Inner Journey Explained

Inner Journey
Type:	Album
Artist:	Hal Galper
Cover:	Inner Journey.jpg
Released:	1973
Recorded:	1973
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	42:04
Label:	Mainstream MRL 398
Producer:	Bob Shad
Chronology:	Hal Galper
Prev Title:	Wild Bird
Prev Year:	1972
Next Title:	Windows
Next Year:	1975

Inner Journey is an album by American pianist Hal Galper released on the Mainstream label in 1973.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Critical reception

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden states "Hal Galper's third album as a leader, which also was his third and final recording for the Mainstream label, finds him making a bit of a change. It was at this point in his career that he made a clean break from playing electric piano at all, becoming exclusively an acoustic pianist ... it remains one of the very best recording from Hal Galper's early days as a leader".

Track listing

All compositions by Hal Galper unless noted.

1. "Inner Journey" - 7:04
2. "Invitation to Openness" - 6:27
3. "P.M. in the A.M." - 5:04
4. "Joy Ride" - 4:12
5. "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 5:20
6. "Taking the Coltrane" (Duke Ellington) - 4:26
7. "Wandering Spirit" - 4:31

Personnel

• Hal Galper - piano
• Dave Holland - bass
• Bill Goodwin - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.bsnpubs.com/new/mainstream.pdf Mainstream Records discography
2. http://www.halgalper.com/discography-2/ Hal Galper discography
3. http://daveholland.com/recording/mainstream-398-hal-galper-inner-journey Dave Holland discography: album entry