''Life Enigma'' is an album by French
jazz fusion
Jazz fusion (also known as fusion and progressive jazz) is a music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and jazz improvisation, improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric guitars, ...
artist
Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 2001. It is his first on his own label, JLP and arrives seven years since his last solo studio release ''
No Absolute Time
''No Absolute Time'' is an album by French jazz fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 1993. It marks his return to the Atlantic label.
Track listing
All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty.
# "No Absolute Time" – 5:42
# "Savannah" – 9:18
# "Lost I ...
'' (1993).
Critical reception
Todd Jenkins stated in his ''
All About Jazz'' review: "...Ponty shows he’s up to the task of carrying the spirit of fusion into the new millennium instead of just mining the same old spent lodes. Though it was a while in coming, ''Life Enigma'' was worth every minute of the wait."
Glenn Astarita states "...if you're expecting some of the innovative pyrotechnics and high-octane jazz-fusion witnessed on some of his previous sessions you might be disappointed."
while Ken Dryden in
AllMusic
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proclaimed that "This is easily one of Jean-Luc Ponty's most compelling releases."
Track listing
All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty.
# "Two Thousand-One Years Ago" – 4:20
# "Signals from Planet Earth" – 6:03
# "The Infinite Human Caravan" – 6:37
# "Lonely Among All" – 4:25
# "Firmament" – 7:22
# "Pizzy Cat" – 3:16
# "Life Enigma" – 5:56
# "Even the Sun Will Die" – 5:37
# "Love at Last Sight" – 5:15
# "And Life Goes On" – 6:01
Personnel
*
Jean-Luc Ponty – violin, keyboards,
Synclavier
The Synclavier is an early digital synthesizer, polyphonic digital sampling system, and music workstation manufactured by New England Digital Corporation of Norwich, Vermont. It was produced in various forms from the late 1970s into the early 1 ...
, electronic percussion, electronic drums, effects
* William Lecomte – piano
* Guy N'Sangue – bass
* Thierry Arpino – drums, shaker
* Moustapha Cisse – percussion
;Production notes:
* Jean-Luc Ponty – producer, engineer
* Karim Sai – mixing, engineer
* Greg Calbi – mastering
* Alan Chappell – art direction, design
* Adam Rogers – photography
* Alvaro Yanez – cover photo
References
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2001 albums
Jean-Luc Ponty albums