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01. "Computer incantations for world peace"
02. "Far from the beaten paths"
03. "In spiritual love"
04. "Eulogy to Oscar Romero"
05. "Nostalgia"
06. "Individual choice"
07. "In spite of all"
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.. Choice / 1580gr. |
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| Description: | Legendary drummer Kenny Clarke compared Jean-Luc Ponty to Dizzy Gillespie. Fellow violinist Stuff Smith
marveled, ??He plays violin like Coltrane plays saxophone.? Born in 1942, the French violinist Jean-Luc Ponty
transported jazz violin playing into the world of modern jazz. On Frank Zappa??s urging, Ponty moved to the
States in 1970. Over the next years he toured with Zappa, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Chick Corea??s
??Return to Forever?.
In the early 1970s Ponty bought himself a sequencer and synthesizer and carried them around while traveling
so he could record new ideas. By 1982 Ponty had a well-deserved reputation as a forerunner in jazz-rock and
jazz fusion. In a retrospective interview for this re-release of the 1983 album Individual Choice, JLP said:
??What I was recording in that new sequencer gave me the idea to go for a totally different concept, to use
these recordings as rhythmic backgrounds, sometimes without drums or percussion. I planned to record a new
album in which I would play all the background parts with my synthesizers and add my violin later on in the
studio. I also invited a few guests on different tracks, rather than record yet another band album.?
The guests Ponty invited to contribute to the recording were no less than George Duke (keys), Allan
Holdsworth (guitar), Rayford Griffin (drums) and Randy Jackson (bass). Fans of prior albums like Cosmic
Messenger and Upon The Wings Of Music may have recognized the music, but it also demonstrated Ponty's
developing style as a composer. At this point in his career, he was as curious about new sounds, and how they
shape harmony and melody, as he was to continue to compose in more familiar ways. New Age philosophy
was mainstreaming at this time, and the album??s hypnotic moods resonated with new age listeners as well as
fusion fans. It helped pioneer techno, and said musically what JLP has been saying before, but more succinctly
and freshly. - .. CHOICE / 1580GR.Recorded at The Music Grinder and at Cherokee Recording Studios.
Mixed at Cherokee Recording Studios, mastered at Future Disc, Los Angeles, California, March to May 1983.
Recording and mixing engineer: Peter R. Kelsey, assisted by Stuart Graham.
Produced for J.L.P. Productions, Inc.
Made in Germany by optimal media GmbH |
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| Playtime: |
37 |
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| Manufacturer No.: |
0218243MSW |
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