Open Strings is an album by French jazz fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 1971 on vinyl by the MPS label.
| Open Strings | ||||
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| Released | 1971 | |||
| Recorded | December 1971 | |||
| Studio | MPS-Studio (Villingen, Germany) | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 39:54 | |||
| Label | MPS | |||
| Producer | Jean-Luc Ponty | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| All About Jazz |   [1] |
| AllMusic | [2] |
| Guardian |  [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
Track listing
editAll songs written by Jean-Luc Ponty, except where noted.
Side one
edit- "Flipping, Pt.1" – 4:40
- "Flipping, Pt.2" – 10:40
- "Flipping, Pt.3" – 5:33
Side two
edit- "Open Strings" – 15:40
- "Sad Ballad" (Joachim Kühn) – 4:11
Personnel
edit- Jean-Luc Ponty – violin
- Philip Catherine – guitar
- Joachim Kühn – keyboards
- Peter Warren – double bass
- Oliver Johnson – drums
- Technical
- Rolf Donner – engineer
- Willi Fruth – engineer, recording director
- Bernhard Wetz – design
- Anno Wilms – cover photography
- Hans Harzheim – inside, riverside photography
- Joachim E. Berendt – producer, liner notes
Recorded at MPS-Studio, Villingen, Germany, December 1971.
References
edit- ^ Kelman, John (28 March 2011). "Jean-Luc Ponty - Open Strings (1971, Remastered 2011) album review | All About Jazz". www.allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ Yanow, Scott. "Jean-Luc Ponty Experience / Jean-Luc Ponty - Open Strings (1971) album review | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ Fordham, John (7 July 2011). "Jean-Luc Ponty Experience: Open Strings – review | Music | The Guardian". theguardian.com. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 163. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
External links
edit- Jean-Luc Ponty Experience / Jean-Luc Ponty - Open Strings (1971) album review by Scott Yanow, credits & releases at AllMusic
- "Jean-Luc Ponty Experience - Open Strings (1971) album releases & credits at Discogs". discogs.com. 1972. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- Jean-Luc Ponty - Open Strings (1971) album to be listened as stream on Spotify