Jean-Luc Ponty - Mystical Adventures (Part 3)

[QuestingElf]

This is an excellent song to drive to along long stretches of road where there's no civilization for miles. (Example: Interstate 5 in California between Los Banos (Spanish for "the bathrooms") and Harris Ranch with its umpteen acres of beef-destined cattle.)  It really makes time go by, almost hypnotically . . . mystically?

[rg2027x]

flying...!

[jamesedwardtheobald]

oh yeah! 

[thehaneyplace]

Can't get ENOUGH !!!

[chizwop]

Randy Jackson played on the studio album!!

[billbus12]

I LIKE THE TRIPPLE DRUM BEAT THAT RAYFORD GRIFFIN DOES AT THE END GREAT PLAYING...

[billbus12]

what a band I dont know why know-one has followed him in fusion jazz.its complicated music to play i think..

[billbus12]

what a drummer

[DAVULZURNAAZ]

Thank you for sharing the tune...

[Pdoolesct]

I remember seeing Jean-Luc Ponty at Toad's Place when they toured to support the Mystical Adventures album. The only disappointment was that they didn't play the last part of the Mystical Adventures suite (Part V), but as always, Jean-Luc has a great band.

[VAMustang703]

Yes that is Keith Jones on the bass but the famous Randy Jackson (before he became famous on American Idol) was recorded on the album.

[VAMustang703]

Yes that is Keith Jones on the bass but the famous Randy Jackson (before he became famous on American Idol) was recorded on the album.

[KIMORID]

Estou ali naquela platéia em São Paulo. Na época gastávamos nosso salário para importar os discos dele. Éramos muito criticados na época por ouvirmos além dele, outros de sua geração que certamente ele foi influenciado como Genesis, Yes, ELP, Triuvirat, Black Sabah, Peter Kraft, Allan Parson, J. M. Jarre, Led Zepelin, Pink Floyd, Nirvana, Kansas, enfim.

Repito: fico feliz quando vejo mensagens de jovens que se sentem descriminados por gostarem desse tipo de música. Passamos por isto com orgulho

[lklkhjhjdfs]

yes it's not ralph armstrong

[Nemo0525]

Grand Voyage is the name of this album yes?

I love this insane musician may his soul forever drift through our reality, inspiring great musicians for eons to come!

[theiconoclasm]

@Nemo0525 Mystical adventures is the name of hte album

[placidian]

I love Rayford Griffin's playing, and this cd is one of my favorite JLP works.

[jbqwerty]

...I smoked a lot of pot with this when I was young. And since then, whenever i listen again, I fly.

[Chocolateblondie]

I love this cd, Randy Jackson is on the CD.

[rebel7332]

Genius

[ericvidaltercap]

qu'elle belle aventure , une belle épopée psychédélique comme on n'en fait plus depuis très longtemps ...

[johnagiambalvo]

Jean Luc Ponty Is the BOMB.. I have 36 of his CDs I dig each one. I have even copyed some of his rifs on my MIDI ax.. I found at times he must be using a Yamaha violin sound, because I managed to get his same sound. I wish I could be in a band that plays that kind of music. Later Johnny G.. Long Island

[89naturegirl]

This is so brilliant. What an incredibly tight band.

[bronze139]

yea Ralp is flat on this song compared to Randy

[playriff]

vai de pula mea cum canta asta! te doare pula! ii cel mai bun! cel mai tare! super relaxant!

[pita05100]

gosto muito da musicalidade do batera muito tecnico e de estilo proprio é o 10

[Serano4545]

I believe this is my friend Jamie Glazer on Guitar as well, Nice!

[freetruckin]

Great guitar tone.

[veedotcom]

this is one the baddest jointz on youtube

[tiffiness]

positively mystical!!!

[thievnbastd]

outstanding!!

i had let this and so many other great moments in music slip from my mind,,

thank you for refreshing my memory! this gives my soul a stiffie!!!

[poufalouna]

merci moment magique, beau solo de guitare

[WasyMusicPower]

superb line bass

[trumpet0824]

My comment below was in response to BOTTOM432's comment a year ago about Randy Jackson being the only one from the album who was not in this concert. Doesn't sound right just standing by itself.

[tommonkell]

Rayford Griffin is an excellent drummer!

[atlantico793]

gracias ,muchimas gracias  esto a mi parecer es algo de lo mejor de ponty

[satanicsins]

WOW!!!

[atlantico793]

this is the must grat music ever , i been lisyen to jlp for like 25 years , and thanks for upload this

[TARINCUTAJAR]

absolutely incredible, the whole show would have been amazing to experience and be at

[serradagua]

oh my...what a groove!!!

[sticksyes]

where can iget this dvd ?

[NPR150]

You gotta love it, I know I do

[pctech69]

The bass player is Ralph Armstrong, not Randy Jackson.

[radiomix]

nope, Keith Jones on this video.

[dustypuppy]

absolutely brilliant and awesome - thanks for posting

5/5

[GreggaryPeccary]

allan and jean-luc, two ex-zappa alumni

[ekkymar]

i have a rare bootleg of a JLP concert in brazil with Randy Jackson on it must be from early 80s he is wearing an arl Cambell 55 jerzy and giant white sunglasses he causes such a camotion when he is itroduced by JLP Ponty sais whats going on over there? its hillarious

[empanadilla10]

This is the same line up that I saw in San Juan PR in the Coliseito in 1981(?) in 1st row !!!!

[BOTTOM432]

It's a shame, everyone is just finding about Randy Jackson through idol. Randy was killing back in the day on the fusion tip. Randy is a bad cat.

[kewl2006]

wait, for real? randy jackson was in on the fusion scene back in the 70's and 80's? who did he play with?

[BOTTOM432]

Yeah Randy Jackson played on the studio version of this titled "Mystical Adventures" of course the bass player on this footage is NOT Randy Jack. but the actually album was all him. He played alot of people,Billy Cobham, Narada Micheal, and more.

[kewl2006]

no way! that's pretty cool.

[BOTTOM432]

Yeah all the other players on this footage were the original cats that played on the wax version. It would've been cool to see Randy Jackson do the live Jean Luc Ponty dates. I also saw them live in Philly Randy wasn't on that date either.

[trumpet0824]

Actually not quite true. The keyboard player on the album was my brother, Chris Rhyne. This video features Alan Zavod. Zavod is another phenomenal player who was with Ponty before my brother got his spot in 1980, long enough to record Civilized Evil, Mystical Adventures and Live at Chene Park. Then Zavod got his spot back. Chris went to work for Merv Griffin. He still lives in LA, doing mostly production but has occasional gigs. Chris is my favorite keyboard player ever, naturally.

[radiomix]

Chris is also appeared on some santana albums. I love his works, too.

[STEELVALLY]

Jean is a Master of what he does he is in a RARE class of musicians that can play, conduct, and compose.

[tamapalagi]

To an old friend. Thank you Jeffery Paul Thomas I hope you see this. Love Vince

[progfusion]

IMHO the best discs by JLP are Aurora, Imaginary Voyage, Enigmatc Ocean, Cosmic Messenger, Mystical Adventure, and Civilized Evil.

He paired with some of the best musicians of the prog and jazz fusion movement and he stood above all of them.

[Ahmaogee2]

You forgot "Open minds"

[Daleski8]

Jean-Luc is the most gifted,hard working musician on the planet....so creative!!...awesome technique!!!...I don't think anyone comes close to his talent & its on one of the hardest instruments to play-he is a Master of the violin!! His music is sooo much fun to listen to!!!

[STEELVALLY]

Well I won't say he the most gifted, because you left out Stevie Wonder not only can he play the Piano, but also the drums, harmonica,and Bass Guitar

[JonP1961]

I'd like to see/hear him jam with Eddie Jobson, you know, just to finish the job of blowing my head clean off :D

[lionlr1]

wonder why randy jackson did play here he is on studio album

[metzilla]

Some of the best 3 or 4 vids on youtube!! AMAZING! Thank you! His 80's stuff was amazing!!!

[dudeee42]

What a great song i could listen to this all day.

[sourcesoftheriver]

Excellente! too bad more people haven't seen this stuff yet too busy watching farts being lit on fire sad.

[QuashieN]

Je T'aime Jean Luc!!!!! This Frenchy is BAAAD!!!

[kewl2006]

what does je t'aime mean in french? is that supposed to be like "J'aime Jean-Luc?" (I like Jean-Luc) anyways, he is really good. its hard to be good on violin because there aren't any frets so the tune of a note can be off.

[QuashieN]

Greetings

Je t'aime Jean Luc - "I love YOU Jean Luc" The violin is an ancient instrument. notes aren't going to be exact as in western styles. In Asian/Middle eastern/african music scales have double the amount of notes than western. Far more complicated to play and sing. Many Western instruments can't play most those styles because of the limited amount of notes. Violin is the closest instrument to a human voice.If you like Jean Luc check out Regina Carter. I'm out......