''Enigmatic Ocean'' is a studio album by French jazz fusion artist

Jean-Luc Ponty Jean-Luc Ponty (born 29 September 1942) is a French jazz violinist and composer. Early life Ponty was born into a family of classical musicians in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano. At sixteen, he was admitt ...

, released in 1977. It features guitarists Allan Holdsworth and

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, keyboardist Allan Zavod, bassist Ralphe Armstrong (with whom Ponty had played in

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), and drummer

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. It reached #1 on the ''Billboard'' Jazz album chart in 1977.

Track listing

All music composed, orchestrated and conducted by Jean-Luc Ponty (from the original album cover). #"Overture" – 0:47 #"The Trans-Love Express" – 3:59 #"Mirage" – 4:53 #"Enigmatic Ocean - Part I" – 2:23 #"Enigmatic Ocean - Part II" – 3:35 #"Enigmatic Ocean - Part III" – 3:42 #"Enigmatic Ocean - Part IV" – 2:26 #"Nostalgic Lady" – 5:24 #"The Struggle of the Turtle to the Sea - Part I" – 3:35 #"The Struggle of the Turtle to the Sea - Part II" – 3:34 #"The Struggle of the Turtle to the Sea - Part III" – 6:03

Personnel

* Jean-Luc Ponty – electric violin, five-string electric violin,

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, bells; grand piano on "Nostalgic Lady" * Allan Holdsworth – lead electric guitar *

– lead & rhythm electric guitar * Allan Zavod – organ, synthesizer, electric piano, grand piano,

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* Ralphe Armstrong – electric basses, fretless bass *

– drums and percussion

Solos

* (2) : JL Ponty (violin) & D. Stuermer (guitar) * (3) : JL Ponty (violin) & A. Zavod (synthesizer) * (5) : JL Ponty (violin), D. Stuermer (guitar), A. Zavod (synthesizer) & A. Holdsworth (guitar) * (6) : A. Holdsworth (guitar) & JL Ponty (violin) * (8) : JL Ponty (violin) & A. Holdsworth (guitar) * (9) : A. Zavod (synthesizer) * (10) : JL Ponty (violectra) * (11) : R. Armstrong (bass straight and with devices), D. Stuermer (guitar), S. Smith (drums) & A. Holdsworth (guitar)

Production

* Producer: Jean-Luc Ponty * Engineer: Larry Hirsch * Tape handler technician: Mitch Gibson * Mastered by John Golden * Front cover photography by Andy Kent * Liner photography by Frank Moscati

Chart positions

References

External links

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