''Jazz Long Playing'' is the debut album by French violinist
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 ...
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 (born August 23, 1927) is a French jazz pianist and composer.
Biography
Solal was born in Algiers, French Algeria, to Algerian Jewish parents. He was persuaded to study clarinet, saxophone, and piano by his mother, who was an opera ...
) – 4:43
# "Modo Azul"
(Jef Gilson
Jean-François Quiévreux (25 July 1926 – 5 February 2012), better known as Jef Gilson, was a French clarinetist, pianist, arranger, vocalist, composer and big band leader.
"In the occupation of which he initiated groups" proved Gilson "an ex ...
) – 4:38
# "Spanish Castels"
(George Gruntz
George Gruntz (24 June 1932 – 10 January 2013) was a Swiss jazz pianist, organist, harpsichordist, keyboardist, and composer known for the George Gruntz Concert Big Band and his work with Phil Woods, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Don Cherry, Chet Baker, ...
) – 3:40
# "Sniffin' the Blues"
(Jef Gilson) – 3:28
# "Postlude in C"
(Raymond Fol
Raymond Fol (April 28, 1928 in Paris – May 1, 1979 in Paris) was a French jazz pianist.
Fol's older brother was Hubert Fol, and both were raised in a musical household; Raymond began playing piano at five years of age. Fol and his brother played ...
) – 3:21
# "Au Privave"
(Charlie Parker
Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, band leader and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, a form ...
) – 3:45
# "Manoir de mes rêves"
(Django Reinhardt
Jean Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953), known by his Romani nickname Django ( or ), was a Romani-French jazz guitarist and composer. He was one of the first major jazz talents to emerge in Europe and has been hailed as one of its most ...
) – 3:05
# "YTNOP Blues"
(Jean-Luc Ponty) – 3:10
# "I Want to Talk About You"
(Billy Eckstine
William Clarence Eckstine (July 8, 1914 – March 8, 1993) was an American jazz and pop singer and a bandleader during the swing and bebop eras. He was noted for his rich, almost operatic bass-baritone voice. In 2019, Eckstine was posthumously ...
) – 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 improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge but addi ...
) – 3:02
# "Satin Doll"
(Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based ...
) – 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 ...
– flute
(tracks 2, 6)
*
Eddy Louiss
Eddy Louiss (2 May 1941 – 30 June 2015) was a French jazz musician.
Eddy started playing in his father Pierre's orchestra in the 1950s. Pierre changed the family name from Louise to Louiss. As a vocalist, he was a member of Les Double Six of ...
– piano
(tracks 1-3, 5-8, 10); organ
(tracks 4, 9, 11)
*
Gilbert Rovère Gilbert may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Gilbert (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
*Gilbert (surname), including a list of people
Places Australia
* Gilbert River (Queensland)
* Gilbert River (South ...
– double bass
(tracks 1-4, 6, 9, 11)
*
Guy Pedersen
Guy or GUY may refer to:
Personal names
* Guy (given name)
* Guy (surname)
* That Guy (...), the New Zealand street performer Leigh Hart
Places
* Guy, Alberta, a Canadian hamlet
* Guy, Arkansas, US, a city
* Guy, Indiana, US, an unincorpo ...
– 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 p ...
– 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
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