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Cosmic Messenger
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Length
8 tracks, 37:38
Release Date
1 January 1978
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,… read more
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 previo… read more
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… read more

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Tracklist

Track number Play Loved Track name Artist name Buy Options Duration Listeners
1 Play track Cosmic Messenger
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 4:38 27,154 listeners
2 Play track The Art of Happiness
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 4:29 10,719 listeners
3 Play track Don't Let the World Pass You By
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 6:23 24,068 listeners
4 Play track I Only Feel Good With You
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 3:05 11,981 listeners
5 Play track Puppet's Dance
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 3:40 5,938 listeners
6 Play track Fake Paradise
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 5:38 6,608 listeners
7 Play track Ethereal Mood
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 4:01 9,810 listeners
8 Play track Egocentric Molecules
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 5:44 10,722 listeners

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Jean-Luc Ponty (b. 1942) is a virtuoso French violinist and composer. Born on the 29th September 1942 in Avranches, France, he was trained as a professional classical violinist at the Paris Conservatory. His attraction to jazz was propelled by Miles Davis's and John Coltrane's music. He has worked with Stéphane Grappelli, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Frank Zappa, and has appeared on over seventy recordings. In 1977 Ponty pioneered the use of the five-string electric violin, with a lower C string. He sometimes also uses a six-string electric violin called the violectr… read more
Jean-Luc Ponty (b. 1942) is a virtuoso French violinist and composer. Born on the 29th September 1942 in Avranches, France, he was trained as a professional classical violinist at the … read more
Jean-Luc Ponty (b. 1942) is a virtuoso French violinist and composer. Born on the 29th September 1942 in Avranches, France, he was trained as a professional classical violinist at the Paris Conservatory. His attraction to jazz was… read more

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