🎷 AotW: Jazz Jean-Luc Ponty - ENIGMATIC OCEAN

[Captain Bacardi]

Jean-Luc Ponty
ENIGMATIC OCEAN
Atlantic Records

Released 1977

Peaked at #1 on the Jazz Album chart and #35 on the Billboard 200 Album chart (1977)

Produced by Jean-Luc Ponty for JLP Productions, Inc.

Songs:

1. Overture - 0:47
2. The Trans-Love Express - 3:56
3. Mirage - 4:51
4. Enigmatic Ocean, Part I - 2:20
5. Enigmatic Ocean, Part II - 3:35
6. Enigmatic Ocean, Part III - 3:43
7. Enigmatic Ocean, Part IV - 2:24
8. Nostalgic Lady - 5:20
9. The Struggle Of The Turtle To The Sea, Part I - 3:32
10. The Struggle Of The Turtle To The Sea, Part II - 3:33
11. The Struggle Of The Turtle To The Sea, Part III - 6:05

All music composed, orchestrated and conducted by Jean-Luc Ponty
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Musicians:
Jean-Luc Ponty - Electric Violin, Five-String Electric Violin, Violectra, Bells, Grand Piano (8 )
Allan Holdsworth - Lead Electric Guitar
Daryl Stuermer - Lead and Rhythm Electric Guitar
Ralphe Armstrong - Electric Bass, Fretless Bass (8 )
Allan Zavod - Organ, Synthesizer, Electric Piano, Grand Piano, Clavinet
Steve Smith - Drums and Percussion

Recorded and mixed in June & July, 1977
Engineer: Larry Hirsch
Tape Handler: Mitch Gibson
Front Cover Photo: Andy Kent/Mirage
Liner Photo: Frank Moscati

Available at Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Enigmatic-Oce...qid=1410556973&sr=1-2&keywords=jean-luc+ponty




Capt. Bacardi

 

[AM Matt]

Got that CD because my brother Mark had it on cassette back then. Heard it back in 1978 for the first time when I was 13 years old. Matt Clark Sanford, MI

 

[Rudy]

One of many JLP favorites of mine.

 

[Captain Bacardi]

This is just an awesome album. Great writing, tremendous playing and great recording. Allan Holdsworth has been regarded as a "guitar god" for a long time and he and Daryl Stuermer compliment each other throughout the album. Allan Zavod came from the Maynard Ferguson band ("Chameleon" album) and Steve Smith would go on to be the drummer for Journey (he also had an excellent group called Vital Information). "Mirage" got a lot of airplay on the AOR station here in Austin in the late 70's. This is one of my desert island discs for sure!




Capt. Bacardi