Open Strings

Open Strings
Studio album by Jean-Luc Ponty
Released 1971
Recorded December 1971
Studio MPS-Studio, Villingen, Germany
Genre Jazz
Length 39:54
Label MPS
Producer Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty chronology
King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa
(1969)King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa1969		 Open Strings
(1971)		 Upon the Wings of Music
(1975)Upon the Wings of Music1975
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
All About Jazz(favourable) [2]
Guardian[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

Open Strings is an album by jazz fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 1971 on vinyl by the MPS label.

Track listing

All songs written by Jean-Luc Ponty, except where noted.

Side one

  1. "Flipping, Pt.1" – 4:40
  2. "Flipping, Pt.2" – 10:40
  3. "Flipping, Pt.3" – 5:33

Side two

  1. "Open Strings" – 15:40
  2. "Sad Ballad" (Joachim Kühn) – 4:11

Personnel

Technical
  • Bernhard Wetz – design
  • Rolf Donner – engineer
  • Willi Fruth – engineer, recording director
  • Anno Wilms – cover photography
  • Hans Harzheim – inside, riverside photography
  • Joachim E. Berendt – producer, liner notes

References

  1. ↑ Yanow, Scott. "Open Strings - Jean-Luc Ponty, Jean-Luc Ponty Experience : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  2. ↑ Kelman, John (28 March 2011). "Jean-Luc Ponty: Open Strings (2011)". www.allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  3. ↑ Fordham, John (7 July 2011). "Jean-Luc Ponty Experience: Open Strings – review | Music | The Guardian". theguardian.com. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  4. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 163. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  • "Jean-Luc Ponty - Open Strings - Jean-Luc Ponty Experience at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 16 June 2013.


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