Inner Urge: Courtney Isaiah Smith Memorial Concert

Courtney Isaiah Smith, the pianist and composer who touched thousands with his soulful music tragically passed away in early 2021. In honor of Courtney, we celebrated one of life's true artists with a concert featuring his closest friends and colleagues on August 25, 2021. On this track, David Halliday, Chase Baird, John Petrucelli, Parker Swenson, Denson Angulo, and Tony Ellison perform the iconic Joe Henderson composition "Inner Urge."
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[@thomasmfene9506]

Chase Baird man... damn🔥🔥

[@AndrewJanusson]

You all sounds fantastic, thank you for sharing, and I'm sorry for your loss.

[@billiongenius]

I’m assuming that was you, John, taking the altissimo register when the three of you were playing out the head at the end. That was insane!

[@johnpetrucelli7564]

Haha you caught me @billion genius! Maybe I should do a video on my fingerings for that melody??

[@billiongenius]

@@johnpetrucelli7564 That would be a great video. I thought it was also funny to see Chase give you a sideways glance when you went up there, like holy smokes dude!

[@JohnPetrucelliSax]

I didn't even catch that haha thanks for putting that on my radar!

[@bobblues1158]

Really fantastic music coming out of this. Not just tenor jousting. Hard tune to get into that space.

[@JohnPetrucelliSax]

thank you so much for listening!!