Storytelling (Jean-Luc Ponty album)

Storytelling
Studio album by Jean-Luc Ponty
Released	1989
Genre	Jazz fusion
Label	Columbia
Producer	Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty chronology
The Gift of Time (1987)The Gift of Time1987 Storytelling (1989) Tchokola (1991)Tchokola1991

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

Track listing

All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty unless otherwise noted.

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

Personnel

• Jean-Luc Ponty – violin, synthesizer, keyboards, Synclavier
• Rayford Griffin – drums, percussion
• Baron Browne – bass
• Jamie Glaser – guitar
• Wally Minko – piano, keyboards
• Clara Ponty – piano on 9
• Patrice Rushen – synthesizer on 2, synth solo on 7
• Grover Washington Jr. – soprano saxophone on 2
• Kurt Wortman – percussion on 6

Production notes

• 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

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