Released 1967 Length 44:43 Producer John Hammond | Genre Jazz Label ColumbiaCS 9585 | |
Recorded September 19 & 20, 1967Columbia Recording Studios, Hollywood, California | ||
Electric Bath is an album by trumpeter Don Ellis recorded in 1967 and released on the Columbia label.
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Electric Bath was a Grammy nominee in 1968 and that same year won "Album of the Year" in the annual Down Beat readers poll. This album was Don's first studio recording with his big band and his first Columbia Records release. It was produced by noted jazz record producer John Hammond.
Reception
Scott Yanow for AllMusic states, "For the first time Ellis opened his band to the influence of rock (making liberal use of electronics) and the results lend themselves to some hilarity". The Penguin Guide to Jazz said "No one sounded like this. Tough as it sometimes is, Eliis' music is never less than exhilarating".
Track listing
All compositions by Don Ellis except as indicated
- "Indian Lady" - 8:06
- "Alone" (Hank Levy) - 5:32
- "Turkish Bath" (Ron Myers) - 10:16
- "Open Beauty" - 8:29
- "New Horizons" - 12:20
- "Turkish Bath" [Single] (Myers) - 2:52 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Indian Lady" [Single] - 2:58 Bonus track on CD reissue