''Astrorama'' is an album by
French Jazz fusion
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artist
Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty (born 29 September 1942) is a French jazz violinist and composer.
Early life
Ponty was born into a family of classical musicians in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano. At sixteen, he was admitt ...
and
Japanese
Avant-Garde
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artist
Masahiko Satoh
is a Japanese jazz pianist, composer and arranger.
Early life
Satoh was born in Tokyo on 6 October 1941. His mother was Setsu and his father, who owned small businesses, was Yoshiaki Satoh. The house that his family moved into in 1944 contained ...
. It was released in 1970 on Toshiba EMI. The album was recorded live in Tokyo on August 29, 1970. Catalog: FAR EAST/TOSHIBA EMI (ETJ-65016)
Track listing
Side one
#"Golden Green" (Jean-Luc Ponty)
#"And So On" (Masahiko Sato)
Side two
#"Astrorama" (Jean-Luc Ponty)
#"Nuggis" (Jean-Luc Ponty)
Personnel
*
Motohiko Hino
Motohiko "Toko" Hino (January 3, 1946 in Tokyo – May 13, 1999) was a Japanese jazz drummer.
Hino's father, who was a dancer and musician, taught Hino and his brother, Terumasa Hino, tap dancing as children.[Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (, 27 May 1946 – 19 April 2005), also known by his abbreviated nickname NHØP, was a Danish jazz double bassist.
Biography
Pedersen was born in Osted, near Roskilde, on the Danish island of Zealand, the son of ...]
– bass
* Jean-Luc Ponty – electric violin
* Masahiko Satoh – piano, electric piano
References
Jean-Luc Ponty live albums
1970 live albums
EMI Records live albums
Live jazz fusion albums
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