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Music : Maiden Voyage: Remastered
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Maiden Voyage: Remastered by: Herbie Hancock List Price: £8.99 CD-Charts Price: £6.98 You Save: £2.01 (22%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0724349533127 Format: Original recording remastered Label: Blue Note Manufacturer: Blue Note Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Blue Note Release Date: June 14, 1999 Studio: Blue Note Sales Rank: 9404 MPN: 95331 Disc 1: Related Items:
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 Rating: - Mysterious and haunting, mesmersing and hypnotic - this is more than just musicLike the sea itself, Maiden Voyage is vast and epic- flirting with adventure and myth. It is Herbie Hancock's tour de force- what the wonderous Speak No Evil was to his Blue Note peer, Wayne Shorter- ie. representing the composer/pianist at his imaginitive peak. We can only imagine what kind of zone Freddie Hubbard, George Coleman, Ron Carter and Tony Williams must have been during the recording of this masterpiece- so wonderfully coherent yet brimming with subtle musical conflict. And Hancock's playing is simply majestic. The opening track is stunningly simple- you might feel a little uninspired by the low-key opening, but then, all of a sudden, it all opens out beautifully during the trumpet solo. This short flourish embodies ... Read More: Rating: - La MerBy now, Herbie Hancock was reaching a point were every convention, every facet of jazz he had experienced before was reaching near perfection in his compositions. He had already acheieved fame and lucratove offers from Blue Notes records, so finance was more or less assured. He was lucky. He had time to plan his works and choose the musicians he wanted. And Hancock was not a man to let such an opportunity just whizz by. This album proves that. The sound and it's purpose is almost overpowering. It is a brilliant manifestation of the sea through sound. Particularly the opening and closing tracks capture the life of the sea and the sway and lull of the waves. The playing on the musicians part is as always superb. Vocal resonance eminates ... Read More: Rating: - Hancock's Finest HourAs prolific an artist as Herbie Hancock has been over 40 years, this album endures as probably his best. He had made a startling contribution to 60s jazz already with the excellent debut album, 'Takin off' and the follow up, 'Empyrean Isles.' Although they contained more obvious 'hits in the form of 'Watermelon Man' and the wonderful 'Canteloupe Island,' this is his most consistent album. Part of the lasting appeal of this record is its thematic approach, as all five tracks come across as part of the same whole, almost like a classical suite, with the ocean as its 'subject matter.' This was an unusual and bold step in the field of jazz but the music's descriptive nature is one of the reasons that people remember the whole record rather than ... Read More: Rating: - the voyage of discoveryThis is probably the best jazz album of the 1960s by far in terms of a complete listening experience and a complete collaboration by all the musicians involved (I could have included Miles, Eric Dolphy or others but to me this is the crystal sound of a true artist at work). The title track has become a classic and out of very simple materials, the insight by Herbie being in the voicings of the chords rather than in any awesome display of skill. This is therefore a very harmonically based album but with some wonerful melodies (Dolphin Dance being a particular swinging, languid number). This is perhaps one of Jazz's first concept albums - a meditation on the power and poetic nature of the sea. The rhythm section is, as always considering that it ... Read More: Rating: - Huge, elegant, poisedThe players on Maiden Voyage are essentially those of the Miles Davis band - but how different from Miles' records it sounds and feels! In 1965, Herbie Hancock's leadership and vision were rapidly taking shape. This album placed Hancock firmly in the company of the great jazz musicians. He had proved his mettle as an innovative and individual pianist on such excellent records as Wayne Shorter's Speak No Evil (Blue Note, 1964) and Miles' E.S.P. (Columbia, 1965), both recorded only months before. Now he led a group he knew intimately, and wrote enduring pieces for the date that were to become admired for decades to come. The title track sets the tone for the whole record: subtle, measured, contemplative. It's the first solo opportunity ... Read More: |
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