Mystical Adventures

Mystical Adventures
Studio album by Jean-Luc Ponty
Released	January 18, 1982
Recorded	August–September 1981
Studio	Cherokee (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	41:16
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Jean-Luc Ponty, Arif Mardin
Jean-Luc Ponty chronology
Civilized Evil (1980) Mystical Adventures (1982) Individual Choice (1983)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

Mystical Adventures is an album by French jazz fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 1982.

Track listing

All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty unless otherwise noted.

1. "Mystical Adventures (Suite) Part I" – 3:29
2. "Mystical Adventures (Suite) Part II" – 3:36
3. "Mystical Adventures (Suite) Part III" – 7:29
4. "Mystical Adventures (Suite) Part IV" – 0:47
5. "Mystical Adventures (Suite) Part V" – 5:04
6. "Rhythms of Hope" – 4:02
7. "As" (Stevie Wonder, arranged by Jean-Luc Ponty) – 5:48
8. "Final Truth - Part I" – 4:54
9. "Final Truth - Part II" – 2:06
10. "Jig" – 3:56

Personnel

• Jean-Luc Ponty – acoustic & electric violins; Yamaha electric piano (tracks 1, 4); Yamaha organ (tracks 2-6, 9, 10); synthesizer (tracks 1, 3, 5, 9); vocoder (tracks 3, 7); voice (track 3)
• Chris Rhyne – grand piano (tracks 2, 5, 8); Fender Rhodes electric piano (tracks 2, 3, 5-7, 10); Prophet-5 & Oberheim Eight Voice synthesizers (tracks 2, 3, 5-10)
• Jamie Glaser – electric guitar (tracks 2, 3, 5-9); acoustic guitar (track 10)
• Randy Jackson – electric bass (tracks 2, 3, 5-10)
• Rayford Griffin – drums (tracks 1-3, 5-10); percussion (track 9); voice (tracks 3, 7)
• Paulinho Da Costa – percussion (tracks 6, 7, 10)

Production

• Producer: Jean-Luc Ponty
• Co-producer: Arif Mardin (track 7)
• Recording engineer: Dee Robb
• Assistant recording engineer: Brad Gilderman
• Overdubs engineers: Bruce Robb, Stuart Graham
• Mixing engineer: Peter R. Kelsey
• Mastered by Bernie Grundman
• Front cover painting by Daved Levitan
• Cover concept by Claudia Ponty
• Back cover photography by Sam Emerson

Recorded at Cherokee Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California, August and September, 1981.

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1982	Billboard Jazz Albums	1
1982	Billboard Pop Albums	44

References

1. Connolly, Dave (2011). "Jean-Luc Ponty - Mystical Adventures (1982) album review | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 163. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.

External links

• Jean-Luc Ponty - Mystical Adventures (1982) album releases & credits at Discogs
• Jean-Luc Ponty - Mystical Adventures (1982) album credits & user reviews at ProgArchives.com
• Jean-Luc Ponty - Mystical Adventures (1982) album to be listened as stream on Spotify