE HENDERSON - Inner Urge (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) - LP - 180g Vinyl

LABEL: Blue Note

CAT NO: 3876183

BARCODE: 0602438761838

Tracklisting:

A1. Inner Urge
A2. Isotope

B1. El Barrio
B2. You Know I Care
B3. Night And Day

JOE HENDERSON – Inner Urge
(Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series)

LP – Limited Edition 180g Black Vinyl
(All-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes.)

At 27 years old, tenor saxophonist and composer Joe Henderson was already in his full artistic stride by the time he made Inner Urge, his 4th Blue Note album which was recorded in November 1964. His first 3 albums—Page One, Our Thing, and In ‘N Out—were quintet dates where Henderson had his frequent collaborator trumpeter Kenny Dorham by his side, but on Inner Urge, Henderson opted instead for a quartet setting with his the lone horn out in front. The extraordinary line-up included two members of the trailblazing John Coltrane Quartet—pianist McCoy Tyner and drummer Elvin Jones—as well as Blue Note stalwart Bob Cranshaw on bass.

Side 1 consists of 2 timeless Henderson compositions of differing temperaments that would go on to become standards: the intense title track “Inner Urge” and the jovial blues “Isotope,” which was an homage to Thelonious Monk. Side 2 opens with a 3rd Henderson original, the evocation “El Barrio” which opens with Henderson’s plaintive cry. A stunningly gorgeous ballad performance of Duke Pearson’s piece “You Know I Care” follows before the album concludes with a brisk, up-tempo dash through the Cole Porter standard “Night and Day.”

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.