Electric Connection Explained

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 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
• George Duke – piano
• Wilbert Longmire – guitar
• Bob West – bass
• Paul Humphrey – drums
• Tony Ortega – flute
• Bud Shank – alto saxophone
• Richard Aplan – baritone saxophone
• William Peterson, Tony Rusch, Larry McGuire, Paul Hubinon – trumpet
• Frank Strong – trombone
• Thurman Green – trombone
• Mike Wimberly – bass trombone

Technical

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

External links

• Jean-Luc Ponty - Electric Connection (1969) album review by Scott Yanow, credits & releases at AllMusic
• Web site: Jean-Luc Ponty - Electric Connection (1969) at Discogs . discogs.com . June 16, 2013.
• Jean-Luc Ponty - Electric Connection (1969) album to be listened as stream on Spotify