Live at Semper Opera

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Live at Semper Opera
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Live album by
ReleasedJuly 23, 2002
RecordedMay 25, 2001
VenueSemper Opera, Dresden, Germany
Genre Jazz fusion
Label JLP Productions
Producer Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty chronology
The Best of Jean-Luc Ponty
(2002)
Live at Semper Opera
(2002)
Jean-Luc Ponty in Concert
(2003)
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All About Jazz (very favourable) [2]

Live at Semper Opera is a live album by French jazz fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 2002.

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Imaginary Voyage - Infinite Pursuit" – 11:16
  2. "Jig" – 9:39
  3. "Forever Together" – 6:18
  4. "No Absolute Time" – 10:48
  5. "Mirage" – 3:57
  6. "Enigmatic Ocean, Pts. 1 & 2" – 10:26
  7. "Band Introduction" – 2:10
  8. "Mouna Bowa" (Ponty, Guy N'Sangue) – 8:44
  9. "Caracas" – 8:56

Personnel

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References

  1. Birchmeier, Jason (2011). "Live at Semper Opera - Jean-Luc Ponty | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  2. Astarita, Glenn (2011). "Jean Luc Ponty | Live at Semper Opera". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 13 August 2011.