Category Archives: Jean-Luc Ponty

Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #9

Posted on January 9, 2011 by urbangraffito

As I chose today’s Sunday Big Note Listening Session, I was struck at how, over time, the details of many of these concerts and broadcasts are either lost or omitted by successive trader, poster, torrenter. Venue. Date. Location. Line-up. Important … Continue reading →

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Jean-Luc Ponty at Zappanale, 2010

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Balint

You might want to listen to the original King Kong (’69) album – collected temporarily here.

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Best of Zappa In Australia – 1973 Tour

Posted on November 29, 2010 by urbangraffito

In the above clip (short as it is), Frank Zappa expounds on what an Australian concert goer might expect from one of the various shows on his 1973 Australian tour. For some FZ fans, this particular ensemble is their favorite … Continue reading →

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Spotlight, Swedish TV, 1971

Posted on August 6, 2010 by urbangraffito

While in Stockholm, Sweden on December 4th, 1971 during a short European tour, Frank Zappa and The Mothers appeared on the Swedish TV show entitled “Spotlight“. The 34 minute broadcast had interviews with Zappa mingled with music clips from 200 … Continue reading →

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Tweezer Glint: Finale – The Roxy Years 73/74 (Part III)

Posted on January 23, 2010 by urbangraffito

Welcome fellow KUR-meisters to the final installment of the Tweezer Glint series, “Tweezer Glint: Finale – The Roxy Years 73/74 (Part III)”. 120 tracks of raw, unbridled buffoonery amid some of the finest musicianship you’ll hear from this period of … Continue reading →

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Frank Zappa & the Mothers in Stockholm, 1973

Posted on December 10, 2009 by urbangraffito

One of my favorite performances by any Zappa ensemble is this particular performance by the early Roxy band (prior to the arrival of Napoleon Murphy Brock and Chester Thompson, and featuring Ian Underwood on woodwinds) at Soliden, Skansen, Stockholm, Sweden, … Continue reading →

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Frank Zappa–Pioneer Of Future Music

Posted on July 14, 2009 by urbangraffito

Directed by Frank Scheffer, “Frank Zappa–Pioneer Of Future Music” (2007) is a two part documentary which combined and re-edited footage and interviews from “Frank Zappa: The Present Day Composer Refuses to Die” (2000) and “Frank Zappa: Phaze II, The Big … Continue reading →

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Jean-Luc Ponty in 1972

Posted on June 14, 2009 by urbangraffito

Rare footage of Jean-Luc Ponty from 1972. Performing his only original composition from his album King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa. While the album version goes 7:12 in length, this version (it is surmised that this … Continue reading →

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1973-06-26 Sydney, Rehearsal

Posted on December 21, 2008 by Balint

Frank Zappa and the Mothers rehearsing for a show in Sydney, Australia in 1973. Wow!… (Via FZ In Hungary.)

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Frank Zappa, Fake Rocker Or True Jazz Man?

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Attention French shoppers! Jazz Magazine‘s June issue has an 18 page special on FZ. As you can see there’s an interview with Jean-Luc Ponty on how he first met FZ, while the main article attempts to provide an answer to … Continue reading →

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