Maiden Voyage (Ramsey Lewis album)

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Maiden Voyage
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1968 [1]
RecordedApril 1968
StudioUniversal Recording Studio, Chicago
Genre Jazz
Label Cadet
LPS-811
Producer Richard Evans
Ramsey Lewis chronology
Up Pops Ramsey Lewis
(1967)
Maiden Voyage
(1968)
Mother Nature's Son
(1968)

Maiden Voyage is an album by jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis which was recorded in 1968 and released on the Cadet label. [2] The album peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Maiden Voyage" (Herbie Hancock) - 4:45
  2. "Mighty Quinn" (Bob Dylan) - 3:10
  3. "Sweet Rain" (Mike Gibbs) - 3:00
  4. "Lady Madonna" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 2:25
  5. "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 3:40
  6. "Ode" (Charles Stepney) - 4:40
  7. "Les Fleur" (Stepney) - 4:35
  8. "Since You've Been Gone" (Aretha Franklin, Ted White) - 2:55
  9. "In The Heat of the Night" (Quincy Jones) - 3:47
  10. "Afro-Boogaloo Twist" (Cleveland Eaton) - 2:30
  11. "Only When I'm Dreaming" (Stepney, Alex Dino) - 3:55
  12. "Eternal Journey" (Stepney, Ramsey Lewis) - 6:26

Personnel

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References

  1. New Album Releases. Vol. 80. Billboard. July 13, 1968. p. 44 via Google Books.
  2. Ramsey Lewis: Maiden Voyage. Cadet Records. 1968.
  3. Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs (PDF). Vol. 80. Billboard. September 7, 1968. p. 22 via worldradiohistory.com.