Frank Zappa - Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, Texas, U.S.A 10-26-1973 (SBD)

Frank Zappa
Armadillo World Headquarters
Austin, Texas, U.S.A
October 26, 1973
Soundboard Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Lineage: Cassette > Wave > CEP (track splitting) > Flac

01 Cosmik Debri
02 Inca Roads
03 Pygmy Twylyte
04 Idiot Bastard Son
05 Cheepnis
06 Big Swifty
07 San Clemente Magnetic Deviation (Dickie's Such An Asshole)
08 Father Oblivion
09 Son Of Mister Green Jeans/King Kong/Chunga's Revenge

World Premier Of "Dickie's Such An Asshole"

Frank Zappa guitar, vocals

Band May Include

Ian Underwood reeds, keyboards
Ruth Underwood vibes, marimba
Sal Marquez trumpet, vocals
Napoleon Murphy Brock sax, flute and vocals
Bruce Fowler trombone
Tom Fowler bass
Chester Thompson drums
Ralph Humphrey drums
George Duke keyboards, vocals
Jean-Luc Ponty violin

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Return To Forever - Jazz In Marciac ~ Le Chapiteau, Marciac, France 07-29-2011 (FM)

Return To Forever
Jazz In Marciac
Le Chapiteau
Marciac, France
July 29, 2011
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac Level 6 & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Lineage: FIP broadcast > Onkyo TX-8511 FM tuner > Edirol R-09 > HD via USB > Sound Forge 7.0 > CD Wave Editor > FLAC Frontend (level 6)

01 Introduction / Tuning / Medieval Overture
02 Señor Mouse
03 The Shadow of Lo (intro) / Sorceress
04 Band Introduction / Renaissance
05 After the Cosmic Rain
06 Romantic Warrior / Outro

Chick Corea Keyboards
Stanley Clarke Electric & Acoustic Bass
Lenny White Drums & Percussion
Jean-Luc Ponty Electric Violin
Frank Gambale Electric & Acoustic Guitar

A great recording from the line-up of Return To Forever featuring Jazz Legend Jean-Luc Ponty on violin.

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Frank Zappa & Jean-Luc Ponty - Unknown Venue: Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A May 12, 1973 (SBD) - (RobSam-doctorzap-flambay-mudsharknyc)

Frank Zappa & Jean-Luc Ponty
Unknown Venue
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A
May 12, 1973
Soundboard Recording - (RobSam-doctorzap-flambay-mudsharknyc)
Flac 16bit/44,1khz & MP3 320kbps/48khz
Cover Art Included

LINEAGE: Maxell XLII low GEN ? > Nakamichi DR-1 > Realtek HDAudio pentium i7 > Soundforge 10 Pro Highest quality setting Izotope 64 bit src downsampling / MBIT+dither> TLH > Peak > Speed Correction > Editing & retracking > FLAC (level8)

01 Tune Up Introduction Preamble [05:52]
02 Dog Meat Medley [7:42] includes:
   - Exercise #4,
   - Dog Breathe,
   - Dog Breathe Variations
   - Uncle Meat
03 Fifty-Fifty (7:42)
04 Cosmik Debris [6:07]
05 Preamble to Zomby Woof [1:49] <>cut, original source tape flip 1<>
06 Zomby Woof [4:37] <>cuts in<>
07 Montana [7:06]
08 DupreeÕs Paradise [19:33] <>cut, original source tape flip 2 @ 18:49<>
09 Building Curfew Encore Preamble [1:44]
10 Farther Oblivion [8:31]

Total time 70:48 min

Frank Zappa
Jean Luc Ponty
Tom Fowler
Ralph Humphrey
Ruth Underwood
Ian Underwood
George Duke
Bruce Fowler
Sal Marquez

When this first popped up from what I gather no one knew where it was recorded. Somehow the mystery was solved and it was determined to be from a venue in Detroit, Michigan. My back yard so to speak. I will say I wish I could have been at this one. Jean-Luc Ponty, George Duke, Ruth Underwood etc, it's one of the best live line ups you could get, if only Flo & Eddie were there too!

Anyway there was a bit of work done on this one by all the people who's names follow the title. It's explained on the included info text file. This is a great listen so grab it fast because the link is permanent.

Flac

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Frank Zappa - Horden Pavilion: Sydney, Australia June 24, 1973 (SBD) - Speed Corrected

Frank Zappa
Horden Pavilion
Sydney, Australia
June 24, 1973
Soundboard Recording - Speed Corrected
Flac Level 7 & MP3 320kbps
Front Cover Only

Lineage: SBD > tape/low gen?>CDR/? > wav (CEP, retracked) > flac (Frontend with SBE correction) (784 MB, previous ZT seed) > wav > Soundforge 5: speed correction, minor re-tracking > flac FFE lvl7 w/SBA

01 Intro 8:34
02 Dupree's Paradise 23:49
03 Dog Meat 7:39
04 Fifty-Fifty 6:03
05 Montana 6:03
06 Yellow Snow Intro & tuning 2:00
07 Yellow Snow Suite 21:36
08 Farther Oblivion 23:27
09 Son Of Mr Green Genes/King Kong/Chunga's Revenge 14:33

Frank Zappa
Jean Luc Ponty
Tom Fowler
Ralph Humphrey
Ruth Underwood
Ian Underwood
George Duke
Bruce Fowler
Sal Marquez (late Mar - Jul)
Kin Vassey (4/7/73-5/1/73)

This Wednesday I figured something different to get us through Hump Day...Some Frank Zappa should take your mind off things for a while. This is a fabulous show that I know everyone will love...

Flac

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Jean-Luc Ponty - Unknown Venue: Hamburg, Germany September 17, 1976 (FM)

Jean-Luc Ponty
Unknown Venue
Hamburg, Germany
September 17, 1976
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

This Is A Repost And A Flac Upgrade

Source: DFM > DAT > AUDIOPHILE2496 > SOUNDFORGE > CDARCHITECT > EAC (secure mode) > FLAC 1.17 VERIFY/ALIGN

CD1
01 Is Once Enough? 9:29
02 Polyfolk Dance 8:10
03 Lost Forest 11:05
04 Aurora 18:30
05 Renaissance 8:31
06 Question with No Answers 5:05

CD2
07 Passenger of the Dark* 10:08
08 Bowing-Bowing 9:14
09 Tarantula 3:14
10 Wandering on the Milky Way 6:26
11 Fight for Life 6:05

Total Time: 1:36:05

Jean-Luc Ponty - Acoustic and Electric Violin
Darryl Stuermer - Electric and Acoustic Guitar
Tom Fowler - Bass Guitar
Mark Craney - Drums
Allan Zavod - Keyboards

This great performance from Jean-Luc Ponty is just perfect for Sunday Morning Jazz. We posted it before but did not have the lossless version. We now have fixed that situation so enjoy...

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Jean-Luc Ponty Atlantic Years Quartet - Nice Jazz Festival ~ The Théâtre de Verdure de Nice, Nice, France, July 19, 2019 (FM)

Jean-Luc Ponty Atlantic Years Quartet
Nice Jazz Festival
The Théâtre de Verdure de Nice
Nice, France
July 19, 2019
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Lineage: TSF Jazz (FM) / Pioneer F-21 / Edirol RH-09R / Audacity / XAct / Flac

01 Overture / Trans-Love Express
02 Imaginary Voyage* (pt 1) / Cosmic Messenger
03 Ponty Chatter
04 Modern Times Blues*
05 The Struggle of the Turtle to the Sea* (beginning)
06 The Struggle of the Turtle to the Sea (end)
07 Eulogy For Oscar Romero
08 Mirage
09 Jig
10 The Gardens of Babylon*
11 Enigmatic Ocean

Jean-Luc Ponty, violin
William Lecomte, piano, keyboards
Jean Marie Ecay, guitar
Guy Nsangué Akwa, bass
Damien Schmitt, drums

This is a great sounding broadcast recording with Jean-Luc Ponty kick major ass! This is a great show, Jean-Luc is in fine form playing songs from his Legendary Atlantic Records recordings. The recording does have a few little hiccups but if you don't know where to look for them you won't notice.

The flac files set is a little large so it is uploaded in 2 parts both parts open separately.

Filefactory Flac1
Filefactory Flac2

Filefactory MP3

Turbobit Flac1
Turbobit Flac2

Turbobit MP3

Jean-Luc Ponty - King Biscuit Flower Hour ~ The Tower Theater, Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, PA 10-21-1978 (FM)

Jean-Luc Ponty
King Biscuit Flower Hour
The Tower Theater
Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A
October 21, 1978
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Lineage: King Biscuit Flower Hour FM Broadcast > Sansui 8 Receiver With Wire Antenna > Unknown Cassette Deck (Dolby Off) > Maxell XLII-S 90 Minute Cassette > Played On Tascam 112 Into Soundforge (Wave) > Flac (SB's Aligned)

01 - Bill Minkin Radio Intro :56
02 - Aurora 14:42
03 - Cosmic Messenger 4:46
04 - The Art Of Happiness 6:06
05 - Egocentric Molecules 7:47

Total Playing Time: 34mn 17sc

Jean-Luc Ponty violin
Joaquin Lievano guitars
Jamie Glaser guitar
Allan Zavod keyboards
Ralphe Armstrong bass
Casey Scheuerell drums & percussion

I love that Jean-Luc Ponty's music was deemed Rock & Roll enough to be on The King Biscuit Flower Hour. It's a short set, barely over 30 minutes, and Jean-Luc's performance makes it go by way too quick. In  other words he leaves you wanting so much more. Fans of Jean-Luc Ponty would be very wrong to let this one slip by without downloading it.

Flac

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Jean-Luc Ponty Quartet - Studio 2 des Westdeutschen Rundfunks, (WDR), Köln, Germany, 02-17-1969 (FM)

Jean-Luc Ponty Quartet

Studio 2 des Westdeutschen Rundfunks (WDR)
Köln, Germany
February 17, 1969
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac Level 6 & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Lineage: FM Broadcast > unknown lineage > trade on CDR > Flac Frontend, Level6 > Flac

01 Eighty-one 9:56
02 German Introduction Next Tune By Ponty :09
03 Starlight, Starbright 10:17
04 Introduction 1:25
05 California 9:40
06 Pamukkale? 14:28
07 German Introduction Next Tune By Ponty :20
08 Golden Green 8:10
09 Introduction By Ponty For Next Song/Eighty-one (fades) :13

Total Time: 54mn 39sc

Broadcast Ends With Track 09 Fading

Line-up:
Jean-Luc Ponty violin
Wolfgang Dauner piano
Eberhard Weber bass
Bernar Lubart drums

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Jean-Luc Ponty - Stanley Theater, Pittsburgh, PA,10-25-1978 (SBD)

Jean-Luc Ponty
Stanley Theater
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
October 25, 1978
Soundboard Recording
MP3 320kps
No Cover Art

CD1
01 Aurora
02 Cosmic Messenger
03 The Art of Happiness
04 Don't Let The world Pass You By
05 I Only Feel Good With You

CD2
01 The Struggle of the Turtle to the Sea
02 Band Introduction
03 Ethereal Mood >
04 Wandering on the Milky Way
05 Egocentric Molecules
 -Encores:
06 New Country
07 Imaginary Voyage Reprise (cut/faded)

Jean-Luc Ponty - electric violins, keyboards
Ralphe Armstrong - electric basss
Allan Zavod - keyboards
Casey Scheuerell - drums, percussion
Jamie Glaser - guitars, synthesisers
Joaquin Lievano - guitars

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Jean-Luc Ponty - Unknown Venue, Hamburg, Germany 09-17-1976 (FM)

Jean-Luc Ponty
Unknown Venue
Hamburg, Germany
September 17, 1976
FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

CD 1
01 Is Once Enough
02 Polyfolk Dance
03 Lost Forest
04 Aurora
05 Renaissance
06 Question with No Answers

CD 2
01 Passenger of the Dark
02 Bowing-Bowing
03 Tarantula
04 Wandering on the Milky Way
05 Fight for Life

total time 1hr 36mn 6sc

Jean-Luc Ponty violin
Darryl Stuermer guitar
Tom Fowler bass
Mark Craney drums
Allan Zavod keyboards

This is a great sounding recording of a fabulous gig from Jean-Luc Ponty and his band. If you have never tried Jean-Luc's music before this is the gig to check out. This is Jazz Fusion delivered with a fire, think something like Jeff Beck Live with Jan Hammer Group. If you re a Jean-Luc Ponty fan already, than you really need this for your collection.

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Jean-Luc Ponty - Mississippi Riverbank Club, Minneapolis, MN 07-26-1986 (FM)

Jean-Luc Ponty
Mississippi Riverbank Club
Minneapolis, MN
July 26, 1986
Stereo Soundboard/FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 256kps
Cover Art included

01 Overture / Trans-Love Express
02 Cosmic Messenger
03 Infinite Pursuit
04 Perpetual Rondo
05 Elephants In Love
06 Cats Tales
07 The Struggle of the Turtle to the Sea (Cut/Tape Flip > Fades Out)
08 Turtle To The Sea
09 Nostalgic Lady
10 Plastic Idols
11 Don't Let the World Pass You By
12 Open Mind

total time: 1hr 12mn 33sec

Jean-Luc Ponty - Electric Violin
Frank Gambale - Guitar
Kai Akagi - Keys
Baron Browne - Bass
Rayford Griffin - Drums

Like many my introduction to Jean-Luc Ponty was through his work with Frank Zappa and Mahavishnu Orchestra. I am also a fan of his solo out put. This fabulous recording is an excellent show case of Jean-Luc's talent. Jean-Luc has made a name for himself in the worlds of Jazz, Rock, and New Age Music with a reputation for a keen sense of composition.

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Jean-Luc Ponty - The Village Gate, New York City, NY 09-01-1975 (FM)

Jean-Luc Ponty
The Village Gate
New York City, NY
September 1, 1975
FM Broadcast Recording
No Cover Art
MP3 320kps

01 Radio Announcer / Band Introductions
02 How Would You Like to Have a Head Like That?
03 Echoes of the Future
04 Polyfolk Dance
05 Upon the Wings of Music
06 Radio Announcer

Jean-Luc Ponty - violin
Daryl Steurmer - guitar
Mike Wolf - keyboards
Tom Fowler - bass
Norm Fearrington - drums

This FM recording catches Jazz Legend Jean-Luc Ponty early in his solo career. This is some awesome Jazz Fusion here so my often over used phrase of highly recommended is going to be applied here as well. If you've never listened to Jean-Luc Ponty before this is a perfect bootleg to get an idea of his early music. Jean-Luc wears his musical influences on his sleeve at this time of his career. His compositions echoing his musical lessons during his tenure with Frank Zappa and Mahavishnu Orchestra.

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Jean-Luc Ponty - 43rd Deutsches Jazzfestival ~ Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Germany 10-25-2012 (FM)

Jean-Luc Ponty & HR-Bigband Conducted & Arranged By Jim McNeely
43rd Deutsches Jazzfestival
Hessischer Rundfunk
Frankfurt, Germany
October 25, 2012
FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 320kps
Front Cover Only

01 - On My Way to Bombay
02 - A Journey's End
03 - Lonely Among All
04 - Metamorphosis
05 - The Struggle of the Turtle to the Sea
06 - Last Memories of Her
07 - To and Fro
08 - After the Storm
09 - Final Truth
10 - How Would you Like to Have a Head Like That

Jean-Luc Ponty, violin

Jim McNeely, conductor, arranger

Frank Wellert, trumpet
Martin Auer, trumpet
Christian Ehringer, trumpet
Axel Schlosser, trumpet
Günter Bollmann, trombone
Peter Feil, trombone
Christian Jaksjø, trombone
Manfred Honetschläger, b-trombone
Heinz-Dieter Sauerborn, alto sax
Oliver Leicht, alto sax
Tony Lakatos, tenor sax
Steffen Weber, tenor sax
Rainer Heute, baratone sax
Peter Reiter, piano
Martin Scales, guitar
Thomas Heidepriem, bass guitar
Jean Paul Höchstädter, drums

Jazz legend Jean-Luc Ponty has always been a favorite of mine and this performance is quickly becoming a fave as well. At this festival performance Jean-Luc is backed by a 17 piece band. It's a very good quality recording that simply must be heard. To hear these songs done with such big arrangements is like candy for your ears. I got this from a really nice Jazz boot site called Jazz Boot Experiment . If you grab the occasional jazz boot from me and you want to expand you jazz collection Jazz Boot Experiment is a good place to start.

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