The Very Best of Jean-Luc Ponty

The Very Best of Jean-Luc Ponty
Greatest hits album by Jean-Luc Ponty
Released	June 20, 2000
Recorded	January 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.

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

• Jean-Luc Ponty – violin, autoharp, keyboards, electronic percussion, violectra
• Chris Rhyne – synthesizer, piano, synthesizer bass
• Patrice Rushen – organ, synthesizer, piano, clavichord, clavinet
• Allan Zavod – keyboards, clavinet
• Jamie Glaser – guitar
• Scott Henderson – guitar
• Allan Holdsworth – guitar
• Joaquin Lievano – guitar, guitar synth
• Peter Maunu – guitar, guitar synth
• Dan Sawyer – guitar
• Daryl Stuermer – guitar
• Ralphe Armstrong – bass
• Baron Browne – bass
• Tom Fowler – bass
• Randy Jackson – bass
• Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums, percussion
• Mark Craney – drums, percussion
• Rayford Griffin – drums, percussion
• Norman Fearrington – drums, percussion
• Casey Scheuerell – drums, percussion
• Steve Smith – drums, percussion
• Paulinho Da Costa – percussion

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