Storytelling (Jean-Luc Ponty album)

Storytelling
Studio album by Jean-Luc Ponty
Released	July 26, 1989
Studio	Can-Am Recorders, La Tour d'Ivoire & Legonks (Los Angeles, California) Sigma Sound (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) [1]
Genre	Jazz fusion
Label	Columbia Records
Producer	Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty chronology
The Gift of Time (1987) Storytelling (1989) Tchokola (1991)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

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) (Frédéric Chopin) – 2:59

Personnel

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

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1989	Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums	4

References

1. Yanow, Scott (2011). "Jean-Luc Ponty - Storytelling (1989) album review | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2011.

External links

• Jean-Luc Ponty - Storytelling (1989) album review by Scott Yanow, credits & releases at AllMusic
• Jean-Luc Ponty - Storytelling (1989) album releases & credits at Discogs
• Jean-Luc Ponty - Storytelling (1989) album to be listened as stream on Spotify