Jean-Luc Ponty King Kong: Plays The Music of Frank Zappa
Rolling Stone: "...Jean-Luc Ponty is a French gypsy violinist with an unusually fluid style that is full of wide leaps, unorthodox bowing techniques, and big surprises....a major musical mastermind..."
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CD Details
- Released: July 13, 1993
- Originally Released: 1993
- Label: Blue Note Records
Entertainment Reviews:
Rolling Stone - 8/6/70, p.33
"...Jean-Luc Ponty is a French gypsy violinist with an unusually fluid style that is full of wide leaps, unorthodox bowing techniques, and big surprises....a major musical mastermind..."Down Beat - 12/93, p.46
4.5 Stars - Very Good Plus - "...[KING KONG is] the extraordinary 1969 album that helped establish Ponty as a versatile and progressive jazz violinist....the violinist twists and turns through straightahead and free jazz, 20th-century classical and rock stylings...."Musician - 12/93, p.93
"...Ponty's command of Frank Zappa's quirky polymetric arrangements on KING KONG have aged gracefully....[it] makes us long for the days when we believed a violinist had arrived who could blow modern jazz in tune, and with feeling...."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
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- UPC: 077778953920
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
- International Shipping: 1 item
