''The Seance'' is a live album by American jazz pianist

Hampton Hawes Hampton Barnett Hawes Jr. (November 13, 1928 – May 22, 1977) was an American jazz pianist. He was the author of the memoir ''Raise Up Off Me'', which won the Deems-Taylor Award for music writing in 1975. Early life Hampton Hawes was born on ...

recorded in 1966 but not released on the

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label until 1969.Hampton Hawes discography
accessed June 25, 2015

Reception

The

Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa ...

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".

Track listing

# "The Seance" (Hampton Hawes) - 7:57 # " Oleo" ( Sonny Rollins) - 8:40 # "Easy Street" (Alan Rankin Jones) - 5:42 # "Suddenly I Thought of You" (Hampton Hawes) - 6:56 # "For Heaven's Sake" (Elise Bretton, Donald Meyer,

Sherman Edwards Sherman Edwards (April 3, 1919 – March 30, 1981) was an American composer, jazz pianist, and songwriter, best known for his songs from the 1969 Broadway musical ''1776'' and the 1972 film adaptation. Early life Edwards was born in the East ...

) - 5:13 # " My Romance" ( Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 9:46

Personnel

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

* Red Mitchell - bass * Donald Bailey - drums

References

Contemporary Records live albums Hampton Hawes live albums 1969 live albums {{DEFAULTSORT:Seance (album), The