''The Gift of Time'' is an 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 1987. It was his first recording for
Columbia Records after twelve albums on the
Atlantic
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label. It was reissued on CD in 1991.
Track listing
All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty.
#"Prologue" – 1:01
#"New Resolutions" – 4:47
#"Faith in You" – 4:46
#"No More Doubts" – 4:47
#"Between Sea and Sky" – 5:04
#"Metamorphosis" – 5:51
#"Introspective Perceptions" – 7:30
#"The Gift of Time" – 5:05
Personnel
*
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 ...
– violin,
Prophet-5 &
Synclavier synthesizers, electronic percussion, effects
* Pat Thomi – electric guitar
(tracks 2, 4-6)
*
Baron Browne
Baron Browne was an American bass guitarist.
Career
Born and raised in Georgia, USA, Baron Browne gravitated to music at a very early age, learning to play his uncle's drumset at 7 years old. As a teenager he dabbled in piano lessons and at age ...
– electric bass
(tracks 2-6, 8)
* Rayford Griffin – drums, percussion
(tracks 2-6, 8)
;Production notes
* Jean-Luc Ponty – producer
*
David Hentschel
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– engineer, mixing
* Bernie Grundman – mastering
* Joe Gastwirt – remastering
Charts
References
External links
Jean-Luc Ponty ''The Gift of Time'' (1987) album review by Richard S. Ginell, credits & releasesat
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1987 albums
Jean-Luc Ponty albums
Columbia Records albums
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