Search - Jean-Luc Ponty with Kurt Edelhagen & His Orchestra :: Jean-Luc Ponty with Kurt Hagen and His Orchestra (Special Gold Disc)

Ken D. (Allthatjazz)
Reviewed on 5/3/2009...

This bootleg live recording has turned up on various CDs and LPs, including a Laserlight CD issue and the defunct Vantage label. Ponty' extended suite is interrupted with an abrupt splice at one point. Ponty disavows all of the remaining tracks as not being by him, perhaps another European violinist is present. The suite is enjoyable, but buyer (or trader) beware...

Disingenuous boot!

Sunseeker | Mad USA | 10/23/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Jean-Luc Ponty recently informed me that of the four tracks on this CD, he only plays on the first track. It is an incredible piece from 1959 titled: "Concerto for Jazz Violin and Orchestra" and is 21 minutes long! However, the CD cover inside does not tell you that JLP is only on the first track, does not credit the musician featured on the other three tracks and leads you to believe (by the title) that it is all JLP. The source is a boot, evident from the sound quality, particulary audience noises on the last three tracks. Definitely worth having for the one track, but a serious blunder in not giving Jean-Luc his due in both royalties and in properly crediting his work."