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| 4.5 superb | Alabaster Jones | March 21st 17 |
The thing that usually keeps me from giving certain jazz albums a 4.5 or a 5 is that they have little in the way of memorability. Ask me to whistle anything off of Soultrane and you'll get nothing. It's usually the atmospheres and the passion heard that do it for me, even in the face of songwriting that hits every nail on the head besides memorability. Maiden Voyage eschews this problem quite well while retaining a discernible atmosphere (in this case, it's quite nautical), seeing as how it's bookends have some immediately recognizable and memorable lines on them. Herbie Hancock composed this record to be smooth modal, but when the styles shift to hard bop, risks are taken that nearly reach the avant-garde, as "Survival Of The Fittest" while show you. Freddie Hubbard and George Coleman man the trumpet and tenor sax respectively and are both very strong yet soothing depending on the way they approach the song. The Carter-Williams bass/drum combo works like a charm as well, setting the pace well no matter what it is and providing a decisive melodic presence as well. It's an album made for the sea that rises above the waves, and manages to be a memorable and ultimately very enjoyable experience.
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| 3.0 good | TRMshadow | May 28th 12 |
Your average jazz album. It seems that many consider this amazing, but all I hear in this is everything I've ever heard before; not many points that stand out or draw me in. 3.2/5
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| 4.0 excellent | Grungil | December 16th 25 |
| 2.5 average | Myri | March 2nd 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | Above | January 13th 25 |
| 3.5 great | Tb1114 | September 3rd 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Araz | August 17th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | mttgry | August 7th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | jtswope | January 17th 24 |
| 3.5 great | doofy | January 10th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Timmy | March 2nd 23 |
| 5.0 classic | Jepchem | August 15th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Bren80 | July 12th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | ZIG | February 19th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | MAB | August 3rd 21 |
| 3.5 great | sevhar | January 19th 21 |
| 3.5 great | GamamJ | January 14th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ecnalzen | November 27th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | KuyJuk | July 14th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Josh | July 20th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | brandaao | September 9th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | W1NG00 | July 27th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | rajtako | October 25th 17 |
| 3.0 good | dosia | November 9th 16 |
| 3.5 great | adr | October 15th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | pinniped | September 7th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | p4p | July 29th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | pbass0 | April 16th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | YakNips | April 8th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | daFigz | November 22nd 15 |
| 4.5 superb | GMBass | October 4th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | elch21 | August 28th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | cvlts | March 30th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Behexen | September 16th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | ASZend | June 6th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | FLRTE | March 12th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | SgtPepper EMERITUS | January 20th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | Kinch | June 15th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | nnnope | December 17th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | boleyn2 | November 30th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | ryallba | November 27th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | ZedO | August 15th 12 |
| 3.0 good | WJM73 | April 27th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Fuff24 | March 3rd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wael | December 19th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | Skipdog | September 21st 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Timon87 | July 12th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | ONI65 | May 12th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | nkbr | April 10th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Comj | December 12th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | LevL6 | November 22nd 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | liledman | November 12th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Shadow17 | September 13th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | cvrcmrc | August 31st 10 |
| 3.0 good | IAJP | August 14th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | 204409 EMERITUS | May 7th 08 |
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