Maiden Voyage (Nnenna Freelon)
Context
Title track of the album, with Herbie Hancock as guest on piano on this track only (8:30). Nnenna Freelon sings Hancock's modal theme with Joe Beck on guitar.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese, Neoclassicism, Young Lions. Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).