Home / Music / 'Maiden Voyage' was Herbie Hancock's breakthrough albumMusic linernotes album music herbie-hancock'Maiden Voyage' was Herbie Hancock's breakthrough albumMaiden Voyage, released in 1965 on Blue Note, is considered Herbie Hancock’s breakthrough — the album that established him as one of jazz’s most important pianists and composers. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesBill Summers blew into a beer bottle to mimic a hindewhu flute on Herbie Hancock's 'Watermelon Man'Head Hunters brought jazz-funk to the mainstreamThrust kept the Headhunters band together for one more roundRiver: The Joni Letters made Herbie Hancock only the second jazz Album of the Year winnerHead Hunters was inducted into the National Recording Registry in 2008ExploreCulture Club led Colour by Numbers with 'Church of the Poison Mind'George Michael's 'I Want Your Sex' led Faith — and got banned for itThriller's first recorded song was 'The Girl Is Mine,' a duet with Paul McCartneySimeon Coxe's first song for Silver Apples was 'Oscillations'Eric B. & Rakim's first track together was also their debut singlePrevious A footnote in Autobiography of a Yogi sparked Yes's Tales from Topographic OceansNext 'I Know What I Like' was Genesis's first UK chart hit.