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

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