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==Background==
 
==Background==
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==Notes==
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*All songs originally written by [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] except for "How Would You Like To Have A Head Like That" which was written by Jean-Luc Ponty.
  
 
==Conceptual Continuity==
 
==Conceptual Continuity==
[[Music For Electric Violin And Low Budget Orchestra]] includes [[A Pound For A Brown On The Bus]] and other FZ tunes.
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[[Music For Electric Violin And Low Budget Orchestra]] includes [[A Pound For A Brown On The Bus]], [[The Duke Of Prunes]] and [[Bogus Pomp]].
  
 
==Versions==
 
==Versions==
 
[[Category:Discography]] [[Category:Side Projects]]
 
[[Category:Discography]] [[Category:Side Projects]]

Revision as of 05:38, 1 September 2021

Release Info

Jean-Luc Ponty - "King Kong"

LP, Pacific Jazz ST 20172, May 25, 1970

CD, Blue Note CDP 0777 7 89539 2 0, 1993

CD, MSI MSIG 0141/2 (packaged with Electric Connection album), 2004?

SHM-CD, UCCU-90201, 4988031159743, 2016-07-06

Tracks

  1. King Kong
  2. Idiot Bastard Son
  3. Twenty Small Cigars
  4. How Would You Like to Have a Head Like That
  5. Music For Electric Violin And Low Budget Orchestra
  6. America Drinks And Goes Home

Players (listed by tracks)

1: Jean-Luc Ponty - electric violin and baritone violectra; George Duke - electric piano; Gene Estes - vibes & percussion; Buell Neidlinger - bass; Arthur D. Tripp, III - drums; Ian Underwood - tenor sax

2: Jean-Luc Ponty - electric violin and baritone violectra; George Duke - electric piano; Wilton Felder - fender bass; John Guerin - drums; Ernie Watts - alto & tenor sax

3: Jean-Luc Ponty - electric violin and baritone violectra; George Duke - electric piano; Wilton Felder - fender bass; John Guerin - drums; Ernie Watts - alto & tenor sax

4: Jean-Luc Ponty - electric violin; Frank Zappa - guitar; George Duke - electric piano; Wilton Felder - fender bass; John Guerin - drums; Ernie Watts - tenor sax

5: Ian Underwood - conductor; Jean-Luc Ponty - electric violin; George Duke - piano & electric piano; Donald Christlieb - bassoon; Gene Cipriano - oboe & english horn; Vincent DeRosa - French horn & descant; Arthur Maebe - French horn & tuba; Jonathan Meyer - flute; Harold Bemko - cello; Buell Neidlinger - bass; Milton Thomas - viola; Arthur D. Tripp, III - drums

6: Jean-Luc Ponty - electric violin and baritone violectra; George Duke - electric piano; Wilton Felder - fender bass; John Guerin - drums; Ernie Watts - alto & tenor sax


Background

Notes

  • All songs originally written by Frank Zappa except for "How Would You Like To Have A Head Like That" which was written by Jean-Luc Ponty.

Conceptual Continuity

Music For Electric Violin And Low Budget Orchestra includes A Pound For A Brown On The Bus, The Duke Of Prunes and Bogus Pomp.

Versions