“Jazz Long Playing” (a play on words based on Jean Luc Ponty’s initials was Jean Lucs first recording as a leader.
It was probably the first real bebop violin albums and it was his way of showing world “hey look, the violin can do this too”.
Jean Luc was at a prestigious classical conservatorie in Paris when he was young. Back then the world wasn’t so open and his classical teacher forbid him from playing jazz.
He still did it but had to keep it secret or he would lose his place at the conservatoire.
Check out a great track from the album here.