''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

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Track listing

Side one

# "Summit Soul" ( Jean-Luc Ponty) – 4:55 # "Hypomode del Sol" (Jean-Luc Ponty) – 6:27 # "

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) – 3:02 # "The Name of the Game" ( Dave Grusin) – 5:27

Side two

# "The Loner" (

Ronnie Mathews Ronald Mathews (December 2, 1935 in New York City – June 28, 2008 in Brooklyn) was an American jazz pianist who worked with Max Roach from 1963 to 1968 and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. He acted as lead in recording from 1963 and 1978–79. His ...

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) – 4:29 # "Waltz for Clara" (Jean-Luc Ponty) – 5:09 # "Forget" ( Don Sebesky) – 4:25 # "Eighty-One" (

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) – 6:35

Personnel

* Jean-Luc Ponty – violin *

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– piano * Wilbert Longmire – guitar * Bob West – bass * Paul Humphrey – drums * Tony Ortega – flute * Bud Shank –

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* Richard Aplan –

baritone saxophone The baritone saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass. It is the lowest-pitched saxophone in common use - the bass, contra ...

* William Peterson, Tony Rusch, Larry McGuire, Paul Hubinon – trumpet * Frank Strong – trombone *

Thurman Green Thurman Green (August 12, 1940 – June 19, 1997) was an American jazz trombonist. He was a member of the Horace Tapscott Quintet and the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. Green and Hamiet Bluiett were at the Navy School of Music together in 196 ...

– trombone * Mike Wimberly –

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;Technical * Gerald Wilson – arranger, conductor * Lanky Linatrot – engineer * Richard Bock – producer

References

External links

Jean-Luc Ponty - ''Electric Connection'' (1969) album review by Scott Yanow, credits & releases
at AllMusic *
Jean-Luc Ponty - ''Electric Connection'' (1969) album to be listened
as stream on Spotify {{Authority control Jean-Luc Ponty albums 1969 albums Albums arranged by Gerald Wilson