Jean-Luc Ponty - 2001 - The Best of the Pacific Jazz Years

Tracklist: 

01. Cantaloupe Island 8:28

02. Contact 7:14

03. Pebble Beach Walk 4:19

04. California 5:50

05. The Loner 4:11

06. Soul Summit 4:56

07. Eighty-One 6:37

08. Twenty Small Cigars 5:37

09. How Would You Like to Have a Head Like That 7:17

10. King Kong 4:56

11. With a Little Help from My Friends 2:53

Line-up

Alto Saxophone – Bud Shank (tracks: 5 to 7)

Alto Saxophone, Flute – Leo Wright (tracks: 3, 4, 11)

Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Ernie Watts (tracks: 8, 9), Ian Underwood (tracks: 10)

Baritone Saxophone – Richard Aplanalp (tracks: 5 to 7)

Bass – Bob West (tracks: 5 to 7), Buell Neidlinger (tracks: 10), Guy Pedersen (tracks: 3, 4, 11)

Bass Trombone – Mike Wimbley (tracks: 5 to 7)

Drums – Arthur Dyne Tripp III* (tracks: 10), Daniel Humair (tracks: 3, 4, 11), Dick Berk (tracks: 1, 2), John Guerin (tracks: 5 to 9)

Electric Bass – John Heard (tracks: 1, 2), Wilton Felder (tracks: 8, 9)

Electric Piano – George Duke (tracks: 1, 2, 8 to 10)

Electric Violin – Jean-Luc Ponty

Electric Violin [Bariton Violectra] – Jean-Luc Ponty (tracks: 8 to10)

Flute – Anthony Ortega (tracks: 5 to 7)

Guitar – Frank Zappa (tracks: 9), Wilbert Longmire (tracks: 5 to 7)

Piano – George Duke (tracks: 5 to 7), George Gruntz (tracks: 3, 4, 11)

Trombone – Frank Strong (tracks: 5 to 7), Thurman Green (tracks: 5 to 7)

Trumpet – Carmell Jones (tracks: 3, 4, 11), Tony Rusch* (tracks: 5 to 7), Larry McGuire (tracks: 5 to 7), Paul Hubinon (tracks: 5 to 7), William Peterson (tracks: 5 to 7)