Cosmic Messenger

Cosmic Messenger
Cosmic Messenger
Studio album by Jean-Luc Ponty
Released	August 10, 1978
Recorded	April 1978
Studio	Cherokee & Chateau Recorders (Hollywood, California)
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	37:45
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Music Week	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

Cosmic Messenger is an album by French jazz fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 1978.^[4]

Track listing

All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty.

"Cosmic Messenger" – 4:38
"The Art of Happiness" – 4:33
"Don't Let the World Pass You By" – 6:23
"I Only Feel Good with You" – 3:05
"Puppets' Dance" – 3:40
"Fake Paradise" – 5:41
"Ethereal Mood" – 4:03
"Egocentric Molecules" – 5:44

Personnel

Jean-Luc Ponty – acoustic & electric violin, five-string electric violin, organ, lead synthesizer, Vako Orchestron
Allan Zavod – keyboards
Joaquin Lievano – acoustic & electric guitar
Peter Maunu – acoustic & electric guitar, guitar synthesizer
Ralphe Armstrong – electric bass guitar, fretless bass guitar
Casey Scheuerell – drums, percussion

Production

Engineer & mixing: Ed E. Thacker
Assistant engineers: Brian Leshon, Chris Gregg, Rick Collins, Russ Bracher
Mastered by Greg Calbi
Claudia Ponty – cover concept
Daved Levitan – front cover painting
Gary Heery – back cover photo
Sam Emerson – inner sleeve photos

Recorded at Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, California, and Chateau Recorders, North Hollywood, California.
Mixed at Chateau Recorders.
Mastered at Sterling Sound Inc., New York City, New York.

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1978	Billboard Jazz Albums	2
1978	Billboard Pop Albums^[5]	36

References

^ Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Jean-Luc Ponty - Cosmic Messenger (1978) album review | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
^ "Album Reviews: Jean-Luc Ponty — "Cosmic Messenger"" (PDF). Music Week. Gwent: Pensord Press Ltd. February 10, 1979. p. 34. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 5, 2024. Retrieved March 26, 2025 – via WorldRadioHistory.com.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. N. Y.: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 163. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Miller, Mark (25 Sep 1978). "Ponty struts his stuff without retaining identity". The Globe and Mail. p. P14.
^ "Jean-Luc Ponty". Billboard. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

External links

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[1] Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Jean-Luc Ponty - Cosmic Messenger (1978) album review | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 13, 2011.

[mw_rev-2] "Album Reviews: Jean-Luc Ponty — "Cosmic Messenger"" (PDF). Music Week. Gwent: Pensord Press Ltd. February 10, 1979. p. 34. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 5, 2024. Retrieved March 26, 2025 – via WorldRadioHistory.com.

[RSJRG-3] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. N. Y.: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 163. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[4] Miller, Mark (25 Sep 1978). "Ponty struts his stuff without retaining identity". The Globe and Mail. p. P14.

[5] "Jean-Luc Ponty". Billboard. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

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v t e Jean-Luc Ponty
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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