CD Description
Long deleted, this reissue of JOURNEY TO THE URGE
WITHIN adds two bonus non-album B-sides and
detailed sleeve-notes.
Debut solo album on Island Records from the British jazz legend, a Top 40 hit in 1986 which was later certified Silver.
One of the many highlights was a lengthy
reinterpretation of Real Thing s Children Of The
Ghetto , also issued as a single.
The album boasted fellow members of the Jazz
Warriors, such as Gary Crosby (bass) and Cleveland
Watkiss (vocals).
Courtney has since been awarded an MBE and is now
a presenter and broadcaster, not least with his longrunning
radio show for BBC Radio 2, Jazz Crusade.