Open Strings

Studio album by Jean-Luc Ponty

Released

1971

Recorded

Recorded at MPS-Studio, Villingen, Germany, December 1971

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)

Open Strings
(1971)

Upon the Wings of Music
(1975)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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

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

Side two

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

Personnel

Philip Catherine – guitar
Oliver Johnson – drums
Joachim Kühn – keyboards
Jean-Luc Ponty – violin
Peter Warren – bass

Other credits

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

↑ Yanow, Scott. "Open Strings - Jean-Luc Ponty, Jean-Luc Ponty Experience : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
↑ Kelman, John (28 March 2011). "Jean-Luc Ponty: Open Strings (2011)". www.allaboutjazz.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. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 163. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

External links

"Jean-Luc Ponty - Open Strings - Jean-Luc Ponty Experience at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 16 June 2013.

Jean-Luc Ponty

Studio albums	Jazz Long Playing (1964) Violin Summit (1966) Electric Connection (1969) King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa (1970) Open Strings (1971) New Violin Summit (1971) Upon the Wings of Music (1975) Aurora (1975) Imaginary Voyage (1976) Enigmatic Ocean (1977) Cosmic Messenger (1978) A Taste for Passion (1979) Civilized Evil (1980) Mystical Adventures (1982) Individual Choice (1983) Open Mind (1984) Fables (1985) The Gift of Time (1987) Storytelling (1989) Tchokola (1991) No Absolute Time (1993) The Rite of Strings (1995) Life Enigma (2001) The Acatama Experience (2007)

Live albums	Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio (1969) Astrorama (1970) Sonata Erotica: Live at Montreux (1972) Live in Hamburg (1976) Live (1979) Live at Chene Park (1997) Live at Semper Opera (2002) Jean-Luc Ponty in Concert (2003) Live in Montreux 1994 (2005)

Compilations	Cantaloupe Island (1976) Le Voyage: The Jean-Luc Ponty Anthology (1996) The Very Best of Jean-Luc Ponty (2000) The Best of Jean-Luc Ponty (2002)

with Frank Zappa	Hot Rats (1969) Over-Nite Sensation (1973) Apostrophe (') (1974) Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (1981) Beat the Boots!—Piquantique (1991) Beat the Boots! #2—Disconnected Synapses (1992) You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore Vol. 6 (1992) The Lost Episodes (1996) One Shot Deal (2008) Understanding America (2012) Road Tapes, Venue #2 (2013)

with Mahavishnu Orchestra	Apocalypse (1974) Visions of the Emerald Beyond (1975)

Anderson Ponty Band	Better Late Than Never (2015)

Related articles	Frank Zappa Mahavishnu Orchestra Clara Ponty

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