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Maiden Voyage

Maiden Voyage — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

Maiden Voyage was composed by Herbie Hancock. It dates from 1965. It is in A minor, 32 bars long, and in AABA (8-8-8-8) form.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

A minor

Section A1

D7sus4
D7sus4
D7sus4
D7sus4
F7sus4
F7sus4
F7sus4
F7sus4

Section A2

D7sus4
D7sus4
D7sus4
D7sus4
F7sus4
F7sus4
F7sus4
F7sus4

Section B1

Eb7sus4
Eb7sus4
Eb7sus4
Eb7sus4
Db7sus4
Db7sus4
Db7sus4
Db7sus4

Section A3

D7sus4
D7sus4
D7sus4
D7sus4
F7sus4
F7sus4
F7sus4
F7sus4

Changes confidence: high. Source: Weimar Jazz Database (Jazzomat Research Project, HfM Weimar), ODbL 1.0. Changes as annotated by the Jazzomat Research Project, licensed under the ODbL 1.0.

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Recordings (from MusicBrainz)

  • Roswell Rudd — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1975
  • Ulmer Jazz Quintet — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1979
  • Sunburst — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1980
  • DJ Kawasaki — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2007
  • Steve Gadd, Tom Scott, Billy Childs, Nathan East, Everette Harp — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2011
  • Herbie Hancock & Jaco Pastorius — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2022

Recording credits and years follow the entries in the dataset. Source: MusicBrainz.

Landmark solos

Solos analysed in the Weimar Jazz Database

  • Freddie Hubbard (trumpet) — Maiden Voyage, Herbie Hancock
    Post-bop · 126 bpm · swing feel
    1965
  • George Coleman (tenor sax) — Maiden Voyage, Herbie Hancock
    Post-bop · 125 bpm · swing feel
    1965

Solo, record, style, tempo and feel as catalogued by the Jazzomat Research Project (ODbL 1.0). Release year is the year of the catalogued issue, which can be a later reissue.

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