Albums
1975-79
Récent 1990-99 1980-89 Pre-1975 & Collaborations![]() Amazon.com |
A Taste For Passion (1979) Recorded in 1979 in Los Angeles with Jamie Glaser (electric guitar) Joaquin Lievano (acoustic and electric guitars) Allan Zavod (keyboards) Ralphe Armstrong (bass) Casey Scheuerell (drums, percussion). First recording where JLP is using a five-string blue Barcus-Berry violin.
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Jean-Luc Ponty Live (1979) Recorded live during shows in San Francsico, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles, California in 1978, with Jamie Glaser and Joaquin Lievano on guitars, Allan Zavod on keyboards, Ralphe Armstrong on bass and Casey Scheuerell on drums. Reissued in the USA on Wounded Bird Records, catalog No WOU-9229 |
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Cosmic Messenger (1978) Recorded in 1978 in Los Angeles with Joaquin Lievano and Peter Manau (guitars) Allan Zavod (keyboards) Ralphe Armstrong (bass) and Casey Scheuerell (drums & percussion). Innovative use of echo delays by JLP on Cosmic Messenger, I Only Feel Good With You, Ethereal Mood.
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Enigmatic Ocean (1977) Recorded in 1977 in Los Angeles with Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer (guitars) Allan Zavod (keyboards) Ralphe Armstrong (bass) and Steve Smith (drums). The song 'Mirage' was a big hit worldwide and is today in 2010 still one of JLP's most sampled songs by dance and rap groups.
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Imaginary Voyage (October, 1976) Recorded in 1976 with Daryl Stuermer (guitars) Allan Zavod (keybaords) Tom Fowler (bass) and Mark Craney (drums). Legendary recording with JLP's fisrt 20 minute suite (title track) and "New Country" which became JLP's second big hit in the U.S.A., South America and Europe.
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Aurora (January, 1976) Released in early 1976, this album was recorded in December 1975 with Jean-Luc's first American touring group: Daryl Stuermer (guitars) Patrice Rushen (keyboards) Tom Fowler (bass) and Norman Fearrington (drums). The track Renaissance recorded with acoustic instruments was JLP's first radio "hit" in the U.S.A.
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Upon the Wings of Music (1975) First album produced by JLP in America for Atlantic Records in 1975, while he was a member of John MacLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra. It features Patrice Rushen (keyboards), Ralphe Armstrong (bass), Ndugu Leon Chancler (drums), Dan Sawyer and Ray Parker Junior (guitars).
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