Herbie Hancock Maiden Voyage Rare 1966 Blue Note Records Vinyl LP
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Maiden Voyage Studio album by Herbie Hancock Released 1965 Recorded March 17, 1965 Studio Van Gelder Studio
Englewood Cliffs Genre Modal jazz, hard bop Length 42:20 Label Blue Note Producer Alfred Lion Herbie Hancock chronology Empyrean Isles
(1964) Maiden Voyage
(1965) Blow-Up
(1966) Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic Penguin Guide to Jazz The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
Maiden Voyage is the fifth album led by jazz musician Herbie Hancock, and was recorded by Rudy Van Gelder on March 17, 1965, for Blue Note Records. It was issued as BLP 4195 and BST 84195. It is a concept album aimed at creating an oceanic atmosphere. Many of the track titles refer to marine biology or the sea, and the musicians develop the concept through their use of space. The album was presented with the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999.
Overview
According to Bob Blumenthal's 1999 liner notes, "Blue Note logs indicate that an attempt had been made to record 'Maiden Voyage', 'Little One', and 'Dolphin Dance' six days earlier, with Hubbard on cornet and Stu Martin in place of Williams. Those performances were rejected at the time and have been lost in the ensuing years." A different version of "Little One" was also recorded around the same time by Miles Davis and his quintet (including Hancock, Carter, Shorter and Williams) for the album E.S.P., also released in 1965.
Hancock cites Count Basie's "Shiny Stockings" as the main source of inspiration for "Dolphin Dance".
Reception
The Penguin Guide to Jazz designated the album as part of its Core Collection with a four star rating, calling it "a colossal achievement from a man still just 24 years old." Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic describes the album as "arguably his finest record of the '60s, reaching a perfect balance between accessible, lyrical jazz and chance-taking hard bop."
Legacy
"Maiden Voyage", "The Eye of the Hurricane" and "Dolphin Dance" have now become jazz standards and are featured in Hal Leonard's New Real Book vol. 2. While being interviewed for KCET in 2011, Hancock said he considered "Maiden Voyage" to be his favorite of all of the compositions he had written. During an interview on KTLA in 2020, the composer told Frank Buckley that he originally wrote the tune for a television commercial. Hancock rerecorded "Maiden Voyage" and "Dolphin Dance" on his 1974 album Dedication and updated the title track on his 1988 album Perfect Machine. "Dolphin Dance" was rerecorded in 1981 for the Herbie Hancock Trio album. Hancock has released live concert versions of "Maiden Voyage" on CoreaHancock (1979) and An Evening With Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert (1980) (both with Chick Corea). Hancock recorded "Maiden Voyage" and "Eye of the Hurricane" with the VSOP Quintet on VSOP: Tempest in the Colosseum (1977).
Track listing
All tracks are written by Herbie Hancock.
No. Title Length 1. "Maiden Voyage" 7:53 2. "The Eye of the Hurricane" 5:57 3. "Little One" 8:43 4. "Survival of the Fittest" 9:59 5. "Dolphin Dance" 9:16 Total length: 42:20price rating
