Yes- It really was! Saw this at Great Southeast Music hall. Sitting right up front Sept. 1977. Watched Daryl Steurmer in Milwaukee at the Bull Ring '74- '75 before he made it "big" so much talent! Unreal memories!

maravilloso !!!!!

Holdsworth is absolutely incredible on this and plays better solos than anyone else on the record.

saw him in portland OR around 1976 and well just damn

The turtle 🐢 😢does struggle

This entire album is a prime example of a group of musicians at the top of their games bringing it together in a perfect package. JLP gives everyone an opportunity to shine and they don't just shine, they blaze like the sun.

The staccato of Stuermer balanced with the legato and both staccato of Holdsworth is magic. Never to be repeated in our lifetime. It was another time

at 6:15 arguably the greatest lead solo ever recorded. It sparked a generation of emulators to this day who've never come close

El duelo entre Daryl Stuermer y Allan Holdsworth es increíble....no se quien es mejor.....que recuerdos me trae este disco tan divino....👍

Excellent. Great memories of some damn good times.

The intro of Enigmatic Ocean Pt III alone (6:00 to apprx 6:20) sets the stage for one of the greatest jazz/funk groves ever performed: drummer Smith kickstarts and then maintains the steady heartbeat between Bassist Armstrong, Streumer’s rhythmic guitar licks and Zavod’s dashes of keyboard that anchor otherworldly solos by Holdsworth and Ponty . . . timeless greatness!!!

grande Loulogio

One of the first LPs I purchased when going back to "Vinyl" LP records.

God bless my spiritual brother Jean-Luc

Siempre me ordena un poco el cerebro

Wandered into a Luc Ponty concert not knowing what to expect in college. Incredible. Blown away. One of the best group of musicians ever.

Incredible Song and Album

8:49 is one of the sickest tempo changes I've ever heard.

Holdsworth Ponty Stuermer Smith Armstrong Zavod tight as can ever be - oh yeah oh yeah

Still digging

1 of the greatest fusion albums ever made. Fantastic musicianship

Şahane.. wonderful...

the definitive JLP line-up...

I was 16 years old when I first listened to this incredible music, it was in 2006, I was searching some new stuff, and I'm really thankful that I found Jean luc Ponty, part two and three was my favourite ones, fell in love from the first listening <3

Throughout my years @ The Peabody Conservatory, Jean-Luc's music gave me joy amidst the classical literature I had to learn to audition for my symphony career. Fond memories. Thanks, bro!

fantastic

Escuchando esto 😌

I've no idea of how is it possible to write and play music like this... It's so beautiful that it seems possible only in dreams!

Masterpiece

Thank you SO much for putting this together as one unit, instead of having it broken up. THIS is how this masterpiece was MEANT to be enjoyed!

still love it!!

Beautiful. Very beautiful. Wonderful

I don't care who you are an average music listener or a season listener once you hear Holdsworth play you hook you know right then it's beyond human playing RIP thank you.

777777

One of my favorite albums of all time.. I wish that they would remaster it the right way... they never did (too Bright, and Ralphie is always lost in the mix/remastering) So I always find myself pulling out the original vinyl.. and blasting it..

Parmi les cinq meilleurs disques de Jazz Rock ! Chef d'oeuvre avec Cosmic Messenger.

Dream Theater, thanks for passing this forward. And we know you bow in awe. John Myung, don't sweat Ralphe's genius. He wouldn't flaunt it; he'd embrace you.

The harmonic build up until that final release to that Dmaj9 chord in Part I is indescribably beautiful

Seen jean luc twice in concert, imagiary voyage and cosmic messenger, he's phenomenal,if you've never seen him ,you better get off your ass and check him out,they don't make them like this anymore,and were getting Older,soon he'll be gone,

What are each these songs called or is it just referred to as parts I-IV?

Thank you for this post, fluxdust!

Rock had to catch up on this one................................ALan H takes his guitar to heaven on this one..! literally.. RIP!

ponty ..1977 holdsworth brillantes , asombrosa musica que hoy sigo amando ...bravoo....¡¡¡

Ralphe killing the bottom for us and the band. So, so immortal.

Parts 1 and part of part 4 sound a lot like Kansas

I like Holdsworth's playing but he seems like an odd choice. Was he in the touring band? Its sort of like featuring two sax players with radically different styles.

Zavod, anyone?

Damn this was an incredible listen

beginning sounds like genesis a bit. dance on a volcano. Or maybe Los Endos.

Allan Holdsworth plays some great parts on this