Storytelling (Jean-Luc Ponty album)
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Storytelling is an album by French
France
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 Jazz-Fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty is a French virtuoso violinist and jazz composer.- Early years:Ponty was born into a family of classical musicians on 29 September 1942 in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano...

, released in 1989. It is his second album on the Columbia
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

 label.

Track listing

All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty unless otherwise noted.
  1. "In the Fast Lane" – 4:09
  2. "Tender Memories" – 5:20
  3. "Spring Episode" – 5:52
  4. "Pastoral Harmony" – 4:22
  5. "The Storyteller" – 4:26
  6. "The Amazon Forest" – 4:27
  7. "After the Storm" – 4:21
  8. "A Journey's End" – 4:24
  9. "Chopin Prelude No. 20 (with violin improvisation) (Chopin) – 2:59

Personnel

  • Jean-Luc Ponty
    Jean-Luc Ponty
    Jean-Luc Ponty is a French virtuoso violinist and jazz composer.- Early years:Ponty was born into a family of classical musicians on 29 September 1942 in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano...

     – violin, synthesizer, keyboards, Synclavier
  • Rayford Griffin – drums, percussion
  • Baron Browne
    Baron Browne
    Baron Browne is an American bassist.Born and raised in Georgia, USA, Baron Browne gravitated to music at a very early age, learning to play his uncle's drumset at 7 years old...

     – bass
  • Jamie Glaser
    Jamie Glaser
    Jamie Glaser , is an American guitarist. He is well known for his guitar work on shows like Seinfeld, Saved By The Bell, Married With Children and many others...

     – guitar
  • Wally Minko – piano, keyboards
  • Clara Ponty – piano on 9
  • Patrice Rushen
    Patrice Rushen
    Patrice Rushen is a Grammy Award-winning African American R&B and jazz vocalist, composer and pianist.-Biography:...

     – synthesizer on 2, synth solo on 7
  • Grover Washington Jr. – soprano saxophone on 2
  • Kurt Wortman – percussion on 6

Production notes
  • Jean-Luc Ponty – producer
  • Brian Malouf – producer, engineer, mixing
  • John Anthony – engineer
  • Erik Zobler – engineer
  • Peter Kelsey – overdub engineer
  • Jeff Poe – assistant engineer, assistant tracking engineer
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • David Coleman – art direction
  • Nancy Donald – art direction
  • John Cutcliffe – production coordination
  • Kevin Fisher – studio assistant
  • Lawrence Fried – studio assistant
  • Adam Silverman – studio assistant

Charts

Year Chart Position
1989 Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums 4
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