🎷 AotW: Jazz Don Ellis Orchestra - ELECTRIC BATH

[Captain Bacardi]

The Don Ellis Orchestra
ELECTRIC BATH
Columbia Records

Released 1967

Peaked at #8 on the Jazz Album chart (1968)

Produced by John Hammond

Songs:

1. Indian Lady (Don Ellis) - 8:07
2. Alone (Hank Levy) - 5:32
3. Turkish Bath (Ron Myers) - 10:29
4. Open Beauty (Don Ellis) - 8:27
5. New Horizons (Don Ellis) - 12:21
6. Turkish Bath (Single) - 2:52*
7. Indian Lady (Single) - 2:58*

* - CD bonus tracks
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Musicians:
Don Ellis - Trumpet
Trumpets: Glenn Stuart, Alan Weight, Ed Warren, Bob Harmon
Trombones: Ron Myers, Dave Sanchez, Terry Woodson
Woodwinds: Ruben Leon, Joe Roccisano, Ira Schulman, Ron Starr, John Magruder
Mike Lang - Piano, Clavinet, Fender Rhodes
Ray Neapolitan - Bass, Sitar
Frank De La Rosa - Bass
Dave Parlato - Bass
Steve Bohanon - Drums
Chino Valdes - Congas, Bongos
Mark Stevens - Timbales, Vibes, Miscellaneous Percussion
Alan Estes - Miscellaneous Percussion

Tracks 1, 2,and 4 recorded September 19, 1967
All other tracks recorded September 20, 1967 at Columbia Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA
Engineers: Brian Ross-Myring and Arthur Kendy
Cover Painting: "Le Bain Turc" by Ingres/Musee du Louvre

Available at Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Electric-Bath...00636&sr=1-1&keywords=don+ellis+electric+bath



Capt. Bacardi

 

[Rocketman]

Great Album. Fell in love with Ellis when I saw his band on TV at the '66 Monterey Jazz Festival.

 

[Captain Bacardi]

This is a great album. I always loved how Don Ellis would write these charts with the odd time signatures, yet still make his band swing - kind of a more modern Brubeck, I suppose. Ellis's playing is terrific on this album. He has this playful way when doing a solo that starts rhythmically then just explodes afterwards. "Indian Lady" is a great example of that. Gotta love the 3 1/2 /4 time signature on "Open Beauty", as well as "new Horizons", which is in 17! There's some great solos by other members of the band, most notably Ron Myers on a couple of monster trombone solos ("Indian Lady" and "Alone", for example). Kind of interesting that the single versions of a couple of tracks appear here as well. Don't recall ever seeing them in a jukebox....



Capt. Bacardi
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