NEW VIOLIN SUMMIT Robert Wyatt Jean Luc Ponty Michal Urbaniak 2LP 1971 VG
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Description
This 2 LP set was a follow up to the 1966 Violin Summit concert, though JeanLuc Ponty is the only holdover from the earlier date. Ponty is clearly the dominant force, whether sharing the stage with the other violinists, which include blues player Sugar Cane Harris, the gypsy Nipso Brantner, and Michal Urbaniak, or featured in a solo or duo setting. Fully half of the release is dedicated to Ponty's potent compositions, including an unaccompanied exploration of "Flipping," a duet with Harris on "Astrorama," and "Violin Summit No. II," a finale featuring all four men. Harris and Brantner are effective on Muddy Waters' "Got My Mojo Workin'," while Ponty's duet with Urbaniak on "Nuggis" is not as memorable. Unlike Violin Summit, the rhythm section is fusion oriented, with keyboardist Wolfgang Dauner, guitarist Terje Rypdal, electric bassist Neville Whitehead, and drummer Robert Wyatt. This is one of the better examples of jazz violin from the early fusion era.
Tracklist
A1 Valium Written-By – Michal Urbaniak 10:02
A2 Got My Mojo Working Written-By – Muddy Waters 8:50
B1 Nuggis Written-By – Wolfgang Dauner 12:52
B2 Horizon Written-By – Terje Rypdal 7:52
C1 Flipping Written-By – J. L. Ponty 12:30
C2 Astrorama Written-By – J. L. Ponty 11:22
D Violin Summit Nr. II Written-By – J. L. Ponty 17:03
* Bass – Neville Whitehead (tracks: A1 to B1, C1 to D)
* Design – Heinz Bähr (2)
* Drums – Robert Wyatt (tracks: A1 to B1, C1 to D)
* Engineer – Eberhard Sengpiel
* Guitar – Terje Rypdal
* Keyboards – Wolfgang Dauner (tracks: A1 to B1, C1 to D)
* Liner Notes [Translated By] – O. E. Syman
* Photography – Hans Harzheim, Ralpgh Quinke, Ulrich Borchert
* Photography [Coverfoto] – Josef Werkmeister
* Photography [Reverse Side] – Hans Harzheim
* Producer, Liner Notes – Joachim E. Berendt
* Recording Supervisor – Willi Fruth
* Violin – Don 'Sugar Cane' Harris (tracks: A1, A2, B2, C2, D), Jean-Luc Ponty (tracks: A1, B1 to D), Michal Urbaniak (tracks: A1, B1, B2, D), Nipso Brantner (tracks: A1, A2, B2, D)
Recorded live at the Berlin Jazz Festival
Berlin Philharmonic Hall
November 7, 1971
BASF-brand on frontcover and centerlabel, but insidecover states MPS beneath cat# only.
Just on centerlabel, Don "Sugarcane" Harris appears in this wording. On cover, as denoted.
2LPs are Very Good in a Very Good gatefold sleeve, comes with plastic-lined paper inner sleeves.
New Violin Summit
Don 'Sugar Cane' Harris
Jean Luc Ponty
Nipso Brantner
Michal Urbaniak
Robert Wyatt
MPS/BASF Records 33 21285-8
2X12" 33 1/3 rpm (Germany)
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