The Electrifying Eddie Harris
1968 studio album by Eddie Harris
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The Electrifying Eddie Harris is an album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris recorded in 1967 and released on the Atlantic label.[1][2]
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| Released | Early 1968 | |||
| Recorded | March 20, 1967 New York City | |||
| Genre | Soul Jazz | |||
| Length | 35:17 | |||
| Label | Atlantic SD 1495 | |||
| Producer | Arif Mardin | |||
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Reception
Chart performance
The album was a big commercial success, and brought Harris back onto the pop album charts for the first time since 1961.[4] It had seen cross-over appeal as well, reaching the jazz, R&B and pop album charts. Looking at the pop charts; the album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated April 13, 1968, peaking at No. 36 during a forty-one-week run on the chart.[4] It debuted on Cashbox magazine's Top 100 Albums chart in the issue dated April 6, 1968, peaking at No. 46 during a thirty-week run on the chart.[5] The album debuted on the Record World 100 Top LP's chart in the issue dated April 13, 1968,[6] and peaked at No. 42 during an eight-week run on the chart.[7] On the Jazz charts it reached chart-topping positions; No. 1 on Record World's Top 20 Jazz LP's for weeks and[8] No. 1 on Billboard's Best-Selling Jazz LP's, however it didn't chart on Cashbox as no Jazz chart was published there.[9] The album remained on the Jazz charts into early 1969.[10] Only Billboard published an R&B album chart. The Electrifying Eddie Harris reached No. 2 on the magazine's Hot R&B LP's chart during a forty-five-week run on it, remaining his most successful album on the R&B charts.[11]
Track listing
All compositions by Eddie Harris except as indicated
- "Theme in Search of a Movie" (Charles Stepney) - 4:06
- "Listen Here" - 7:42
- "Judie's Theme" (Melvin Jackson) - 4:40
- "Sham Time" - 6:50
- "Spanish Bull" - 8:18
- "I Don't Want No One But You" - 3:41
- Recorded in New York City on March 20, 1967
Personnel
- Eddie Harris - tenor saxophone, varitone
- Melvin Lastie, Joe Newman - trumpet (track 4)
- King Curtis - tenor saxophone (track 4)
- David Newman - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone (track 4)
- Haywood Henry - baritone saxophone (track 4)
- Jodie Christian - piano
- Melvin Jackson - bass
- Richard Smith - drums
- Ray Barretto, Joe Wohletz - percussion (tracks 2 & 5)
- Unnamed string section (track 1)
- Arif Mardin - arranger (tracks 1 & 4)
Chart positions
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