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

Track listing

All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty.

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

Personnel

  • Jean-Luc Ponty – violin, violectra, piano, organ, synthesizer, keyboards, vocals, rhythm programming
  • George Benson – electric guitar <small>(track 4)</small>
  • Chick Corea – synthesizer <small>(tracks 1, 3)</small>
  • Casey Scheuerell – drums, tabla <small>(track 3)</small>
  • Rayford Griffin – drums, percussion <small>(track 5)</small>

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

{| class="wikitable"

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!Year

!Chart

!Position

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|rowspan=2|1984

|Billboard Jazz Albums

|5

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|Billboard 200

|171

|}

References

  • Jean-Luc Ponty - Open Mind (1984) album releases & credits at Discogs