Maiden Voyage EDNLP1245 love and joy

love and joy

“It's a particular thing to hear Jeff play solo

“We put together musicians who are not in that kind of straight-ahead place

The quartet date was made by the French company Blue Star

a love of playing freely

Maiden Voyage EDNLP1245 love and joy1965 (reissued 2021). By the time of this recording, Hancock was operating a profitable sideline writing advertising jingles, and the title track of this album apparently began its life as TV ad background music before growing into a modal masterpiece that he cited as his favourite composition. Recorded with Hancock's Miles Davis Quintet colleagues George Coleman (tenor sax), Ron Carter (bass) and Tony Williams (drums) along with Freddie Hubbard