Open Strings

Open Strings
Studio album by
Jean-Luc Ponty
Released1971
RecordedDecember 1971
StudioMPS-Studio (Villingen, Germany)
GenreJazz
Length39:54
LabelMPS
ProducerJean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty chronology
King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa
(1969) 		Open Strings
(1971) 		Upon the Wings of Music
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz[1]
AllMusic[2]
Guardian[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

Open Strings is an album by French 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
  • 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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Jean-Luc Ponty Experience / Jean-Luc Ponty - Open Strings (1971) album review | AllMusic". allmusic.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.