Live (Jean-Luc Ponty album)

Live

Live album by Jean-Luc Ponty

Released

April 18, 1979

Recorded

December 1978

Genre

Jazz-Fusion

Length

39:59

Jean-Luc Ponty chronology

Cosmic Messenger
(1978)

Live
(1979)

A Taste for Passion
(1979)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]

Live is a live album by French Jazz-Fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 1979. It was reissued on Atlantic Records on CD in 1990 and 1992.^[3]

Track listing

All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty.

"Aurora, Pt. 1" – 2:53
"Aurora, Pt. 2" – 6:18
"Imaginary Voyage, Pt. 3" – 4:25
"Imaginary Voyage, Pt. 4" – 7:09
"Mirage" – 5:46
"No Strings Attached" – 5:59
"Egocentric Molecules" – 7:26

Personnel

Jean-Luc Ponty – violin, piano, keyboards
Ralphe Armstrong – fretless bass, bass
Jamie Glaser – guitar
Joaquin Lievano – guitar
Casey Scheuerell – drums, percussion
Allan Zavod – keyboards, synthesizers

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1979	Billboard Jazz Albums	8
1979	Billboard Pop Albums	68

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 163. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
↑ Allmusic entry and review. Accessed April 2009.

Jean-Luc Ponty

Studio albums	Jazz Long Playing (1964) Violin Summit (1966) Electric Connection (1969) King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa (1970) Open Strings (1971) New Violin Summit (1971) Upon the Wings of Music (1975) Aurora (1975) Imaginary Voyage (1976) Enigmatic Ocean (1977) Cosmic Messenger (1978) A Taste for Passion (1979) Civilized Evil (1980) Mystical Adventures (1982) Individual Choice (1983) Open Mind (1984) Fables (1985) The Gift of Time (1987) Storytelling (1989) Tchokola (1991) No Absolute Time (1993) The Rite of Strings (1995) Life Enigma (2001) The Acatama Experience (2007)

Live albums	Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio (1969) Astrorama (1970) Sonata Erotica: Live at Montreux (1972) Live in Hamburg (1976) Live (1979) Live at Chene Park (1997) Live at Semper Opera (2002) Jean-Luc Ponty in Concert (2003) Live in Montreux 1994 (2005)

Compilations	Cantaloupe Island (1976) Le Voyage: The Jean-Luc Ponty Anthology (1996) The Very Best of Jean-Luc Ponty (2000) The Best of Jean-Luc Ponty (2002)

with Frank Zappa	Hot Rats (1969) Over-Nite Sensation (1973) Apostrophe (') (1974) Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (1981) Beat the Boots!—Piquantique (1991) Beat the Boots! #2—Disconnected Synapses (1992) You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore Vol. 6 (1992) The Lost Episodes (1996) One Shot Deal (2008) Understanding America (2012) Road Tapes, Venue #2 (2013)

with Mahavishnu Orchestra	Apocalypse (1974) Visions of the Emerald Beyond (1975)

Anderson Ponty Band	Better Late Than Never (2015)

Related articles	Frank Zappa Mahavishnu Orchestra Clara Ponty

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