The Very Best of Jean-Luc Ponty explained
| The Very Best of Jean-Luc Ponty |
| Type: | greatest |
| Artist: | Jean-Luc Ponty |
| Cover: | Very Best of Jean Luc Ponty.jpg |
| Released: | June 20, 2000 |
| Recorded: | January 1975–August 1985 |
| Genre: | Jazz fusion |
| Label: | Rhino |
| Producer: | Jean-Luc Ponty |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | The Best of the Pacific Jazz Years |
| Next Year: | 2001 |
The Very Best of Jean-Luc Ponty is a compilation album by French jazz fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 2000. It mainly focuses on his work while on the Atlantic label.
Track listing
All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty.
- "Bowing-Bowing" – 4:53
- "Aurora, Pt. 2" – 6:15
- "Renaissance" – 5:48
- "New Country" – 3:10
- "Enigmatic Ocean, Pt. 3" – 3:37
- "Mirage" – 4:54
- "Egocentric Molecules" – 5:49
- "Cosmic Messenger" – 4:41
- "I Only Feel Good With You" – 3:18
- "No Strings Attached" (live) – 6:02
- "A Taste for Passion" – 5:25
- "Forms of Life" – 4:50
- "Rhythms of Hope" – 4:03
- "Final Truth, Pt. 1" – 4:54
- "Individual Choice" – 4:56
- "Infinite Pursuit" – 5:59
Personnel
- Jean-Luc Ponty – violin, autoharp, keyboards, electronic percussion, violectra
- Chris Rhyne – synthesizer, piano, synthesizer bass
- Patrice Rushen – organ, synthesizer, piano, clavichord, clavinet
- Allan Zavod – keyboards, clavinet
- Jamie Glaser – guitar
- Scott Henderson – guitar
- Allan Holdsworth – guitar
- Joaquin Lievano – guitar, guitar synth
- Peter Maunu – guitar, guitar synth
- Dan Sawyer – guitar
- Daryl Stuermer – guitar
- Ralphe Armstrong – bass
- Baron Browne – bass
- Tom Fowler – bass
- Randy Jackson – bass
- Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums, percussion
- Mark Craney – drums, percussion
- Rayford Griffin – drums, percussion
- Norman Fearrington – drums, percussion
- Casey Scheuerell – drums, percussion
- Steve Smith – drums, percussion
- Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
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