Electric Connection

Electric Connection
Studio album by Jean-Luc Ponty
Released	1969
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	(favorable) [2]

Electric Connection is one of four American recordings Jean-Luc Ponty made in 1969. Its original release in 1969 was on Vinyl by World Pacific Jazz and reissued in 1993 as 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
• Bud Shank – alto saxophone
• Richard Aplan – baritone saxophone
• Bob West – bass
• Paul Humphrey – drums
• Tony Ortega – flute
• Wilbert Longmire – guitar
• George Duke – piano
• Frank Strong, Thurman Green – trombone
• Mike Wimberly – bass trombone
• William Peterson, Tony Rusch, Larry McGuire, Paul Hubinon – trumpet

Other credits

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

References

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

External links

• "Jean-Luc Ponty - Electric Connection at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 16 June 2013.