Dolphin Dance
Context
Composition by Herbie Hancock recorded on March 17, 1965 at Rudy Van Gelder's studio for the album Maiden Voyage (Blue Note), a concept album with an oceanic atmosphere. Hancock cited Count Basie's Shiny Stockings as a source of inspiration. It became a standard covered notably by Ahmad Jamal (1971) and Bill Evans (1980), and Hancock himself re-recorded the track in 1974 and 1981.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Modal. Among the origins and influences of Modal: Cool (Birth of the Cool), Hard bop, Bossa nova, jazz samba.