''Aurora'' is a

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by French

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artist

Jean-Luc Ponty Jean-Luc Ponty (born 29 September 1942) is a French jazz and jazz fusion violinist and composer. He is considered a pioneer of jazz-rock, particularly for his use of the electric violin starting in the 1970s. He rose to prominence for his colla ...

, released in 1976. It features guitarist

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, bassist Tom Fowler (with whom Ponty had played with

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), and drummer Norman Fearrington. It was reissued on

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in 1990 and on CD in 1992.

Track listing

All tracks written by Jean-Luc Ponty. # "Is Once Enough?" – 4:58 # "Renaissance" – 5:48 # "Aurora, Pt. 1" – 2:46 # "Aurora, Pt. 2" – 6:15 # "Passenger of the Dark" – 4:17 # "Lost Forest" – 5:27 # "Between You and Me" – 5:58 # "Waking Dream" – 2:25

Personnel

– acoustic & electric violin, violectra,

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, keyboards *

– acoustic & electric guitars *

– acoustic & electric piano, synthesizer * Tom Fowler – electric bass * Norman Fearrington – drums, percussion ;Production * Jean-Luc Ponty – producer * Larry Hirsch – engineer, mixing * George Tutko – engineer, studio assistant * Zal Schreiber – mastering * Jim Marshall – photography * Jean-Paul Oren – photography * Phil A. Ceccola – cover photo

Charts

References

External links

Official artist website
www.Ponty.com
Official record label website
AtlanticRecords.com
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