Jean-Luc Ponty - Imaginary Voyage (1976)

Front Cover	Album Info
	Artist/Composer Jean-Luc Ponty Title Imaginary Voyage Length 38:24 Discs: 1 Tracks: 9 Format HQ 192+ kbps Packaging Jewel Case Label Atlantic Cat. Number 19136 Style Fusion Rating Recorded 1976

Musicians	Credits
Jean Luc Ponty violin, keyboards Daryl Stuermer guitars Allan Zavod keyboards Tom Fowler bass Mark Craney percussion	Producer Jean-Luc Ponty Engineer Larry Hirsch Mastering George Piros Engineer Burt Szerlip

Track list

01 New Country (Ponty) 03:11 02 The Garden Of Babylon (Ponty) 05:08 03 Wandering On The Milky Way (Ponty) 01:51 04 Once Upon a Dream (Ponty) 04:09 05 Tarantula (Ponty) 04:07 Imaginary Voyage (Ponty) 19:58 06 Part I (Ponty) 02:23 07 Part II (Ponty) 04:06 08 Part III (Ponty) 05:28 09 Part IV (Ponty) 08:01

Notes

AMG Review (3): As of 1976, Jean-Luc Ponty's variations on the Mahavishnu Orchestra theme were still fresh and imaginative, cast in a distinctively different, more lyrical, more controlled framework. Ponty's instrumental lineup is identical to that of Mahavishnu — electric violin, guitar, keyboards, bass, drums — but he turns the emphasis on its head, with all commands coming directly from the violin (his) and less competitive crossplay emanating from his colleagues. For starters, "New Country" is a lively jazz-rock hoedown, one of those periodic C&W sidetrips that some fusioneers attempted for a lark, and "The Gardens of Babylon" is a wonderfully memorable tune, the beginnings of which grow out of 'New Country." The last half of the CD is taken up by the title composition, a strong four-part suite that hangs together with barely a sag in interest over its 20-minute span. — Richard S. Ginell