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The Trance (album)

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The Trance
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1967[1]
RecordedOctober 27, 1965
GenreJazz, post-bop
Length41:24
LabelPrestige
ProducerDon Schlitten
Booker Ervin chronology
Groovin' High
(1964)
The Trance
(1967)
Setting the Pace
(1966)

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.

Reception

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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]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]

Track listing

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All compositions by Booker Ervin except as indicated
  1. "The Trance" – 19:39
  2. "Speak Low" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) – 15:09
  3. "Groovin' at the Jamboree" – 6:38
  • Recorded in Munich, Germany on October 27, 1965.

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Billboard November 4, 1967
  2. ^ Booker Ervin discography accessed February 2, 2011
  3. ^ a b Campbell, A. Allmusic Review accessed February 2, 2011.
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 72. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 450. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.