Electric Connection

Electric Connection
Studio album by Jean-Luc Ponty
Released	1969
Recorded	March 3–4, 1969 [1]
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:43
Label	World Pacific Jazz
Producer	Richard Bock
Jean-Luc Ponty chronology
Live at Donte's (1969) Electric Connection (1969) King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa (1970)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
All About Jazz	[2]

Electric Connection is one of four American recordings Jean-Luc Ponty made in 1969. In 1969 was it was released on vinyl by World Pacific Jazz and reissued in 1993 on CD by One Way Records.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Summit Soul" (Jean-Luc Ponty) – 4:55
2. "Hypomode del Sol" (Jean-Luc Ponty) – 6:27
3. "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" (Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon) – 3:02
4. "The Name of the Game" (Dave Grusin) – 5:27

Side two

1. "The Loner" (Ronnie Mathews, Cedar Walton) – 4:29
2. "Waltz for Clara" (Jean-Luc Ponty) – 5:09
3. "Forget" (Don Sebesky) – 4:25
4. "Eighty-One" (Ron Carter) – 6:35

Personnel

• Jean-Luc Ponty – violin
• George Duke – piano
• Wilbert Longmire – guitar
• Bob West – bass
• Paul Humphrey – drums
• Tony Ortega – flute
• Bud Shank – alto saxophone
• Richard Aplan – baritone saxophone
• William Peterson, Tony Rusch, Larry McGuire, Paul Hubinon – trumpet
• Frank Strong – trombone
• Thurman Green – trombone
• Mike Wimberly – bass trombone

Technical

• Gerald Wilson – arranger, conductor
• Lanky Linatrot – engineer
• Richard Bock – producer

References

1. Yanow, Scott. Jean-Luc Ponty - Electric Connection (1969) album review at AllMusic
2. Kelman, John (April 9, 2009). "Jean-Luc Ponty: Electric Connection / King Kong". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved June 16, 2013.

External links

• "Jean-Luc Ponty - Electric Connection (1969) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
• Jean-Luc Ponty - Electric Connection (1969) album to be listened as stream on Spotify