Jan Luc Ponty Live at Semper Opera

Item specifics - Music: CDs Artist: Jean-Luc Ponty Release Date: Jul 31, 2007 Format: CD Record Label: Koch Records (USA) UPC: 099923413325 Genre: Jazz Duration: Album or EP Sub-Genre: -- Condition: Brand new Special Attributes: -- See reviews Detailed item info Track listing 1. Imaginary Voyage - Infinite Pursuit 2. Jig 3. Forever Together 4. No Absolute Time 5. Mirage 6. Enigmatic Ocean (Pt. I & II) 7. Band Introduction 8. Mauna Bowa 9. Caracas Details Playing time: 72 min. Producer: J.L.P. Productions, Inc. Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA) Recording type: Studio Recording mode: Stereo SPAR Code: n/a Album notes Personnel: Jean-Luc Ponty (electric violin); William Lecomte (keyboards); Guy Nsangue Akwa (electric bass); Thierry Arpino (drums); Moustapha Cisse (percussion). Restored to circulation in 2007, LIVE AT SEMPER OPERA encapsulates the career of violinist Jean Luc Ponty up to that point of its original 2002 release. Ponty was one of the musicians present at the birth of jazz-rock fusion in the late 1960s. His career has been a journey from an acoustic jazz violinist (with a strong grounding in bebop and swing) to a high-voltage experimenter integrating various aspects of jazz, rock, electronics, and world music into a distinctive whole. LIVE, recorded May 2001 in Dresden, Germany, is a reflection of Ponty's artistic evolution, from the surging, dynamic "Imaginary Voyage" to the South American folk elements laced into "Caracas."