Maiden Voyage (Ramsey Lewis album)

Maiden Voyage
Studio album by Ramsey Lewis
Released	July 1968 [1]
Recorded	April 1968
Studio	Universal Recording Studio, Chicago
Genre	Jazz
Label	Cadet LPS-811
Producer	Richard Evans
Ramsey Lewis chronology
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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. 3 on the US Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs and No. 14 on the US Billboard Best Selling Soul LPs charts. ^[3]

Covers

Lewis recorded covers of Dionne Warwick's "Do You Know The Way to San Jose", The Beatles' "Lady Madonna" and Herbie Hancock's "Maiden Voyage" for the album. ^[4]

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

• Ramsey Lewis – piano
• Cleveland Eaton – bass, arranger
• Maurice White – drums
• Charles Stepney – arranger

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs [3]	3
US Billboard Best Selling Soul LP's [3]	14
US Billboard Top LPs [3]	55

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. Ramsey Lewis: Billboard Charts (Archived). AllMusic . Retrieved January 3, 2025.
4. "Ramsey Lewis - Maiden Voyage". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved January 3, 2025.