Life Enigma

Life Enigma
Studio album by Jean-Luc Ponty
Released	August 21, 2001
Genre	Jazz fusion
Label	JLP
Producer	Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty chronology
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Life Enigma is an album by French jazz fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 2001. It is his first on his own label, JLP and arrives seven years since his last solo studio release No Absolute Time (1993).

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	(favorable)[1]
All About Jazz	(favorable)[2]
Allmusic	[3]

Todd Jenkins stated in his All About Jazz review: "...Ponty shows he’s up to the task of carrying the spirit of fusion into the new millennium instead of just mining the same old spent lodes. Though it was a while in coming, Life Enigma was worth every minute of the wait."^[1] Glenn Astarita states "...if you're expecting some of the innovative pyrotechnics and high-octane jazz-fusion witnessed on some of his previous sessions you might be disappointed."^[2] while Ken Dryden in Allmusic states "This is easily one of Jean-Luc Ponty's most compelling releases."^[3]

Track listing

All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty.

1. "Two Thousand-One Years Ago" – 4:20
2. "Signals from Planet Earth" – 6:03
3. "The Infinite Human Caravan" – 6:37
4. "Lonely Among All" – 4:25
5. "Firmament" – 7:22
6. "Pizzy Cat" – 3:16
7. "Life Enigma" – 5:56
8. "Even the Sun Will Die" – 5:37
9. "Love at Last Sight" – 5:15
10. "And Life Goes On" – 6:01

Personnel

• Jean-Luc Ponty – violin, keyboards, Synclavier, electronic percussion, electronic drums, effects
• William Lecomte – piano
• Guy N'Sangue – bass
• Thierry Arpino – drums, shaker
• Moustapha Cisse – percussion

Production notes

• Jean-Luc Ponty – producer, engineer
• Karim Sai – mixing, engineer
• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Alan Chappell – art direction, design
• Adam Rogers – photography
• Alvaro Yanez – cover photo

References