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Track Listing
1. No Absolute Time
2. Savannah
3. Lost Illusions
4. Dance of the Spirits
5. Forever Together
6. Caracas
7. African Spirit, The
8. Speak Out
9. Blue Mambo - (with Kevin Eubanks)
10. Child in You, The
| Details | | Contributing artists: | Kevin Eubanks | | Producer: | Jean-Luc Ponty | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | DDD |
Album Notes
Personnel: Jean-Luc Ponty (acoustic & electric violins, keyboards, synthesizers); Wally Minko (piano, keyboards); Kevin Eubanks, Martin Atangana (guitar); Guy Nsangue (bass, percussion); Moktar Samba (drums, percussion); Abdou Mboup, Sydney Thiam (percussion).
Recorded at Home Studio, Santa Monica, California; Westlake Studios, Los Angeles, California; Studios Davout, Paris, France between December 1992 and March 1993.
Industry Reviews
3.5 Stars - Good Plus - ...Ponty soars over a percolating undergirding of West African polyrhythms, gliding lyrically into the fusion zone of jazz-pop-world music....Ponty's distinctive fast-and-fluid violin soloing is exquisite throughout...
Down Beat (12/01/1993)
...a lyrical, upbeat recital far removed from the kind of romantic synthglop Ponty used to regularly churn out....
Musician (12/01/1993)
4 Stars - Excellent - ...[NO ABSOLUTE TIME] is a bright collection featuring some of Africa's finest....the whole collection is fresh and vital, and easy to enjoy...
Q (12/01/1993)
...a lean, provocative date...mesmerizing moods move in and out with subtle kaleidoscopic shifts....one of the music's most striking elements is its economy of means....
JazzTimes (12/01/1993)
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