Open Mind (album)

For the 1969 album by the English band, see The Open Mind (band).

Open Mind

Studio album by Jean-Luc Ponty

Released

July 5, 1984

Genre

Jazz-Fusion

Length

39:18

Jean-Luc Ponty chronology

Individual Choice
(1983)

Open Mind
(1984)

Fables
(1985)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]

Open Mind is an album by French Jazz-Fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 1984.

Track listing

All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty.

"Open Mind" – 8:05
"Solitude" – 6:05
"Watching Birds" – 4:57
"Modern Times Blues" – 7:17
"Orbital Encounters" – 5:14
"Intuition" – 7:40

Personnel

Jean-Luc Ponty – violin, organ, synthesizer, keyboards, piano, vocals, violectra, rhythm programming
George Benson – guitar on "Modern Times Blues"
Chick Corea – synthesizer on "Open Mind" and "Watching Birds"
Rayford Griffin – drums, percussion on "Orbital Encounters"
Casey Scheuerell – drums, tabla on "Watching Birds"

Production notes

Jean-Luc Ponty – producer
Dan Nash – engineer
Peter R. Kelsey – engineer, mixing
Steve Hirsch – engineer, assistant engineer
Dave Marquette – engineer, assistant engineer
John Molino – engineer, assistant engineer
Jay Willis – engineer, assistant engineer
Dan Warme – engineer, assistant engineer
Gary Wagner – engineer, assistant engineer
Claudia Ponty – cover art concept

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1984	Billboard Jazz Albums	5
1984	Billboard 200	171

References

↑ Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Open Mind - Jean-Luc Ponty | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 163. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

Jean-Luc Ponty

Studio albums	Jazz Long Playing (1964) Violin Summit (1966) Electric Connection (1969) 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 (1975) 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	Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio (1969) Astrorama (1970) Sonata Erotica: Live at Montreux (1972) Live in Hamburg (1976) Live (1979) Live at Chene Park (1997) Live at Semper Opera (2002) Jean-Luc Ponty in Concert (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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