Jean-Luc Ponty: Electric Connection (1969)
Jean-Luc Ponty’s new American label, World Pacific Jazz, wasted little time in marketing their jazz violin phenomenon. Ponty was quickly paired with WPJ…
Category: George Duke
The Jean-Luc Ponty Experience With The George Duke Trio (1969)
Kronomyth 5.0: ELECTRIC NIGHT. World Pacific Jazz founder Dick Bock had the bright idea to expose Jean-Luc Ponty’s jazz fusion to rock audiences…
Jean-Luc Ponty: King Kong (1970)
Kronomyth 6.0: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. This is basically Frank Zappa making an orchestral jazz/rock record on Dick Bock’s dime, with wonderful results….
Frank Zappa: Chunga’s Revenge (1970)
Kronomyth 10.0: THE YAWN AND THE RESTLESS. Chunga’s Revenge finds Frank Zappa at a kind of existential crossroads. He had just re-tooled the…
[Review] Frank Zappa: Waka/Jawaka (1972)
A transitional record between Chunga’s Revenge and The Grand Wazoo, featuring a pair each of extended, quasi-classical jazz-fusion instrumentals and funny songs.
The Mothers: The Grand Wazoo (1972)
The last of the great instrumental burlesques, at least until Orchestral Favorites surfaced in 1979. The Grand Wazoo was recorded during Frank Zappa’s…
The Mothers: Over-Nite Sensation (1973)
Somehow, Frank Zappa found a way on Over-Nite Sensation to package his oddball humor and complex arrangements into a commercially palatable package. It…
[Review] George Duke: The Inner Source (1973)
Two albums in one (Solus, The Inner Source) that showcase Duke’s colossal Rhodes skills and artistic range, backed by the George Duke Trio.
George Duke: Faces In Reflection (1974)
Duke adds Headhunter Ndugu to the trio and releases a spacey album of jazz fusion that invites comparison to Zappa and RTF.
Zappa/Mothers: Roxy & Elsewhere (1974)
Kronoymth 18.0: SEX & DRUGS & ROXY & ROLL. If you enjoyed Over-Nite Sensation and Apostrophe, that’s good; it means you’re not dead….
George Duke: Feel (1974)
An F’n awesome lineup of fusion, funk, flora (purim) and frank (zappa). If you dug Faces and Aura, you’ll dig this one too.
Frank Zappa/Captain Beefheart/The Mothers: Bongo Fury (1975)
A cleverly staged car wreck between Zappa and Captain Beefheart that, despite the creative velocity of the pair at the time, wasn’t the…
Stanley Clarke: School Days (1976)
Kronomyth 4.0: BASS CLASS. From whiz kid to wizard in five short years. On School Days, Stanley Clarke steps out of the shadow…
George Duke: Reach For It (1977)
George Duke finally scored a hit with this one. Funked-up fusion served with a side of spicy Latin percussion and sweet lady singers.
Stanley Clarke: I Wanna Play For You (1979)
Kronomyth 6.0: LET BE BE FINALE OF SEEM. This is a live/studio hybrid that has all the earmarks of a contract closer. In…