Open Mind (album) explained

Open Mind
Type:	studio
Artist:	Jean-Luc Ponty
Cover:	Open Mind Jean Luc Ponty.jpg
Released:	July 5, 1984
Recorded:	May – July 1984
Studio:	La Tour d'Ivoire & Mad Hatter (Los Angeles, California) The Village Recorder (West Los Angeles, California) The Enterprise Studios (Burbank, California) Atlantic Studios (New York City, New York)
Genre:	Jazz fusion
Length:	39:18
Label:	Atlantic
Producer:	Jean-Luc Ponty
Prev Title:	Individual Choice
Prev Year:	1983
Next Title:	Fables
Next Year:	1985

Open Mind is an album by French jazz fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 1984.

Track listing

All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty.

1. "Open Mind" – 8:05
2. "Solitude" – 6:05
3. "Watching Birds" – 4:57
4. "Modern Times Blues" – 7:17
5. "Orbital Encounters" – 5:14
6. "Intuition" – 7:40

Personnel

• Jean-Luc Ponty – violin, violectra, piano, organ, synthesizer, keyboards, vocals, rhythm programming
• George Benson – electric guitar (track 4)
• Chick Corea – synthesizer (tracks 1, 3)
• Casey Scheuerell – drums, tabla (track 3)
• Rayford Griffin – drums, percussion (track 5)

Production notes

• Jean-Luc Ponty – producer
• Dan Nash – engineer
• Peter R. Kelsey – engineer, mixing
• Steve Hirsch – engineer, assistant engineer
• Dave Marquette – engineer, assistant engineer
• John Molino – engineer, assistant engineer
• Jay Willis – engineer, assistant engineer
• Dan Warme – engineer, assistant engineer
• Gary Wagner – engineer, assistant engineer
• Claudia Ponty – cover art concept

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1984	Billboard Jazz Albums	5
	Billboard 200	171

External links

• Jean-Luc Ponty - Open Mind (1984) album review by Richard S. Ginell, credits & releases at AllMusic
• Jean-Luc Ponty - Open Mind (1984) album releases & credits at Discogs