Herbie Hancock

 

Artist:  Herbie Hancock
Birth Name:  Herbert Jeffrey Hancock
Born:  April 2, 1940.  Chicago, Illinois, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Post-Bop, Jazz Fusion, Jazz Funk, Hard Bop, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Electro, Classical
Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Producer
Instruments:  Piano, Electric Piano, Keyboard, Synthesizers, Organ, Clavinet, Keytar

Herbie Hancock is an American Pianist, Keyboardist and Composer.  He started his career with Donald Byrd, shortly joined the Miles Rhythm Quintet.  He was one of the first Jazz Musicians to embrace Synthesizers and Funk Music.  His music embraces elements from Jazz, , Blues, Modern Classical Music, Funk and Soul.  His best-known Solo works include "Cantaloupe Island", "Watermelon Man" (later performed by dozens of musicians including Mongo Santamaria), "Maiden Voyage", "I Thought It Was You".  In 2008, he won Grammy Award for Album Of The Year from Tribute album River:  The Joni Letters.

Title:  Maiden Voyage (Blue Note Classic Series) (2021)

Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Post-Bop, Jazz Fusion, Jazz Funk, Hard Bop, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Electro, Classical

Label:  Blue Note Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  Maiden Voyage (7:53)

 2.  The Eye Of The Hurricane (5:57)

 3.  Little One (8:43)

Side 2:

 1.  Survival Of The Fittest (9:59)

 2.  Dolphin Dance (9:16)

Personnel:

Herbie Hancock:  Piano

Freddie Hubbard:  Trumpet

George Coleman:  Tenor Saxophone

Ron Carter:  Bass

Tony Williams:  Drums

Maiden Voyage is the fifth album by Herbie Hancock, originally released in 1965 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued on September 24, 2021 by Blue Note Records, featuring Freddie Hubbard, George Coleman, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams.  180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.