★後約翰柯川時代最偉大的薩克斯風手-喬‧漢德生Joe Henderson,在 1964 年 11 月錄製了他為 Blue Note 製作的第四張專輯「Inner Urge」時已經是全然成熟的大步前進領先樂手之尊。經過一系列的五重奏組合作品後,這是此位巨師演奏家的第一張四重奏專輯,它的絕佳獨特之點是非凡的四個動脈線條的運作~與 McCoy Tyner 的鋼琴、Bob Cranshaw 的貝斯和 Elvin Jones 的鼓呈現完美的結合。四人組演繹了由三首 Henderson 之原創作品組成的多樣化篇章,包括極度突出的主軸曲Inner Urge和 “Isotope”,以及 Duke Pearson 的“You Know I Care”的華麗淋漓表演和 Cole Porter 的“Night and Day”無比靈活的搖擺風情....
★BLUE NOTE CLASSIC VINYL SERIES-FOLLOWING THE RECEPTION OF BLUE NOTE RECORDS’ ACCLAIMED BLUE NOTE 80 VINYL REISSUE SERIES, THE LABEL ANNOUNCES A CONTINUATION OF ITS ALL-ANALOG 180g VINYL PRESSINGS OF CLASSIC TITLES MASTERED FROM ORIGINAL TAPES BY KEVIN GRAY AND PRESSED AT OPTIMAL
★ALL-ANALOG 180g PRESSINGS
★MASTERED FROM ORIGINAL TAPES BY KEVIN GRAY
★PRESSED AT OPTIMAL
★Joe Henderson had fully hit his stride by the time he made Inner Urge, his 4th album for Blue Note, recorded in November 1964. After a series of quintet dates, this was the tenor saxophonist’s first quartet album, and it featured an extraordinary line-up with McCoy Tyner on piano, Bob Cranshaw on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums. The foursome deliver a diverse set consisting of three Henderson originals including the remarkable title track and the Monkish “Isotope,” as well as a gorgeous ballad performance of Duke Pearson’s “You Know I Care” and a nimble swing through Cole Porter’s “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.
在藝術成就及聽眾接受度的天秤間取得平衡的喬‧漢德生,集鮮明音色、完美運指及俐落斷句之超凡演出於一身,他早年接受「爵士走進愛樂廳」系列唱片薰陶,並深受爵士巨擘查理‧帕克演奏啟迪的薩克斯風手喬‧漢德生,一路走來透過完整的科班理論訓練打造厚實根柢,在青少年時期亦活躍於底特律爵士圈,藉俱樂部飆技競速的同台磨練精進演奏技巧及累積實戰經驗,大學時期的同學如多管怪傑尤塞‧拉提夫、小號手唐納‧拜爾德及鋼琴手貝瑞‧哈里斯等更成為學術上及演奏上相互學習及交流的對象,也因此令人稱羨不已的創作長才、出神入化的樂器駕馭實力及懷抱闊步向前的雄心壯志奠定其日後在樂壇上綻放璀璨光芒的基礎。漢德生之所以會被公認為後約翰‧科川時代最偉大的薩克斯風手之一,最主要是來自他內外兼修的音樂素養、收放自如的卓越技巧及集各家之大成的圓熟演奏風格,成就其跨越音樂藩籬的思維,在既有精純咆勃的框架下大舉向當時混沌不明的前衛爵士領域探索,故舉凡熱烈有勁的精純咆勃、深情低迴的標準曲、雋永有味的慢板抒情曲、具五聲音階語彙的調性爵士抑或是有稜有角的自由爵士樂風,其演奏始終精準到位,在鮮明音色、完美運指及俐落斷句加持下,雖時而蘊含了不和諧的詭異音階或奇特旋律,但言之有物的大器名演不僅消弭了樂風扞格或交疊間可能產生的違和感,更因在藝術成就及聽眾接受度的天秤間取得平衡,留下令人一聽即難以忘懷的印記。
【LP曲目】
1. Inner Urge (SIDE A)
2. Isotope (SIDE A)
3. El Barrio (SIDE B)
4. You Know I Care (SIDE B)
5. Night And Day (SIDE B)