Jean-Luc Ponty Quotes

Philip Catherine lives in Europe. He’s half British, half Belgian, which means he speaks half English, half French, and he started his career in my band in 1970, my European band, the last European band I had before I moved to America. He was just starting and that was his first gig being in my band. And he became one of the top jazz guitar players in Europe. He has a very strong musical personality, so that’s why it was very special for me because I’ve lived in the States for so long that we were disconnected for a long time, so this is kind of a reunion, so that’s why it was very special and emotional for me to have him on this record.
Jean-Luc Ponty

I started writing the music and I started recording with my band and then we had to leave on the road and travel to faraway places like India, Venezuela, Chile, Europe, and Russia….so it would really take me away from the recording for a little while and then I would come back to the album with, of course, fresh ears. And that was the good thing about it is that it’s like something that grew very slowly bit by bit and each time, some of the travel experience I just went through would reflect in the music somehow.
Jean-Luc Ponty