Herbie Hancock - "Dolphin Dance"(Maiden Voyage,1965)

[dr05guitar]

ahhh...

[MegaBanne]

Truly one of the best jazz standards ever made.

(presonaly my favourite)

[giggityiggity]

I just saw Herbie tonight in Akron, OH. Such a brilliant musician!

[Franckydap1]

@giggityiggity he died in 2008... maby his ghost

[Choiboy525]

@Franckydap1 Wikipedia claims he's alive...

[jcalvinward]

just transcribed Herbie's first piano solo. It could be a lecture in a jazz theory class, but instead we can just listen to it and sigh.

[keyzcity]

this is tonal

[starfly7]

@keyzcity You mean modal, tonal refers to certain languages like Chinese..........

[bluelampjazz]

@starfly7 jazz harmony falls under two catagorys-modal or functional. functional fulfuills a purpose ie II-V-l. Modal is a long time based on one chord or scale. some tunes, including Dolphin dance have both elements. however, you can play functional over modal, or modal over functional harmony.

[starfly7]

@bluelampjazz Yes, but if you do your homework, this album just like Kind of Blue by Miles are classified as "modal". Instead of haggling over semantics lets just enjoy these geniuses and their work. Bravo for your appreciation of it............

[historycznie]

wow that's amazing

[adtrrocks1231]

we are playing this song in my high schools jazz band the form is so confusing and hard to solo over because there really is no key and there are a ton of chord changes, amazing song though!

[NeverLandQM]

@adtrrocks1231 I'm learning it at the moment with my teacher, and it just has many key changes... Cm, to G, to Gb, to Eb.... and so on and so forth.

amazing tune anyway, and a wonderful challenge for one's self!

[joshlawrencejazz]

BIG tunes! And what a great album.

[SomethingReal1119]

I love this tune. Thanks for the post.

[RJLKMRD]

I first heard this when Evans covered it on I Will Say Goodbye.. Hancock is a genius

[artysm7]

hi, and welcome to jazz club...nice!

[HAMayoral]

@artysm7 I wish!!

[stubbyj88]

This sounds eerily similar to the Wii shop channel music.

[mwp62]

@stubbyj88 Then I better check out the Wii shop channel.

[malboro1979]

Jazz doesn't get better than this. Music for a different time, era, for a different more calm planet. Music isn't just noise, and it's not limited to aesthetic means of enjoyment, but it represents the soul, and the state of the soul, and this mood, and vibe was of the same spirit and soul that existed in the people which populated the earth many years ago,even up until the early 90's.. Now we are in trouble. People aren't the same, the world isn't the same in any way. the spirit of gaga.

[bgbyer]

@malboro1979 Well said.

[greenforddrums]

@bgbyer  well well said

[Lowellrefugee]

Joanne cried when she dirst heard this tune in1965!!! Lover it even today!!!

[laphound]

Love that vibrato on hubbard's trumpet that you only hear in quiet room with good speakers.

[jfreetrpt]

yeah!

[gnembhard]

Herbie's band on this date:

Freddie Hubbard - trumpet

George Coleman - Sax

Bass - Ron Carter

Drums - Tony Williams

[alexOBA007]

So calming. Just brilliant.

[msdottiej]

This is the song that brought me to my love of Jazz, I think I brainwashed my kids, they love it too.

[RATMfan92]

@msdottiej You have pretty amazing kids if they can appreciate jazz music ;)

[no1use]

What album is this on? I really want to hear Evans do this

[bosserbee]

maiden voyage 1965 herbie hancock i have it nigga. want me to go to your house and give it to you?

[HotchMusic]

one of my favorite albums of all time.

[yaboy0327]

ooooh yes.

[BalancedAction36]

This song is truly amazing

[1649NFWB]

ロマンティック。ハンコックのピアノ演奏はいいですね。

[1649NFWB]

Romantic. The piano performance of Hancock is good.

[DudeLove1996]

Look at Jaco Pastorius' version of this song it's under the name

Jaco Pastorius Belgium 1985

[bopkick5]

fwom one of de best albums ever made innit

[und3r3t]

great

[OneHeart75]

We are looking for Herbie's Maiden Voyage tune....

[GrafPsychofarmaca]

Dunno, like the 79' Version better

[incorrectusername00]

i still love this tune sooo much. thank you very much for sharing. time to dig out the old albums. cheers from duesseldorf!

[jared0111]

"i've never heard a version of this i didnt like"......have you heard the madlib version, from his shades of blue cd? i ask because its awesome but very different. he fuses this song with horace silver's "peace." that cd is perfect for rainy days and much much more.

[claybornwilliams]

back in the 60's jay,rick,jim,and chuck.play this everyday,on 105.1 KBCA. it was great,and a great time.

[drawboom]

I've never heard a version of this i didn't like. I dig this tune almost as much as Speak Like A Child. Wonderful changes, wonderful feel.

[61amyjenna]

The drummer is Tony Williams. Herbie and Tony played with Mile Davis when they were pups. Tony was just 17 at the time.

[mcrkid22]

If you have the MP3, I just had my music library wiped, and I can't find it anywhere... please send?

[Bosphorus92]

ah well, dont name the drummer

[x0xlovesx0x]

I heard this live, today. Except it was rubato...and it was so lovely.

[rockrhapsody123]

Hubbard is the shit on this one.

[SlikkTim]

Such haunting changes... perfection.

[Jackdbastian]

@SlikkTim the funny thing is the changes are really easy but he puts them in a way that makes them awesome