Enigmatic Ocean


Enigmatic Ocean is a studio album by French jazz fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 1977. It features guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer, keyboardist Allan Zavod, bassist Ralphe Armstrong, and drummer Steve Smith. It reached #1 on the Billboard Jazz album chart in 1977.

Track listing

All music composed, orchestrated and conducted 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 & rhythm electric guitar
  • Allan Zavod – organ, synthesizer, electric piano, grand piano, Hohner clavinet
  • Ralphe Armstrong – electric basses, fretless bass
  • Steve Smith – drums and percussion

    Solos

  • : JL Ponty & D. Stuermer
  • : JL Ponty & A. Zavod
  • : JL Ponty, D. Stuermer, A. Zavod & A. Holdsworth
  • : A. Holdsworth & JL Ponty
  • : JL Ponty & A. Holdsworth
  • : A. Zavod
  • : JL Ponty
  • : R. Armstrong, D. Stuermer, S. Smith & A. Holdsworth

    Production

  • Producer: Jean-Luc Ponty
  • Engineer: Larry Hirsch
  • Tape handler technician: Mitch Gibson
  • Mastered by John Golden
  • Front cover photography by Andy Kent
  • Liner photography by Frank Moscati

    Chart positions