The Trance (album)

This article is about the Booker Ervin album. For other albums with similar titles, see Trance (disambiguation).

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.

The Trance
Studio album by Booker Ervin
Released	October 1967[1]
Recorded	October 27, 1965
Genre	Jazz, post-bop
Length	41:24
Label	Prestige
Producer	Don Schlitten
Booker Ervin chronology
Groovin' High (1964) The Trance (1967) Setting the Pace (1966)

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
Source	Rating
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

• Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
• Jaki Byard – piano
• Reggie Workman – bass
• Alan Dawson – drums

References

1. Billboard November 4, 1967
2. Booker Ervin discography accessed February 2, 2011
3. 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.