Electric Bath Explained

Electric Bath
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Don Ellis Orchestra
Cover:	Electric Bath.jpg
Caption:	Cover art for the album, featuring The Turkish Bath by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Released:	1967
Recorded:	September 19 & 20, 1967
Studio:	Columbia Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre:	Jazz fusion^[1]
Length:	44:43
Label:	Columbia CS 9585
Producer:	John Hammond
Chronology:	Don Ellis
Prev Title:	Live in 3⅔/4 Time
Prev Year:	1966–67
Next Title:	Shock Treatment
Next Year:	1968

Electric Bath is an album by trumpeter Don Ellis recorded in 1967 and released on the Columbia label.^[2]

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.^[3]

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".^[4] The Penguin Guide to Jazz said "No one sounded like this. Tough as it sometimes is, Ellis' music is never less than exhilarating".^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Don Ellis except as indicated

1. "Indian Lady" – 8:06
2. "Alone" (Hank Levy) – 5:32
3. "Turkish Bath" (Ron Myers) – 10:16
4. "Open Beauty" – 8:29
5. "New Horizons" – 12:20
6. "Turkish Bath" [Single] (Myers) – 2:52 Bonus track on CD reissue
7. "Indian Lady" [Single] – 2:58 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

• Don Ellis – trumpet, arranger
• Alan Weight, Ed Warren, Glenn Stuart, Bob Harmon – trumpet
• Ron Myers, Dave Sanchez – trombone
  • Terry Woodson – bass trombone Ruben Leon, Joe Roccisano – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
  • Ira Shulman – tenor saxophone, flute, piccolo flute, clarinet Ron Starr – tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
    • John Magruder – baritone saxophone, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet Mike Lang – piano, electric piano, clavinet Frank DeLaRosa, Dave Parlato – bass
  • Ray Neapolitan – bass, sitar Alan Estes – vibraphone, percussion
• Steve Bohannon – drums
  • Chino Valdes – bongos, congas Mark Stevens – timbales, percussion, vibraphone

Notes and References

1. Web site: Essential 60s and 70s Jazz Fusion Albums. Thoughtco.com.
2. http://www.donellismusic.com/Ellis_Recordings/Electric_Bath/electric_bath.html Don Ellis discography
3. Web site: DonEllisMusic. DonEllisMusic.com. 3 June 2023.
4. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed May 27, 2013
5. Book: Cook, Richard. Richard Cook (journalist). Brian Morton. Brian Morton (Scottish writer). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. 8th. The Penguin Guide to Jazz. 2008. Penguin. London. 978-0141023274. 409. registration.