{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox album | name = Inner Crisis | type = Album | artist = Larry Willis | cover = Inner Crisis.jpg | alt = | released = 1973 | recorded = 1973 | venue = | studio = New York, NY | genre = Jazz | length = 36:18 | label = Groove Merchant<small><br>GM 514</small> | producer = Sonny Lester | chronology = Larry Willis | prev_title = A New Kind of Soul | prev_year = 1970 | next_title = My Funny Valentine | next_year = 1988 }}
'''''Inner Crisis''''' is an album by American jazz pianist Larry Willis recorded in 1973 and released on the Groove Merchant label.<ref>[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Larry_Willis.htm Jazzlists: Larry Willis discography], accessed April 6, 2018</ref><ref name="Groove Merchant discography">[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Groove_Merchant.htm Jazzlists: Groove Merchant Records 500 Series], accessed April 6, 2018</ref><ref>[http://www.jazzlists.com/jz/Inner_Crisis.htm Jazzlists: Album details], accessed April 6, 2018</ref>
== Reception == {{Album ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic" /> |rev2 = ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' |rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1513}}</ref> }} Allmusic's Thom Jurek said: "''Inner Crisis'' by Larry Willis is one of the very finest examples of electric jazz-funk from the mid-'70s. ... Willis assembled a session that was long on composition and tight on the big groove. Willis' long front lines accentuated deep soul and blues' cadences that were hallmarks of music that walked the line between tough lean groove and the pulsating rhythm of disco without losing its jazz roots to sterile fusion tropes, thanks in large part to his willingness as a pianist to play as part of an ensemble rather than as a soloist".<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|first=Thom|last=Jurek|class=album |id= mw0000361184 |title=''Inner Crisis'' – Review |accessdate= April 6, 2018}}</ref>
==Track listing== All compositions by Larry Willis # "Out on the Coast" – 4:30 # "153rd Street Theme" – 6:43 # "Inner Crisis" – 6:25 # "Bahamian Street Dance" – 4:32 # "For a Friend" – 6:58 # "Journey's End" – 7:11
==Personnel== *Larry Willis – piano, electric piano *Dave Bargeron − trombone (tracks 1, 4 & 6) *Harold Vick − tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone *Roland Prince − guitar *Roderick Gaskin (tracks 2, 3 & 5) – bass guitar *Eddie Gómez (tracks 1, 4 & 6) – bass *Warren Benbow (tracks 1, 4 & 6), Al Foster (tracks 2, 3 & 5) − drums
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Category:Groove Merchant albums Category:Larry Willis albums Category:1973 albums Category:Albums produced by Sonny Lester