Enigmatic Ocean

Enigmatic Ocean is an album by French Jazz-Fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 1977. It reached #1 on the Billboard Jazz album chart in 1977.

Track listing

All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty.

1. "Overture" – 0:47
2. "The Trans-Love Express" – 3:59
3. "Mirage" – 4:53
4. "Enigmatic Ocean - Part I" – 2:23
5. "Enigmatic Ocean - Part II" – 3:35
6. "Enigmatic Ocean - Part III" – 3:42
7. "Enigmatic Ocean - Part IV" – 2:26
8. "Nostalgic Lady" – 5:24
9. "The Struggle of the Turtle to the Sea - Part I" – 3:35
10. "The Struggle of the Turtle to the Sea - Part II" – 3:34
11. "The Struggle of the Turtle to the Sea - Part III" – 6:03

Personnel

• Jean-Luc Ponty – electric violin, five-string electric violin, violectra, bells, grand piano on Nostalgic Lady
• Allan Holdsworth – lead electric guitar
• Daryl Stuermer – lead and rhythm electric guitar
• Allan Zavod – organ, synthesizer, electric piano, grand piano, clavinet
• Ralphe Armstrong – electric basses, fretless bass
• Steve Smith – drums and percussion

All music composed, orchestrated and conducted by Jean-Luc Ponty (from the original album cover)

Solos

(2) : JL Ponty (violin) & D. Stuermer (guitar)
(3) : JL Ponty (violin) & A. Zavod (synthesizer)
(5) : JL Ponty (violin), D. Stuermer (guitar), A. Zavod (synthesizer) & A. Holdsworth (guitar)
(6) : A. Holdsworth (guitar) & JL Ponty (violin)
(8) : JL Ponty (violin) & A. Holdsworth (guitar)
(9) : A. Zavod (synthesizer)
(10) : JL Ponty (violectra)
(11) : R. Armstrong (bass-straight and with devices), D. Stuermer (guitar), S. Smith (drums) & A. Holdsworth (guitar)

Chart positions

References