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Electric Bath
Cover art for the album, featuring The Turkish Bath by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Studio album by Don Ellis Orchestra
Released	1967
Recorded	September 19 & 20, 1967
Studio	Columbia Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	44:43
Label	Columbia CS 9585
Producer	John Hammond
Don Ellis chronology
Live in 3⅔/4 Time (1966–67) Electric Bath (1967) Shock Treatment (1968)

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

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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
Encyclopedia of Popular Music

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, Ellis' music is never less than exhilarating".

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" (Myers) – 2:52 Bonus track on CD reissue
7. "Indian Lady" – 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

References

1. "Essential 60s and 70s Jazz Fusion Albums". Thoughtco.com.
2. Don Ellis discography Archived 2013-05-22 at the Wayback Machine accessed May 27, 2013
3. "DonEllisMusic". DonEllisMusic.com. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
4. ^ Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed May 27, 2013
5. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 409. ISBN 978-0141023274.
6. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 71. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
7. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

• Don Ellis albums
• 1967 albums
• Albums produced by John Hammond (producer)
• Columbia Records albums