Open Mind (album)

Open Mind
Studio album by Jean-Luc Ponty
Released	July 5, 1984
Genre	Jazz-Fusion
Length	39:18
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty chronology
Individual Choice (1983) Open Mind (1984) Fables (1985)

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Open Mind is an album by French Jazz-Fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 1984.

Track listing

All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty.

1. "Open Mind" – 8:05
2. "Solitude" – 6:05
3. "Watching Birds" – 4:57
4. "Modern Times Blues" – 7:17
5. "Orbital Encounters" – 5:14
6. "Intuition" – 7:40

Personnel

• Jean-Luc Ponty – violin, organ, synthesizer, keyboards, piano, vocals, violectra, rhythm programming
• George Benson – guitar on "Modern Times Blues"
• Chick Corea – synthesizer on "Open Mind" and "Watching Birds"
• Rayford Griffin – drums, percussion on "Orbital Encounters"
• Casey Schelierell – drums, tabla on "Watching Birds"

Production notes

• Jean-Luc Ponty – producer
• Dan Nash – engineer
• Peter R. Kelsey – engineer, mixing
• Steve Hirsch – engineer, assistant engineer
• Dave Marquette – engineer, assistant engineer
• John Molino – engineer, assistant engineer
• Jay Willis – engineer, assistant engineer
• Dan Warme – engineer, assistant engineer
• Gary Wagner – engineer, assistant engineer
• Claudia Ponty – cover art concept

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