The Seance (album)

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The Seance
Live album by
Released1969
RecordedApril 30 & May 1, 1966
StudioMitchell's Studio Club, Los Angeles, CA
GenreJazz
Length44:14
LabelContemporary S7621
ProducerLester Koenig
Hampton Hawes chronology
Jam Session
(1968)
The Seance
(1969)
Hamp's Piano
(1969)

The Seance is a live album by American jazz pianist Hampton Hawes recorded in 1966 but not released on the Contemporary label until 1969.[1]

Reception[edit]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "Hawes displays the influence of the avant-garde in places, stretching out his improvisations a bit while still showing off his roots in bop".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
Tom HullB+ ((3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention))[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "The Seance" (Hampton Hawes) - 7:57
  2. "Oleo" (Sonny Rollins) - 8:40
  3. "Easy Street" (Alan Rankin Jones) - 5:42
  4. "Suddenly I Thought of You" (Hampton Hawes) - 6:56
  5. "For Heaven's Sake" (Elise Bretton, Donald Meyer, Sherman Edwards) - 5:13
  6. "My Romance" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 9:46

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hampton Hawes discography, accessed June 25, 2015
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. The Seancer – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 97. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Hull, Tom (13 July 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 666. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.