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 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".

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