Cantaloupe Island (album)

Cantaloupe Island is an album by French violinist  Jean-Luc Ponty that was recorded in 1969 and released in 1976 by Blue Note. It combines two previously issued albums: King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa and Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio, both recorded in 1969 for the World Pacific label.

Reissues

 * Cantaloupe Island was digitally re-mastered and reissued on CD by BGO in 2006.

Track listing

 * 1) "King Kong" (Frank Zappa) – 4:58
 * 2) "Idiot Bastard Son" (Zappa) – 4:01
 * 3) "Twenty Small Cigars" (Zappa) – 5:35
 * 4) "How Would You Like to Have a Head Like That" (Ponty) – 7:18
 * 5) "Music for Electric Violin and Low Budget Orchestra" (Zappa) – 19:25
 * 6) "America Drinks and Goes Home" (Zappa) – 2:42
 * 7) "Foosh" (George Duke) – 9:01
 * 8) "Pamukkale" (Dauner) – 6:33
 * 9) "Contact" (Ponty) – 7:15
 * 10) "Cantaloupe Island" (Herbie Hancock) – 8:28
 * 11) "Starlight, Starbright" (Jean-Bernard Eisinger) – 9:23

Personnel

 * Jean-Luc Ponty – violin, electric violin, baritone violin
 * Ernie Watts – alto and tenor saxophone
 * Ian Underwood – tenor saxophone
 * George Duke – piano
 * Frank Zappa – guitar
 * Wilton Felder – bass
 * John Heard – bass
 * Buell Neidlinger – bass
 * Dick Berk – drums
 * John Guerin – drums
 * Art Tripp – drums
 * Gene Estes – percussion, vibraphone
 * Arthur Maebe – flugelhorn, French horn, tuben
 * Vincent DeRosa – French horn, descant
 * Gene Cipriano – English horn, oboe
 * Jonathan Meyer – flute
 * Donald Christlieb – bassoon
 * Milton Thomas – viola
 * Harold Bemko – cello, electronic sounds

Production notes

 * Richard Bock – producer
 * Frank Zappa – arranger, composer, conductor
 * Ian Underwood– conductor
 * Leonard Feather – liner notes
 * David Brand – engineer
 * Dick Klune – engineer
 * Andrew Thompson – remastering
 * Michael Cuscuna – reissue producer