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Jean-Luc Ponty: Cosmic Messenger

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Label: Atlantic Recordings
Released: 1978
Time:
 37:46
Category: Jazz
Producer(s): Jean-Luc Ponty
Rating: *********. (9/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.ponty.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 1996
Price in €: 16,99



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[1] Cosmic Messenger (J-L.Ponty) - 4:38
[2] Art of Happiness (J-L.Ponty) - 4:33
[3] Don't Let the World Pass You By (J-L.Ponty) - 6:23
[4] I Only Feel Good with You (J-L.Ponty) - 3:05
[5] Puppets' Dance (J-L.Ponty) - 3:40
[6] Fake Paradise (J-L.Ponty) - 5:41
[7] Ethereal Mood (J-L.Ponty) - 4:03
[8] Egocentric Molecules (J-L.Ponty) - 5:44

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JEAN-LUC PONTY - organ, synthesizer, violin, keyboards, vocals, electric violin

ALLAN ZAVOD - piano, electric piano, organ, synthesizer
JOAQUIN LIEVANO - acoustic & electric guitars
PETER MAUNU - acoustic & electric guitars, guitar synthesizer
RALPHE ARMSTRONG - acoustic & electric bass
CASEY SCHEUERELL - drums, percussion
MARK CRANEY - drums

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1979 CD Atlantic 19189-2
1979 LP Atlantic 29289
1979 CS Atlantic CS-19189

Recorded at Cherokee Studios, Hollywood and Chateau Recorders, North Hollywood, California.



Cosmic Messenger is another stupendous 70's fusion album from violin great Jean-Luc Ponty. Cosmic Messenger features Ponty's trademark dizzying runs on "Fake Paradise", which are almost unreal. If you're a jazz violinist lover, this one is a got to have!

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Here is more elegant, European-flavored jazz-rock from the French virtuoso, pretty much in the same mold as in previous Atlantic albums but with gradually tightening control over every parameter of performance. Ponty's analog-delay special effects on the title track are spectacular, and the album is loaded more than ever with revolving electronic arpeggios as Ponty's own involvement with the ARP synthesizer grows. But there is still plenty of his fluid, slippery electric violin soloing to be heard within the tight structures of these pieces, and the tunes themselves are often pretty good. In addition, this fusion express finds its way into the funk on "The Art of Happiness," and there are some tricky rhythmic experiments on some tunes.

Richard S. Ginell - All Music Guide
 

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