Storytelling (Jean-Luc Ponty album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Storytelling

| type = studio

| artist = Jean-Luc Ponty

| cover = Storytelling Jean Luc Ponty.jpg

| alt =

| released = July 26, 1989

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Can-Am Recorders, La Tour d'Ivoire & Legonks (Los Angeles, California)
Sigma Sound (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

| genre = Jazz fusion

| length =

| label = Columbia Records

| producer = Jean-Luc Ponty

| prev_title = The Gift of Time

| prev_year = 1987

| next_title = Tchokola

| next_year = 1991

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} {{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r145746 |title=Jean-Luc Ponty - Storytelling (1989) album review | AllMusic |first=Scott |last=Yanow |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |accessdate=13 August 2011}}

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Storytelling is an album by French jazz fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 1989 as his second album on the Columbia label.

Track listing

All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty unless otherwise noted.

"In the Fast Lane" – 4:09
"Tender Memories" – 5:20
"Spring Episode" – 5:52
"Pastoral Harmony" – 4:22
"The Storyteller" – 4:26
"The Amazon Forest" – 4:27
"After the Storm" – 4:21
"A Journey's End" – 4:24
"Chopin Prelude No. 20 (with violin improvisation)" (Frédéric Chopin) – 2:59

Personnel

Jean-Luc Ponty – violin, Synclavier synthesizer, keyboards
Grover Washington Jr. – soprano saxophone on "Tender Memories"
Jamie Glaser – electric guitar
Wally Minko – piano, keyboards
Clara Ponty – piano on "Chopin Prelude No. 20 (w/improvisation)"
Patrice Rushen – synthesizer on "Tender Memories", synth solo on "After the Storm"
Baron Browne – electric bass
Rayford Griffin – drums, percussion
Kurt Wortman – percussion on "The Amazon Forest"

;Production

Jean-Luc Ponty – producer
Brian Malouf – producer, engineer, mixing
John Anthony – engineer
Erik Zobler – engineer
Peter Kelsey – overdub engineer
Jeff Poe – assistant engineer, assistant tracking engineer
Bernie Grundman – mastering
David Coleman – art direction
Nancy Donald – art direction
John Cutcliffe – production coordination
Kevin Fisher – studio assistant
Lawrence Fried – studio assistant
Adam Silverman – studio assistant

Charts

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!Year

!Chart

!Position

1989

|Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums

References

External links

[https://www.allmusic.com/album/storytelling-mw0000201560 Jean-Luc Ponty - Storytelling (1989) album review by Scott Yanow, credits & releases] at AllMusic
[https://www.discogs.com/Jean-Luc-Ponty-Storytelling/release/9848677 Jean-Luc Ponty - Storytelling (1989) album releases & credits] at Discogs
[https://open.spotify.com/album/3uc8QxiAost2Ikx0RvYSqp Jean-Luc Ponty - Storytelling (1989) album to be listened] as stream on Spotify

Category:1989 albums

Category:Jean-Luc Ponty albums

Category:Columbia Records albums