JEAN LUC PONTY-ENIGMATIC OCEAN.

JEAN LUC PONTY IS A FRENCH VIRTUOSO VIOLINIST AND JAZZ COMPOSER. HIS MUSIC IS JAZZ AND JAZZ FUSION AND HE WAS GREATLY INFLUENCED BY MILES DAVIS AND JOHN COLTRANE'S MUSIC WHICH LED HIM TO ADOPT THE ELECTRIC VIOLIN. HIS VIOLIN'S SOUND WAS POWERFUL, ESCHEWED VIBRATO WITH BE-BOP ERA PHASINGS AND A PUNCHY STYLE. HE COLLABORATED WITH FRANK ZAPPA, ELTON JOHN, JOHN McLAUGHLIN/MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA, AI DI MEOLA, STANLEY CLARKE. THIS ALBUM WAS RECORDED IN 1977 UNDER THE ATLANTIC LABEL AND REACHED NO:1 ON BILLBOARD JAZZ ALBUM CHART. MY FAVE SONG IS "ENIGMATIC OCEAN."

SIDE ONE: 1. OVERTURE 2. THE TRANS -LOVE EXPRESS 3. MIRAGE 4. ENIGMATIC OCEAN PART 1/2/3/4. (video)

SIDE TWO: 1. NOSTALGIC LADY 2. THE STRUGGLE OF THE TURTLE TO THE SEA PART 1/2/