Jean-Luc Ponty - Canteloupe Island

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	King Kong	4:54
A2	Idiot Bastard Son	4:00
A3	Twenty Small Cigars	5:35
A4	How Would You Like To Have A Head Like That	7:14
B1	Music For Electric Violin And Low Budget Orchestra	19:20
B2	America Drinks And Goes Home	2:39
C1	Foosh Written-By – George Duke	8:48
C2	Pamukkale Written-By – Wolfgang Dauner	6:15
C3	Contact Written-By – Jean-Luc Ponty	7:03
D1	Canteloupe Island Written-By – Herbie Hancock	8:20
D2	Starlight, Starbright Written-By – Jean Bernard Eisinger	9:00

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.
• Manufactured By – U.A. Records, Limited
• Distributed By – U.A. Records, Limited

Credits

• Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Ernie Watts (tracks: A2 to A4, B2)
• Arranged By – Frank Zappa (tracks: A1 to B2)
• Bass – Buell Neidlinger (tracks: A1, B1)
• Bass [Fender] – Wilton Felder (tracks: A2 to A4, B2)
• Bassoon – Donald Christlieb* (tracks: B1)
• Cello – Harold Bemko (tracks: B1)
• Composed By – Frank Zappa (tracks: A1 to A3, B1, B2), Jean-Luc Ponty (tracks: A4)
• Conductor – Ian Underwood (tracks: B1)
• Drums – Arthur D. Tripp III* (tracks: A1, B1), Dick Berk (tracks: C1 to D2), John Guerin (tracks: A2 to A4, B2)
• Electric Bass – John Heard (tracks: C1 to D2)
• Electric Piano – George Duke
• Engineer – David Brand (tracks: C1 to D2), Dick Kunc (tracks: A1 to B2)
• Flute – Jonathan Meyer (tracks: B1)
• French Horn – Vincent DeRosa (tracks: B1)
• French Horn, Tuba [Tuben] – Arthur Maebe* (tracks: B1)
• Guitar – Frank Zappa (tracks: A4)
• Liner Notes – Leonard Feather
• Oboe, English Horn – Gene Cipriano (tracks: B1)
• Piano – George Duke (tracks: B1)
• Producer – Dick Bock*
• Reissue Producer – Michael Cuscuna
• Tenor Saxophone – Ian Underwood (tracks: A1)
• Vibraphone [Vibes], Percussion – Gene Estes (tracks: A1)
• Viola – Milton Thomas (tracks: B1)
• Violin [Electric Violin And Baritone Violectra] – Jean-Luc Ponty

Notes

"Originally recorded on Pacific Jazz while Ponty was with Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, the electric violinist is showcased here as an important instrument of fusion between jazz and rock."

Sides One and Two recorded October 6, 7 and 8, 1969.
Sides Three and Four recorded live at Thee Experience in Hollywood in September, 1969.

Sides One and Two previously issued as Pacific Jazz ST-20172 (King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa).
Sides Three and Four previously issued as Pacific Jazz ST-20168 (Jean-Luc Ponty and George Duke Trio - The Jean-Luc Ponty Experience).

Gatefold sleeve.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BN-LA632-H2	Jean-Luc Ponty	Canteloupe Island ‎(2xLP, Comp)	Blue Note	BN-LA632-H2	US	1976
BND 4018	Jean-Luc Ponty	Canteloupe Island ‎(2xLP, Comp)	Blue Note	BND 4018	UK	1976
L 45713/4 (BN-LA 632-H2)	Jean-Luc Ponty	Canteloupe Island ‎(2xLP, Comp, RE)	The Blue Note Re-Issue Series	L 45713/4 (BN-LA 632-H2)	Australia	1976
BN-LA632-H2	Jean-Luc Ponty	Canteloupe Island ‎(2xLP, Comp)	Blue Note	BN-LA632-H2	US	1976
BGOCD706	Jean-Luc Ponty	Canteloupe Island ‎(2xCD, Comp, RE)	BGO Records	BGOCD706	UK	2006