Jazz Long Playing

Jazz Long Playing is the debut album by French violinist Jean-Luc Ponty recorded in Paris in June and July 1964. It was reissued in 2000. Jazz Long Playing is one of two albums produced by Ponty; Sunday Walk in 1967 was his second.

Track listing

 * 1) "Une nuit au violin" (Martial Solal) – 4:43
 * 2) "Modo Azul" (Jef Gilson) – 4:38
 * 3) "Spanish Castels" (George Gruntz) – 3:40
 * 4) "Sniffin' the Blues" (Jef Gilson) – 3:28
 * 5) "Postlude in C" (Raymond Fol) – 3:21
 * 6) "Au Privave" (Charlie Parker) – 3:45
 * 7) "Manoir de mes rêves" (Django Reinhardt) – 3:05
 * 8) "YTNOP Blues" (Jean-Luc Ponty) – 3:10
 * 9) "I Want to Talk About You" (Billy Eckstine) – 3:48
 * 10) "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 3:02
 * 11) "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington) – 4:20

Tracks 1 & 3 recorded June 1, 1964. Tracks 2 & 6 recorded June 17, 1964. Tracks 4, 8 & 11 recorded June 15, 1964. Tracks 5, 7, 8 & 10 recorded July 6, 1964.

Personnel

 * Jean-Luc Ponty – acoustic violin (tracks 2, 4-11), electric violin (tracks 1, 3)
 * Michel Portal – flute (tracks 2, 6)
 * Eddy Louiss – piano (tracks 1-3, 5-8, 10) ; organ (tracks 4, 9, 11)
 * Gilbert Rovère – double bass (tracks 1-4, 6, 9, 11)
 * Guy Pedersen – double bass (tracks 5, 7, 8, 10)
 * Daniel Humair – drums


 * Production
 * Producer: Daniel Richard
 * Recorded by François Dentan
 * Photography by Stan Wiezniak
 * Liner notes by Jean Tronchot