''Jazz Long Playing'' is the debut album by French violinist
Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty (born 29 September 1942) is a French jazz and jazz fusion violinist and composer. He is considered a pioneer of jazz-rock, particularly for his use of the electric violin starting in the 1970s. He rose to prominence for his colla ...
recorded in Paris in June and July 1964. It was reissued in 2000. ''Jazz Long Playing'' is one of two albums produced by Ponty; ''Sunday Walk'' in 1967 was his second.
Track listing
# "Une nuit au violin"
(Martial Solal
Martial Solal (23 August 1927 – 12 December 2024) was a French jazz pianist and composer.
Life and career
Solal was born in Algiers, French Algeria on 23 August 1927, to Algerian Jewish parents. He was persuaded to study clarinet, saxophone, ...
) – 4:43
# "Modo Azul"
( Jef Gilson) – 4:38
# "Spanish Castels"
(George Gruntz
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) – 3:40
# "Sniffin' the Blues"
(Jef Gilson) – 3:28
# "Postlude in C"
( Raymond Fol) – 3:21
# "Au Privave"
(Charlie Parker
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) – 3:45
# "Manoir de mes rêves"
(Django Reinhardt
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) – 3:05
# "YTNOP Blues"
(Jean-Luc Ponty) – 3:10
# "I Want to Talk About You"
(Billy Eckstine
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) – 3:48
# "A Night in Tunisia"
(Dizzy Gillespie
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( ; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improvisation, improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy El ...
) – 3:02
# "Satin Doll"
(Duke Ellington
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Born and raised in Washington, D ...
) – 4:20
[Sleeve notes of reissue of Philips LP 77 810]
Tracks 1 & 3 recorded June 1, 1964.
Tracks 2 & 6 recorded June 17, 1964.
Tracks 4, 8 & 11 recorded June 15, 1964.
Tracks 5, 7, 8 & 10 recorded July 6, 1964.
Personnel
* Jean-Luc Ponty – acoustic violin
(tracks 2, 4-11), electric violin
(tracks 1, 3)
*
Michel Portal
Michel Portal (born 27 November 1935) is a French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist. He plays both jazz and classical music and is considered to be "one of the architects of modern European jazz".
Early life
Portal was born in Bayonne on 27 ...
– flute
(tracks 2, 6)
*
Eddy Louiss – piano
(tracks 1-3, 5-8, 10); organ
(tracks 4, 9, 11)
*
Gilbert Rovère – double bass
(tracks 1-4, 6, 9, 11)
*
Guy Pedersen – double bass
(tracks 5, 7, 8, 10)
*
Daniel Humair
Daniel Humair (born 23 May 1938 in Geneva, Switzerland) is a Swiss drummer, composer, and painter.
He is widely renowned and became a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1986 and Officier in 1992. He has played with many jazz perf ...
– drums
;Production
* Producer: Daniel Richard
* Recorded by François Dentan
* Photography by Stan Wiezniak
* Liner notes by Jean Tronchot
References
External links
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Jean-Luc Ponty albums
1964 debut albums
Bebop albums
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