artist/ponty-mn0000228299">Ponty has worked amongst artist/frank-zappa-mn0000138699">Frank Zappa too artist/john-mclaughlin-mn0000223701">John McLaughlin, has provided bright violin operate every bit a session player, too has had a terrific run every bit a bandleader. This two-disc educate dips into artist/ponty-mn0000228299">Ponty's Atlantic Records releases, tracing the evolution of artist/ponty-mn0000228299">Ponty's particular construct of jazz fusion too providing a real overnice await at his career every bit a bandleader. H5N1 few of the cuts appear a fleck watery too thin, merely this has to a greater extent than to practise amongst the original recording too mixing than the performances or mastering -- Rhino's mastering department has provided the commons character of production here. artist/jean-luc-ponty-mn0000228299">Jean-Luc Ponty is a notable performer inward the jazz arena, ane who has a clear vision too rigid ideals when it comes to his music -- he likes to exam his boundaries too explore novel possibilities. H5N1 notable collection.
Le Voyage is Jean Luc-Ponty's anthology, too it is a powerful aspect of music. The songs all interweave violin, guitar, too synthesisers exquisitely to cast a melodic too harmonic whole. The genres of music traversed hither include jazz, rock, classical, too noise. The violin playing, which is Ponty's strength, is unusual, unique, aggressive too punctuated. This fits inward actually good inward a jazz/classical framework. Combined amongst the highly expert too technical guitar wizardry (by artists or too thence of whom I've never heard of), it blends inward stone too related genres perfectly. Throw inward organs, synthesisers, clavinets, too you lot bring electronic dissonance that lurks inward the background too slithers on the side, capturing your attending either way. There are no vocals here, too that makes this all the to a greater extent than unique.
The stand upwards out tracks include Mirage which features an amazing functioning past times Allan Holdsworth on Pb guitar too a processed violin (?). This runway is appropriately titled too the subtle electronic dissonance overtones shimmer on the musical landscape. The interplay betwixt Holdsworth too Ponty is spectacular. Egocentric Molecules besides features or too thence amazing guitar-violin-synthesiser interplay. The runway No Strings Attached has a bass draw of piece of job that is reminscent of Pink Floyd's Another Brick inward the Wall Pt. 1 too again, the dissonance is what caught my attention. Computer Incantations for World Peace besides is interesting from an electronic dissonance standpoint.
Track listing
All songs past times Jean-Luc Ponty.
Disc 1
1. "Question amongst No Answer" – 3:29
2. "Bowing-Bowing" – 4:53
3. "Echoes of the Future" – 3:11
4. "Aurora, Pt. 2" – 6:15
5. "Waking Dream" – 2:26
6. "Renaissance" – 5:48
7. "New Country" – 3:09
8. "Enigmatic Ocean, Pt. 2" – 3:37
9. "Enigmatic Ocean, Pt. 3" – 3:43
10. "Mirage" – 4:54
11. "Egocentric Molecules" – 5:49
12. "Cosmic Messenger" – 4:41
13. "Ethereal Mood" – 4:04
14. "I Only Feel Good amongst You" – 3:17
15. "No Strings Attached" (live) – 6:02
Disc 2
1. "Stay amongst Me" – 5:36
2. "A Taste for Passion" – 5:25
3. "Once a Blue Planet" – 4:05
4. "Forms of Life" – 4:49
5. "Rhythms of Hope" – 4:03
6. "Mystical Adventures, Pt. 4" – 0:47
7. "Mystical Adventures, Pt. 5" – 5:06
8. "Jig" – 3:58
9. "Final Truth, Pt. 1" – 4:55
10. "Computer Incantations for World Peace" – 5:41
11. "Individual Choice" – 4:57
12. "Nostalgia" – 5:03
13. "Eulogy to Oscar Romero" – 2:34
14. "Infinite Pursuit" – 5:59
15. "In the Kingdom of Peace" – 4:04
16. "Caracas" – 3:51
17. "Forever Together" – 5:46
Personnel: Jean-Luc Ponty (autoharp, violin, electrical piano, organ, synthesizer, bass synthesizer, keyboard bass, electronic percussion); Joaquin Lievano, Peter Maunu (guitar, guitar synthesizer); Daryl Stuermer, Dan Sawyer, Martin Atangana, Allan Holdsworth, Scott Henderson , Jamie Glaser (guitar); Allan Zavod (piano, Clavinet, organ, keyboards, synthesizer); Patrice Rushen (piano, Clavinet, organ, synthesizer); Chris Rhyne (piano, keyboards, synthesizer, bass synthesizer); Wally Minko (piano, keyboards); Mokhtar Samba (drums, cowbells, timbales); Norman Fearrington, Ndugu, Ray Griffin (drums, percussion); Mark Craney (drums); Abdou M'Boup (cowbells, shaker); Paulinho Da Costa (percussion).
Recording information: Bill Schnee Studio, North Hollywood, CA (05/25/1975-03/??/1993); Chateau Recorders, North Hollywood, CA (05/25/1975-03/??/1993); Cherokee REcording Studios, Hollywood, CA (05/25/1975-03/??/1993); Home Studio, Santa Monica, CA (05/25/1975-03/??/1993); Kendrun Recording Studios, Burbank, CA (05/25/1975-03/??/1993); la Tour Di'Ivoire, Los Angeles, CA (05/25/1975-03/??/1993); Music Grinder, Hollywood, CA (05/25/1975-03/??/1993); Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, CA (05/25/1975-03/??/1993); Paramount Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA (05/25/1975-03/??/1993); Santa Barbara, CA (05/25/1975-03/??/1993); Studios, Davout, Paris, French Republic (05/25/1975-03/??/1993); Village Recorders, West Los Angeles, CA (05/25/1975-03/??/1993); Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, CA (05/25/1975-03/??/1993).
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