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The Seance

The Seance cover
RecordedApr 30 & May 1, 1966
LabelContemporary Records
Released1966
Personnel3 credited players
Discogsmaster 392131

The record

Recorded live in a club setting, the trio works through standards with an easy, conversational swing, Mitchell and Bailey trading ideas with a pianist fully restored to form.

Session personnel

  • Red Mitchell — bass
  • Donald Bailey — drums
  • Hampton Hawes — piano, liner notes

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1969Contemporary Records · S7621 — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file
1969Contemporary Records
1969Contemporary Records · S7621 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo
1970Contemporary Records · SR-3079 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1978Contemporary Records · LAX 3044 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1990Original Jazz Classics · OJC-455 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1990Original Jazz Classics · OJC-5455 — Cassette, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1990Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-455-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
2009Universal · UCCO-9728 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
Original Jazz Classics — File, FLAC, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 16-Bit/44.1 kHz

Follow the players

Red Mitchell also plays on

Donald Bailey also plays on

Hampton Hawes also plays on