Title: Herbie Hancock: Empyrean Isles / Maiden Voyage
Release year: 1964/1965
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop, Modal, Piano Jazz
Artist: Empyrean Isles: Herbie Hancock (piano), Freddie Hubbard (cornet), Ron Carter (bass), Anthony Williams (drums); Maiden Voyage: Herbie Hancock (piano), Ron Carter (bass), George Coleman (tenor saxophone), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Anthony Williams (drums)

Description:

Empyrean Isles is the fourth album by American jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, recorded on June 17, 1964 for Blue Note Records. It features the debut of two of his most popular compositions, "One Finger Snap" and "Cantaloupe Island".

Maiden Voyage is the one-on-one album by her musician Herbie Hancock, and was recorded by Rudy Van Gelder on May 17, 1965 for Blue Note Records. It was issued as BLP 4195 and BST 84195. It is a portrait of the oceanic atmosphere. Many of the track titles refer to marine biology or the sea, and the musicians develop the concept through their use of space and almost tidal dynamics. The album was presented with the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999.

According to Bob Blumenthal's 1999 liner notes, "Blue Note Logs", "Maiden Voyage ',' Little One ', and' Dolphin Dance 'six days earlier, with Hubbard on cornet and Stu Martin in place of Williams. "Those performances were rejected at the time and have been lost in the ensuing years." A different version of "Little One" was also recorded around the same time by Miles Davis and his quintet (including Hancock, Carter, Shorter and Williams) for the album E.S.P., also released in 1965.

Mastered: tracks 1-4: Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering; Tracks 6-10: Robert Vosgien at Capitol Mastering; Tracks 11-15: Alan Yashida.

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Two years ago, we decided to begin remastering the jewels of the Blue Note catalog in hi-def resolutions of 96k and 192k. In order to develop a guiding art philosophy for this delicate endeavor, we donned our lab coats, ran dozens of sonic experiments and carefully referenced every generation of our reissues. Ultimately, we decided that our goal would be to protect the original intentions of the artists, producers and engineers who made these records and that, in the case of the pre-digital-era albums, these intentions were best represented by the sound and feel of Their first-edition vinyl releases. Working with a team of dedicated and groovy engineers, we found a sound that both took the feel of the original records while maintaining the depth and transparency of the master tapes ... the new remasters are really cool! --Don Was, President, Blue Note Records

On January 6, 2014 Blue Note Records turned 75! Blue Note - A jazz label founded in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Blue Note Records is owned by the British media group EMI Group. In 2006, the company became part of the Blue Note Label Group, a grouping of labels based on EMI. The activities of the labels Blue Note Label Group is aimed at meeting the growing demand for music for the adult generation.

Historically, Blue Note Records is associated with the jazz style of hard bop (a mixture of bebop with other genres, including soul, blues, rhythm and blues, gospel). With the label there were such famous musicians as: Jimmy Smith, Horace Silver, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Art Blakey, Lou Donaldson, Donald Bird, Grant Green. Nevertheless, the cooperation of many famous jazzmen with Blue Note Records was episodic, and many recorded on the label only once.

Many albums released by Blue Note Records were awarded a special award in the ninth edition of Penguin Guide to Jazz. Of the eighty albums that received the awards, eight were released Blue Note Records. Of the 213 albums that were included in the "central collection" of Penguin Guide to Jazz, 27 were released on Blue Note Records.

Tracklist:
  Empyrean Isles
01. One Finger Snap
02. Oliloqui Valley
03. Cantaloupe Island
04. The Egg
  Bonus Tracks:
05. One Finger Snap (Take 10)
06. One Finger Snap (Take 19)
07. Oliloqui Valley (Take 1)
08. Oliloqui Valley (Take 3)
09. Cantaloupe Island (Take 11)
10. Cantaloupe Island (Take 12)
  Maiden Voyage
11. Maiden Voyage
12. The Eye Of The Hurricane
13. Little One
14. Survival Of The Fittest
15. Dolphin Dance

Issued: United States | Universal Music
Duration: 2:04:48