The Best of Jean Luc Ponty

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Released March 12, 2002 Release date 12 March 2002 Label Columbia Records		Artist Jean-Luc Ponty Producer Jean-Luc Ponty Genre Jazz fusion

Recorded May 11, 1987–March 27, 1991 The Best of Jean-Luc Ponty (2002) Live at Semper Opera (2002) Similar Jean-Luc Ponty albums, Jazz fusion albums

The Best of Jean-Luc Ponty is a compilation album by French Jazz-Fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 2002. It focuses on his work while on the Columbia label.

Track listing

All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty unless otherwise noted.

"Prologue" – 1:03
"Faith in You" – 4:52
"Tchokola" (Brice Wassy) – 5:48
"Spring Episode" – 5:52
"Metamorphosis" – 5:53
"Tender Memories" – 5:20
"Mouna Bowa" (Ponty, Guy N'Sangue) – 6:33
"In the Fast Lane" – 4:10
"The Gift of Time" – 5:06
"After the Storm" – 4:21
"Bottle Bop" (Yves N'Djock, Nsangue, Wassy) – 4:52
"Prelude No. 20, Op. 28" (Chopin) – 2:59

Personnel

Jean-Luc Ponty – violin, synthesizer, Synclavier, keyboards

Rayford Griffin – drums, percussion

Baron Browne – bass

Jamie Glaser – guitar

Pat Thomi – guitar

Wally Mino – piano, keyboards

Clara Ponty – piano

Patrice Rushen – synthesizer

Grover Washington Jr. – synthesizer, soprano saxophone

Kurt Wortman – percussion

Martin Atangana – guitar

Yves N'Djock – guitar

Guy N'Sangue – bass

Brice Wassy – drums, percussion

Moustapha Cisse – percussion

Angélique Kidjo – vocals

Myriam Betty – vocals

Kémo Kouyaté – harp, background vocals, Balafon, Kora

Abdou M'Boup – percussion, bongos, vocals, Sabar, Tama, Bugarabu

Willy N'For – vocals

Songs

1Prologue1:01
2Faith in You4:53
3Tchokola5:48

References

The Best of Jean-Luc Ponty Wikipedia

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Track listing

Personnel

Songs

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