King Kong (The Album)

Release Info

Jean-Luc Ponty - "King Kong" (LP, Pacific Jazz ST 20172, May 25, 1970) and CD.

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

Conceptual Continuity

Music For Electric Violin And Low Budget Orchestra includes A Pound For A Brown On The Bus and other FZ tunes.