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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

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

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

References

  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.
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