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