Inner Urge
Context
Title track of Joe Henderson's album Inner Urge, recorded on 30 November 1964 at the Van Gelder studio and released by Blue Note in 1966. Henderson is joined by McCoy Tyner and Elvin Jones, of Coltrane's quartet, and by Bob Cranshaw. He told Nat Hentoff that the title evoked the difficulty of living in New York; it later became a standard.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Hard bop, Modal. Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).