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/

CAROS SANTANA AND MAHAVISHNU JOHN McLAUGHLIN-LOVE SURRENDER AND DEVOTION.

THIS ALBUM WAS RECORDED IN 1973 ON THE CBS/ COLUMBIA LABEL BY CARLOS SANTANA AND MAHAVISHNU JOHN McLAUGHLIN WITH MUSICIANS FROM SANTANA AND THE MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA. THIS ALBUM IS A TRIBUTE TO FREE JAZZ PIONEER JOHN COLTRANE. THE MUSIC IS EXPLOSIVE, MYSTICAL, JAZZY, HARD ROCK AND INFUSED WITH TRANSCENDENT SPIRITUALITY. IT IS AN EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE BY TWO OF THE WORLD BEST GUITARISTS, WITH EACH PUSHING THE OTHER TO AMAZING GREAT HEIGHTS. THE MUSICIANS ARE-DOUG RAUCH-BASS, MAHAVISHNU EVE McLAUGHLIN-PIANO, KHALID YASIN-PIANO, ORGAN, MINGO LEWIS-PIANO, KEYBOARDS, BILLY COBHAM-DON ALIAS-JAN HAMMER-MIKE SHRIEVE- ALL ON DRUMS, PERCUSSION, ARMANDO PERAZA-CONGAS, PERCUSSION AND VOCALS. MY FAVE SONG IS "A LOVE SUPREME" COMPOSED BY JOHN COLTRANE.

CARLOS SANTANA AND MAHAVISHNU JOHN McLAUGHLIN.

POSING WITH SRI CHINMOY.

BOTH ARE DISCIPLES OF SRI CHINMOY.

SIDE ONE: 1, A LOVE SUPREME(video) 2.NAIMA 3. THE LIFE DIVINE.

SIDE TWO: 1. LET'S US GO INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD 2. MEDITATION