The Trance is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1965 for the Prestige label,[2] with Jaki Byard on piano, Reggie Workman on bass, and Alan Dawson on drums.
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| Released | October 1967[1] | |||
| Recorded | October 27, 1965 | |||
| Genre | Jazz, post-bop | |||
| Length | 41:24 | |||
| Label | Prestige | |||
| Producer | Don Schlitten | |||
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Reception edit
The Allmusic review by Al Campbell awarded the album 4 stars and stated: "Ervin's inspired exploratory tenor flights are consistently stirring, punctuated with piercing blues. The Trance delivers further documentation of Ervin's endless tenor inventiveness".[3]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
Track listing edit
- All compositions by Booker Ervin except as indicated
- "The Trance" – 19:39
- "Speak Low" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) – 15:09
- "Groovin' at the Jamboree" – 6:38
- Recorded in Munich, Germany on October 27, 1965.
Personnel edit
References edit
- ^ Billboard November 4, 1967
- ^ Booker Ervin discography accessed February 2, 2011
- ^ a b Campbell, A. Allmusic Review accessed February 2, 2011.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 72. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 450. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.