''Live at Donte's'' is one of four American recordings
Jean-Luc Ponty made in 1969. Its original release (tracks 1–4) was on vinyl by Blue Note and reissued in 1995 by Pacific Jazz on CD with four bonus tracks (5–8). It was recorded live at Donte's in North Hollywood, California, on March 12-13 1969, and it was released in vinyl in 1981.
Track listing
# "Hypomode de Sol"
(Jean-Luc Ponty) – 12:45
# "People"
(Jule Styne
Jule Styne (; born Julius Kerwin Stein; December 31, 1905 – September 20, 1994) was an English-American songwriter and composer best known for a series of Broadway musicals, including several famous frequently-revived shows that also became s ...
, Bob Merrill) – 7:53
# "California"
(Jean-Luc Ponty) – 9:42
# "Eighty-One"
(Ron Carter
Ronald Levin Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. He has won three Grammy awards, and is also a cellist who has recorded nu ...
) – 12:20
# "Foosh"
(George Duke
George M. Duke (January 12, 1946 – August 5, 2013) was an American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He worked with numerous artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and as a pr ...
) – 7:54
# "Sara’s Theme"
(Michel Legrand
Michel Jean Legrand (; 24 February 1932 – 26 January 2019) was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and jazz pianist. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written over 200 film and television scores, in addition to many son ...
) – 3:41
# "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 ...
) – 9:26
# "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 ...
) – 8:12
Personnel
* Jean-Luc Ponty – violin
*
George Duke
George M. Duke (January 12, 1946 – August 5, 2013) was an American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He worked with numerous artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and as a pr ...
– piano
*
John Heard – bass
* Al Cecchi – drums
Technical
*
Richard Bock – recording engineer
*
Michael Cuscuna – reissue producer
* Malcolm Addey – mastering
*
Jim Marshall – photography
* Patrique Roques – design
References
External links
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{{Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty albums
1969 live albums