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At the age of 27, tenor saxophonist and composer Joe Henderson was already in his artistic prime when he recorded “Inner Urge”, his fourth album for Blue Note. His first three albums – “Page One”, “Our Thing” and “In 'N Out” – were quintet recordings featuring Henderson accompanied by his frequent collaborator, trumpeter Kenny Dorham. For “Inner Urge”, however, Henderson opted for a quartet lineup that featured him as the sole horn player. The extraordinary lineup included two members of the groundbreaking John Coltrane Quartet—pianist McCoy Tyner and drummer Elvin Jones—as well as Blue Note veteran Bob Cranshaw on bass. “Inner Urge” presents two timeless Henderson compositions that later became standards: the intense title track and the cheerful blues “Isotope”, a tribute to Thelonious Monk. The third Henderson original, the moving “El Barrio,” is followed by a breathtakingly beautiful ballad version of Duke Pearson's “You Know I Care” before the album ends with a fast-paced, upbeat version of the Cole Porter standard “Night And Day”.
As part of the extremely popular “Blue Note 85th Anniversary Reissue Series” Universal Music Japan presents the sonically impressive remastering of this jazz classic by the legendary Kevin Gray, who is also responsible for Blue Note US's analog reissues such as “Tone Poet” and “Classic Vinyl” – as a limited Japan only UHQCD with OBI stripe. The original recording session for “Inner Urge” took place on November 30, 1964, at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
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1. Inner Urge
2. Isotope
3. El Barrio
4. You Know I Care
5. Night And Day