The Very Best of Jean-Luc Ponty

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The Very Best of Jean-Luc Ponty
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedJune 20, 2000
RecordedJanuary 1975–August 1985
Genre Jazz fusion
Label Rhino
Producer Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty chronology
Le Voyage: The Jean-Luc Ponty Anthology
(1996)
The Very Best of Jean-Luc Ponty
(2000)
The Best of the Pacific Jazz Years
(2001)
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The Very Best of Jean-Luc Ponty is a compilation album by French jazz fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 2000. It mainly focuses on his work while on the Atlantic label.

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty.

  1. "Bowing-Bowing" – 4:53
  2. "Aurora, Pt. 2" – 6:15
  3. "Renaissance" – 5:48
  4. "New Country" – 3:10
  5. "Enigmatic Ocean, Pt. 3" – 3:37
  6. "Mirage" – 4:54
  7. "Egocentric Molecules" – 5:49
  8. "Cosmic Messenger" – 4:41
  9. "I Only Feel Good With You" – 3:18
  10. "No Strings Attached" (live) – 6:02
  11. "A Taste for Passion" – 5:25
  12. "Forms of Life" – 4:50
  13. "Rhythms of Hope" – 4:03
  14. "Final Truth, Pt. 1" – 4:54
  15. "Individual Choice" – 4:56
  16. "Infinite Pursuit" – 5:59

Personnel

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References

  1. Henderson, Alex (2011). "The Very Best of Jean-Luc Ponty - Jean-Luc Ponty | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2011.