Album
Cosmic Messenger
1978 · Jazz
17 collectors on Gatefold own this
Cosmic Messenger is a Jazz album by Jean-Luc Ponty, originally released in 1978. On Gatefold: 61 pressings tracked, owned by 17 collectors.
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Cosmic Messenger is more elegant, European-flavored jazz-rock from the French virtuoso Jean-Luc Ponty, and pretty much in the same mold as his previous Atlantic albums but with gradually tightening control over every parameter of performance. Ponty's analog-delay special effects on the title track are spectacular, and the album is loaded more than ever with revolving electronic arpeggios as Ponty's own involvement with the ARP synthesizer grows. But there is still plenty of his fluid, slippery electric violin soloing to be heard within the tight structures of these pieces, and the tunes themselves are often pretty good. In addition, this fusion.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Cosmic Messenger4:38
- A2The Art Of Happiness4:33
- A3Don't Let The World Pass You By6:23
- A4I Only Feel Good With You3:05
Side B
- B1Puppets' Dance3:40
- B2Fake Paradise5:41
- B3Ethereal Mood4:03
- B4Egocentric Molecules5:44
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Jazz Fusion
- synthetic
- spacey
- ethereal
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Label variation, pressed at Monarch Record Manufacturing, Los Angeles, CA ("MO"-suffix matrix on labels).
Recorded at Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, California, and Chateau Recorders, North Hollywood, California.
Mixed at Chateau Recorders.
Mastered at Sterling Sound, Inc., New York, New York.
All text in runout is hand etched, except for STERLING and encircled MR, which are machine stamped.
(PR) in runout suggests that metal work were made at Presswell; the "Mastered At" role used in Companies
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Allan ZavodKEYBOARDS ELECTRIC PIANO ELECTRIC PIANO, SYNTHESIZER , ORGAN, SYNTHESIZER
- Casey ScheuerellDRUMS, PERCUSSION DRUMS PERCUSSION
- Jean-Luc PontyCOMPOSED BY, ORCHESTRATED BY ELECTRIC VIOLIN , KEYBOARDS ELECTRIC VIOLIN, KEYBOARDS
- Joaquin LiévanoGUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR
- Peter MaunuGUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR
- Ralphe ArmstrongBASS ELECTRIC BASS FRETLESS BASS
17 collectors on Gatefold own this · 61 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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