Jean-Luc Ponty - Canteloupe Island

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	King Kong	4:54
A2	Idiot Bastard Son	4:00
A3	Twenty Small Cigars	5:35
A4	How Would You Like To Have A Head Like That	7:14
B1	Music For Electric Violin And Low Budget Orchestra	19:20
B2	America Drinks And Goes Home	2:39
C1	Foosh Written-By – G. Duke*	8:48
C2	Pamukkale Written-By – W. Dauner*	6:15
C3	Contact	7:03
D1	Canteloupe Island Written-By – H. Hancock*	8:20
D2	Starlight, Starbright Written-By – J. B. Eisinger*	9:00

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.
• Manufactured By – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.
• Recorded At – Thee Experience, Hollywood
• Published By – Frank Zappa Music, Inc.
• Published By – Munchkin Music
• Published By – Unart Music Corp.
• Published By – Mycenae Music Co.
• Published By – Evilot Music Inc.
• Published By – Hancock Music Company

Credits

• Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Ernie Watts (tracks: A2 to A4, B2)
• Arranged By – Frank Zappa (tracks: A1 to B2)
• Bass – Buell Neidlinger (tracks: A1, B1)
• Bass [Fender] – Wilton Felder (tracks: A2 to A4, B2)
• Bassoon – Donald Christlieb* (tracks: B1)
• Cello – Harold Bemko (tracks: B1)
• Composed By – F. Zappa* (tracks: A1 to A3, B1, B2), Jean-Luc Ponty (tracks: A4, C3)
• Conductor – Ian Underwood (tracks: B1)
• Drums – Arthur D. Tripp III* (tracks: A1, B1), Dick Berk (tracks: C1 to D2), John Guerin (tracks: A2 to A4, B2)
• Electric Bass – John Heard (tracks: C1 to D2)
• Electric Piano – George Duke
• Engineer – David Brand (tracks: C1 to D2), Dick Kune* (tracks: A1 to B2)
• Featuring – Zappa*, George Duke, Ian Underwood
• Flute – Jonathan Meyer (tracks: B1)
• French Horn, Recorder [Descant] – Vincent DeRosa (tracks: B1)
• French Horn, Tuba [Tuben] – Arthur Maebe* (tracks: B1)
• Guitar – Frank Zappa (tracks: A4)
• Lacquer Cut By – Eck* (tracks: A1 to A4)
• Liner Notes – Leonard Feather
• Oboe, English Horn – Gene Cipriano (tracks: B1)
• Piano [Acoustic] – George Duke (tracks: B1)
• Producer – Dick Bock*
• Reissue Producer – Michael Cuscuna
• Tenor Saxophone – Ian Underwood (tracks: A1)
• Vibraphone [Vibes], Percussion – Gene Estes (tracks: A1)
• Viola – Milton Thomas (tracks: B1)
• Violin [Baritone Violectra] – Jean-Luc Ponty (tracks: A1 to A4, B2)
• Violin [Electric Violin] – Jean-Luc Ponty

Notes

"Originally recorded on Pacific Jazz while Ponty was with Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, the electric violinist is showcased here as an important instrument of fusion between jazz and rock."

Sides One and Two recorded October 6, 7 and 8, 1969.
Sides Three and Four recorded live at Thee Experience in Hollywood in September, 1969.

Sides One and Two previously issued as Pacific Jazz ST-20172 (King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa).
Sides Three and Four previously issued as Pacific Jazz ST-20168 (Jean-Luc Ponty and George Duke Trio - The Jean-Luc Ponty Experience).

©UAMARG, Inc. [front cover and inside gatefold]
©℗MCMLXXVI United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc. [back cover]
℗1976 United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc. [labels]

A1, A2, B2 Frank Zappa Music, Inc. BMI
A3, B1 Munchkin Music ASCAP
A4, C3, D2 Unart Music Corporation BMI
C1 Mycenae Music Co. ASCAP
C2 Evilot Music, Inc. ASCAP
D1 Hancock Music Co. BMI

Gatefold sleeve.
Catalog numbers: BN-LA632-H2 on the inside gatefold and labels, BN-LA632-H2 _0879 on the jacket spine

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched): 33 BN-LA632-1 EcK
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched): OO BN-LA632-2 BE
• Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, etched): OO BN-LA632-3-
• Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, etched): OO BN-LA632-4-
• Rights Society: BMI
• Rights Society: ASCAP
• Price Code (Printed on jacket spine): 0798

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BND 4018	Jean-Luc Ponty	Canteloupe Island ‎(2xLP, Comp)	Blue Note	BND 4018	UK	1976
L 45713/4 (BN-LA 632-H2)	Jean-Luc Ponty	Canteloupe Island ‎(2xLP, Comp, RE)	The Blue Note Re-Issue Series	L 45713/4 (BN-LA 632-H2)	Australia	1976
BN-LA632-H2	Jean-Luc Ponty	Canteloupe Island ‎(2xLP, Comp)	Blue Note	BN-LA632-H2	US	1976
BGOCD706	Jean-Luc Ponty	Canteloupe Island ‎(2xCD, Comp, RE)	BGO Records	BGOCD706	UK	2006
BN-LA632-H2	Jean-Luc Ponty	Canteloupe Island ‎(2xLP, Comp)	Blue Note	BN-LA632-H2	Canada	1976

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