No Absolute Time
1993 studio album by Jean-Luc Ponty
No Absolute Time | ||||
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Studio album by Jean-Luc Ponty | ||||
Released | July 19, 1993 | |||
Recorded | December 1992 – March 1993 | |||
Studio | Davout Studios, Paris, France, Westlake Studios, Los Angeles, Home Studio, Santa Monica, CA | |||
Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
Length | 56:53 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Producer | Jean-Luc Ponty | |||
Jean-Luc Ponty chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
No Absolute Time is an album by French jazz fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 1993. It marks his return to the Atlantic label.
Track listing
All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty.
- "No Absolute Time" – 5:42
- "Savannah" – 9:18
- "Lost Illusions" – 5:03
- "Dance of the Spirits" – 4:59
- "Forever Together" – 5:46
- "Caracas" – 3:53
- "The African Spirit" – 4:58
- "Speak Out" – 6:23
- "Blue Mambo" – 6:12
- "The Child in You" – 4:33
Personnel
- Jean-Luc Ponty – violin, keyboards, electric violin and viola, synthesizer
- Martin Atangana – guitar
- Kevin Eubanks – guitar (on "Blue Mambo")
- Guy N'Sangue – bass, sound effects
- Moustapha Cisse – percussion
- Kémo Kouyaté – harp, background vocals, Balafon, Kora
- Abdou M'Boup – percussion, drums, sound effects, tambourine, bells, shaker, cowbell, bougarabou drums
- Mokhtar Samba – percussion, drums, timbales, cowbell, doundoumba, bougarabou drums
- Sydney Thiam – percussion, sound effects, bells, shaker, doundoumba
- Wally Minko – piano, keyboards
Production notes
- Jean-Luc Ponty – producer
- Eduardo Chermont – engineer
- Steve Harrison – engineer
- Peter Kelsey – engineer
- Patrice Lazareff – engineer
- Bernie Grundman – mastering
Charts
Year | Chart | Position |
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1993 | Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums | 5 |
References
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r184383
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- Jazz Long Playing (1964)
- Violin Summit (1966)
- Sunday Walk (1967)
- Humair, Louiss, Ponty: Trio HLP (1968)
- Electric Connection (1969)
- More Than Meets the Ear (1968)
- King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa (1970)
- Open Strings (1971)
- New Violin Summit (1971)
- Upon the Wings of Music (1975)
- Aurora (1976)
- Imaginary Voyage (1976)
- Enigmatic Ocean (1977)
- Cosmic Messenger (1978)
- A Taste for Passion (1979)
- Civilized Evil (1980)
- Mystical Adventures (1982)
- Individual Choice (1983)
- Open Mind (1984)
- Fables (1985)
- The Gift of Time (1987)
- Storytelling (1989)
- Tchokola (1991)
- No Absolute Time (1993)
- The Rite of Strings (1995)
- Life Enigma (2001)
- The Acatama Experience (2007)
- The Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio (1969)
- Live at Donte's (1969)
- Astrorama (1970)
- Live at Montreux 72 (a.k.a. Sonata Erotica) (1972)
- Waving Memories - Live in Chicago 1975 (1975)
- Live in Hamburg (1976)
- Live (1979)
- Live at Chene Park (1997)
- Live at Semper Opera (2002)
- Jean-Luc Ponty in Concert (rec. 1999, rel. 2003)
- Live in Montreux 1994 (2005)
- Cantaloupe Island (1976)
- Le Voyage: The Jean-Luc Ponty Anthology (1996)
- The Very Best of Jean-Luc Ponty (2000)
- The Best of Jean-Luc Ponty (2002)
- Hot Rats (1969)
- Over-Nite Sensation (1973)
- Apostrophe (') (1974)
- Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (1981)
- Beat the Boots!—Piquantique (1991)
- Beat the Boots! #2—Disconnected Synapses (1992)
- You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore Vol. 6 (1992)
- The Lost Episodes (1996)
- One Shot Deal (2008)
- Understanding America (2012)
- Road Tapes, Venue #2 (2013)
- Apocalypse (1974)
- Visions of the Emerald Beyond (1975)
- Better Late Than Never (2015)