''The Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio'' is a

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album released in 1969 by

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on World Pacific Jazz in the US, and is considered to be one of the earliest jazz fusion albums. This was the third album of note for pianist

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History

The ''Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio'' album was recorded live in

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in mid-September, 1969. A number of

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musicians were experimenting with the jazz-rock fusion that would become so popular in the 1970s, but Jean-Luc Ponty is one of the earliest to get it down on vinyl. Ponty was inspired by

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to explore this new fusion form and is considered the first significant jazz musician to record on the electric violin. Later, in the 1970s, he pioneered the use of 5 & 6-string violins and was the first to combine the violin with

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, distortion boxes, phase shifters, and

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Reissues

*''Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio'' was reissued on the Pausa label in 1980 and 1991. *

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reissued ''The Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio'' on CD in 1993.

Back cover quotes

"Jean-Luc Ponty is a young marvel and my nomination for Jazz man of the year." -

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"Jean-Luc Ponty send electric chills up and down the walls of

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with a most exciting and personal blending of Rock and Jazz music." -

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Track listing

# "Foosh" (

) – 8:48 # "Pamukkale" (

Wolfgang Dauner Wolfgang Dauner (; 30 December 1935 – 10 January 2020) was a German jazz pianist who co-founded the United Jazz + Rock Ensemble. He worked with Hans Koller, Albert Mangelsdorff, Volker Kriegel and Ack van Rooyen and composed for radio, tel ...

) – 6:15 # "Contact" (Jean-Luc Ponty) – 7:03 # "Cantaloupe Island" (

Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he help ...

) – 8:20 # "Starlight, Starbright" ( Jean-Bernard Eisinger) – 9:00

Personnel

* Jean-Luc Ponty -

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* John Heard - amplified bass *

Dick Berk Richard Alan Berk (May 22, 1939 – February 8, 2014) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. Career A native of San Francisco, California, he studied at the Berklee College of Music and played in the Boston area early in the 1960s. In 1 ...

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;Technical *

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- producer * David Brand - engineer * Kevin Leveque - cover, sleeve illustration

References

External links

Answers.com

Jean-Luc Ponty DiscographyOfficial George Duke site Music Match.com Entry

Jean-Luc Ponty Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with The George Duke Trio (album), The 1969 live albums Jean-Luc Ponty live albums George Duke albums Collaborative albums Pausa Records live albums Albums produced by Richard Bock (producer)