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- Posted: 07/08/2023 20:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#4584): Maiden Voyage by Herbie Hancock
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Today's album of the day
Maiden Voyage by Herbie Hancock (View album | Buy this album)
Year: 1965.
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Overall rank: 1,337
Average rating: 79/100 (from 214 votes).
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Tracks:
1. Maiden Voyage
2. The Eye Of The Hurricane
3. Little One
4. Survival Of The Fittest
5. Dolphin Dance
About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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- Posted: 07/08/2023 21:55
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I never tire of listening to this album. What makes it so great for me is how well so many things are integrated into a new and unique, yet coherent whole. The compositions have a strong modal influence, obviously arising from Hancock's time spent with Miles Davis, yet the melodies that flow from those modes are super sweet and fit easily into an ear not accustomed to such things. The solos are not only well constructed, but actually take some chances doing some out of the box, unpredictable things, without losing touch with that lyrical quality that draws you in and somehow allows your to be at once challenged yet remain comfortable. The compositions and delivery somehow manage to blend modal, hard bop and post bop influences into an unnamed genre all its own, and even though the album is highly accessible, it remains unique in the annals of jazz. As such an accomplishment, this may well be the peak of Hancock's long and varied career.
It goes without saying that Freddie Hubbard makes beautiful tuneage here, and that the rhythm team of drummer Tony Williams and bassist Ron Carter provide an adequately flexible yet firm foundation. But sax man George Coleman is less of a household name, and he end up proving to be the perfect tenor to execute Hancock's fresh yet familiar musical vision.
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