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1975 studio album by Jean-Luc Ponty

Upon the Wings of Music

Studio album by Jean-Luc Ponty

Released

May 25, 1975

Recorded

January 1975

Studio

Paramount Studios (Hollywood, California)

Genre

Jazz fusion

Length

36:38

Jean-Luc Ponty chronology

Open Strings
(1971)

Upon the Wings of Music
(1975)

Aurora
(1976)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

Upon the Wings of Music is an album by French jazz fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty. It was released in 1975 on Atlantic, his first record for the company.

Track listing

All songs written by Jean-Luc Ponty.

"Upon the Wings of Music" – 5:26
"Question with No Answer" – 3:29
"Now I Know" – 4:27
"Polyfolk Dance" – 5:12
"Waving Memories" – 5:43
"Echoes of the Future" – 3:09
"Bowing-Bowing" – 4:53
"Fight for Life" – 4:34

Personnel

Jean-Luc Ponty – electric violin, violectra, acoustic violins, strings synthesizer
Ray Parker Jr. – electric rhythm guitar & guitar solos
Dan Sawyer – electric rhythm guitar
Patrice Rushen – acoustic & electric piano, Hohner clavinet, synthesizer, organ
Ralphe Armstrong – electric bass guitar
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums, Remo rototoms, percussion

Production notes

Larry Hirsch – engineer, mixing
Kerry McNabb – mixing
Christian Simonpietri – photo
Abie Sussman – design
Bob Defrin – art director

References

Jean-Luc Ponty - Upon the Wings of Music (1975) album review by Scott Yanow
Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 163. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

External links

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Studio albums	Jazz Long Playing (1964) Violin Summit (1966) Sunday Walk (1967) Humair, Louiss, Ponty: Trio HLP (1968) Electric Connection (1969) More Than Meets the Ear (1968) King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa (1970) Open Strings (1971) New Violin Summit (1971) Upon the Wings of Music (1975) Aurora (1976) Imaginary Voyage (1976) Enigmatic Ocean (1977) Cosmic Messenger (1978) A Taste for Passion (1979) Civilized Evil (1980) Mystical Adventures (1982) Individual Choice (1983) Open Mind (1984) Fables (1985) The Gift of Time (1987) Storytelling (1989) Tchokola (1991) No Absolute Time (1993) The Rite of Strings (1995) Life Enigma (2001) The Acatama Experience (2007)
Live albums	The Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio (1969) Live at Donte's (1969) Astrorama (1970) Live at Montreux 72 (a.k.a. Sonata Erotica) (1972) Waving Memories - Live in Chicago 1975 (1975) Live in Hamburg (1976) Live (1979) Live at Chene Park (1997) Live at Semper Opera (2002) Jean-Luc Ponty in Concert (rec. 1999, rel. 2003) Live in Montreux 1994 (2005)
Compilations	Cantaloupe Island (1976) Le Voyage: The Jean-Luc Ponty Anthology (1996) The Very Best of Jean-Luc Ponty (2000) The Best of Jean-Luc Ponty (2002)
with Frank Zappa	Hot Rats (1969) Over-Nite Sensation (1973) Apostrophe (') (1974) Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (1981) Beat the Boots!—Piquantique (1991) Beat the Boots! #2—Disconnected Synapses (1992) You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore Vol. 6 (1992) The Lost Episodes (1996) One Shot Deal (2008) Understanding America (2012) Road Tapes, Venue #2 (2013)
with Mahavishnu Orchestra	Apocalypse (1974) Visions of the Emerald Beyond (1975)
Anderson Ponty Band	Better Late Than Never (2015)
Related articles	Frank Zappa Mahavishnu Orchestra Clara Ponty

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