Inner Journey
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{{Infobox album
| name = Inner Journey
| type = Album
| artist = Hal Galper
| cover = Inner Journey.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1973
| recorded = 1973
| venue =
| studio =
| 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.[http://www.bsnpubs.com/new/mainstream.pdf Mainstream Records discography] accessed November 21, 2016[http://www.halgalper.com/discography-2/ Hal Galper discography] accessed November 21, 2016[http://daveholland.com/recording/mainstream-398-hal-galper-inner-journey Dave Holland discography: album entry] accessed November 21, 2016
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}
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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".{{AllMusic|first=Ken |last=Dryden |class=album |id=mw0000892610 |title=Inner Journey – Review |accessdate=November 21, 2016}}
Track listing
All compositions by Hal Galper unless noted.
- "Inner Journey" - 7:04
- "Invitation to Openness" - 6:27
- "P.M. in the A.M." - 5:04
- "Joy Ride" - 4:12
- "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 5:20
- "Taking the Coltrane" (Duke Ellington) - 4:26
- "Wandering Spirit" - 4:31