Search - Jean-Luc Ponty :: Jazz Long Playing

Hard-Bop Violin...

Sébastien Melmoth | Hôtel d'Alsace, PARIS | 09/29/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"
Jean-Luc Ponty is great on this 1964 outing of hard-bop violin."

JLP's very first album

eveoflove | North York, Ontario Canada | 04/25/2001

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Made in FRA in 2000, Serial# 548-150-2, Playing Time 41:22Digipak format. This is JLP's first album, originally released in 1964. The quartet also includes Eddy Louiss (keys) and Daniel Humair (drums), which have played on many early JLP albums, while Gilbert Rovere and Guy Pedersen take turns on double-bass duties.Some of the songs performed have been penned by people like Charlie Parker, Django Reinhardt, Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie. Tracks are 3-4 minutes in length, so include no extrapolation or development like found on, for example, "More Than Meets The Ear" or "Electric Connection".The sounds have this "club" feel to them, and most of the material is classic jazz, with the addition (odd for the times) of violin. No guitar.Not my kind of jazz, but it documents well the beginnings of this creative and original musician. Good performances, blending subtlety and versatility."

Jazz violin at its best

jazzviolinist | Florham Park, New Jersey USA | 06/19/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Wow, this CD is fantastic. My review for Trio HLP applies even more to this recording. This is great bebop jazz violin. Ponty's playing here is best described as a mixture of Bird and Coltrane. The bebop language is rampant here, and Ponty's straight, wailing tone is pure Coltrane. It doesn't get any better than that!"