Name: No Absolute Time
Brand: Jean-Luc Ponty

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0218123MSW

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Limited edition

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2023-06-16

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2023-06-23

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Jean-Luc Ponty

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Absolute Label Services

Absolute Label Services is a music label founded by Henry Semmence in 1998. With a comprehensive range of services, including physical and digital sales, marketing and distribution, online and offline promotion, label management, media planning and buying, international licensing, synchronization and branding, reporting and budgeting, direct-to-consumer initiatives, administration support as well as manufacturing and production. Absolute provides artists with the expertise needed to succeed in the music industry.

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Jean-Luc Ponty is a French jazz musician, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. Born on September 29, 1942 in Avranches, France, he is renowned for his exceptional skills on the violin and keyboards. With a career spanning several decades, Ponty has established himself as one of the most influential figures in the jazz fusion genre.

Throughout his musical journey, Jean-Luc Ponty has collaborated with esteemed artists such as *Return To Forever*, *Mahavishnu Orchestra*, *Allan Holdsworth*, *Billy Cobham*, and many others. His unique blend of classical training and innovative improvisation sets him apart from other musicians in the industry.

Ponty's compositions are characterized by their intricate melodies and harmonies that effortlessly merge elements of jazz, rock, and world music. His mastery over both acoustic and electric instruments allows him to create captivating soundscapes that captivate audiences worldwide.

Legendary drummer Kenny Clarke compared Jean-Luc Ponty to Dizzy Gillespie. Fellow violinist Stuff Smith marveled, "He plays violin like Coltrane plays saxophone." Born in 1942, the French violinist Jean-Luc Ponty transported jazz violin playing into the world of modern jazz. On Frank Zappa's urging, Ponty moved to the States in 1970. Over the next years he toured with Zappa, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Chick Corea's "Return to Forever". In 1993 Ponty found the West African rhythms he had used in his project Tchokola, so rich, that he decided to use some of them again for No Absolute Time, "[...] but this time meld in my more familiar musical style. I also wrote all the material myself." For No Absolute Time, JLP chose to use a mixed band--the same bass player, Guy Nsangue and guitarist Martin Atangana, both from Cameroon, the same percussionist Abdou Mboup from Senegal plus Sydney Thiam from France, and the Moroccan drummer Moktar Samba. Ponty prepared all the background keyboards tracks and went to Paris to record the rhythm section. The rest of the album was recorded in Los Angeles with American keyboardist Wally Minko, and guitarist Kevin Eubanks as a guest on one track. The album exudes groove and shows Ponty deftly blending the electronic music he helped popularize with a variety of West African rhythms. No Absolute Time has been re-mastered by 2023 Grammy Nominee Christoph Stickeland includes new liner notes.

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