The Best of Jean-Luc Ponty
2002 greatest hits album by Jean-Luc Ponty
The Best of Jean-Luc Ponty | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Jean-Luc Ponty | ||||
Released | March 12, 2002 | |||
Recorded | May 11, 1987–March 27, 1991 | |||
Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Jean-Luc Ponty | |||
Jean-Luc Ponty chronology | ||||
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The Best of Jean-Luc Ponty is a compilation album by French jazz fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 2002. It focuses on his work while on the Columbia label.
Track listing
All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty unless otherwise noted.
- "Prologue" – 1:03
- "Faith in You" – 4:52
- "Tchokola" (Brice Wassy) – 5:48
- "Spring Episode" – 5:52
- "Metamorphosis" – 5:53
- "Tender Memories" – 5:20
- "Mouna Bowa" (Ponty, Guy N'Sangue) – 6:33
- "In the Fast Lane" – 4:10
- "The Gift of Time" – 5:06
- "After the Storm" – 4:21
- "Bottle Bop" (Yves N'Djock, Nsangue, Wassy) – 4:52
- "Prelude No. 20, Op. 28" (Chopin) – 2:59
Personnel
- Jean-Luc Ponty – violin, synthesizer, Synclavier, keyboards
- Rayford Griffin – drums, percussion
- Baron Browne – bass
- Jamie Glaser – guitar
- Pat Thomi – guitar
- Wally Mino – piano, keyboards
- Clara Ponty – piano
- Patrice Rushen – synthesizer
- Grover Washington Jr. – synthesizer, soprano saxophone
- Kurt Wortman – percussion
- Martin Atangana – guitar
- Yves N'Djock – guitar
- Guy N'Sangue – bass
- Brice Wassy – drums, percussion
- Moustapha Cisse – percussion
- Angélique Kidjo – vocals
- Myriam Betty – vocals
- Kémo Kouyaté – harp, background vocals, Balafon, Kora
- Abdou M'Boup – percussion, bongos, vocals, Sabar, Tama, Bugarabu
- Willy N'For – vocals
References
- ^ Horowitz, Hal (2011). "The Best of Jean-Luc Ponty - Jean-Luc Ponty | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
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- Violin Summit (1966)
- Sunday Walk (1967)
- Humair, Louiss, Ponty: Trio HLP (1968)
- Electric Connection (1969)
- More Than Meets the Ear (1968)
- King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa (1970)
- Open Strings (1971)
- New Violin Summit (1971)
- Upon the Wings of Music (1975)
- Aurora (1976)
- Imaginary Voyage (1976)
- Enigmatic Ocean (1977)
- Cosmic Messenger (1978)
- A Taste for Passion (1979)
- Civilized Evil (1980)
- Mystical Adventures (1982)
- Individual Choice (1983)
- Open Mind (1984)
- Fables (1985)
- The Gift of Time (1987)
- Storytelling (1989)
- Tchokola (1991)
- No Absolute Time (1993)
- The Rite of Strings (1995)
- Life Enigma (2001)
- The Acatama Experience (2007)
- The Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio (1969)
- Live at Donte's (1969)
- Astrorama (1970)
- Live at Montreux 72 (a.k.a. Sonata Erotica) (1972)
- Waving Memories - Live in Chicago 1975 (1975)
- Live in Hamburg (1976)
- Live (1979)
- Live at Chene Park (1997)
- Live at Semper Opera (2002)
- Jean-Luc Ponty in Concert (rec. 1999, rel. 2003)
- Live in Montreux 1994 (2005)
- Cantaloupe Island (1976)
- Le Voyage: The Jean-Luc Ponty Anthology (1996)
- The Very Best of Jean-Luc Ponty (2000)
- The Best of Jean-Luc Ponty (2002)
- Hot Rats (1969)
- Over-Nite Sensation (1973)
- Apostrophe (') (1974)
- Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (1981)
- Beat the Boots!—Piquantique (1991)
- Beat the Boots! #2—Disconnected Synapses (1992)
- You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore Vol. 6 (1992)
- The Lost Episodes (1996)
- One Shot Deal (2008)
- Understanding America (2012)
- Road Tapes, Venue #2 (2013)
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- Visions of the Emerald Beyond (1975)
- Better Late Than Never (2015)