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No Absolute Time
Studio album by Jean-Luc Ponty
Released	July 19, 1993
Recorded	December 1992 – March 1993
Studio	Davout Studios, Paris, France, Westlake Studios, Los Angeles, Home Studio, Santa Monica, CA
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	56:53
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty chronology
Tchokola (1991) No Absolute Time (1993) The Rite of Strings (1995)

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No Absolute Time is an album by French jazz fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 1993. It marks his return to the Atlantic label.

Track listing

All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty.

1. "No Absolute Time" – 5:42
2. "Savannah" – 9:18
3. "Lost Illusions" – 5:03
4. "Dance of the Spirits" – 4:59
5. "Forever Together" – 5:46
6. "Caracas" – 3:53
7. "The African Spirit" – 4:58
8. "Speak Out" – 6:23
9. "Blue Mambo" – 6:12
10. "The Child in You" – 4:33

Personnel

• Jean-Luc Ponty – violin, keyboards, electric violin and viola, synthesizer
• Martin Atangana – guitar
• Kevin Eubanks – guitar (on "Blue Mambo")
• Guy N'Sangue – bass, sound effects
• Moustapha Cisse – percussion
• Kémo Kouyaté – harp, background vocals, Balafon, Kora
• Abdou M'Boup – percussion, drums, sound effects, tambourine, bells, shaker, cowbell, bougarabou drums
• Mokhtar Samba – percussion, drums, timbales, cowbell, doundoumba, bougarabou drums
• Sydney Thiam – percussion, sound effects, bells, shaker, doundoumba
• Wally Minko – piano, keyboards

Production notes

• Jean-Luc Ponty – producer
• Eduardo Chermont – engineer
• Steve Harrison – engineer
• Peter Kelsey – engineer
• Patrice Lazareff – engineer
• Bernie Grundman – mastering

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References

1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r184383

• 1993 albums
• Jean-Luc Ponty albums
• Atlantic Records albums