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Imaginary Voyage is a studio album by French jazz fusion violinist and composer Jean-Luc Ponty. It features guitarist Daryl Stuermer and bassist Tom Fowler (both of whom had played on Ponty’s previous album), along with keyboardist Allan Zavod and drummer Mark Craney. It was released in 1976 on Atlantic Records.

Reception:

The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4 stars and stated:”As of 1976, Jean-Luc Ponty’s variations on the Mahavishnu Orchestra theme were still fresh and imaginative, cast in a distinctively different, more lyrical, more controlled framework. For Imaginary Voyage, Ponty’s instrumental lineup is identical to that of Mahavishnu — electric violin, guitar, keyboards, bass, drums – but he turns the emphasis on its head, with all commands coming directly from the violin (his) and less competitive crossplay emanating from his colleagues. ”

Track listing:
All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty.

Side one

“New Country” – 3:07
“The Gardens of Babylon” – 5:06
“Wandering on the Milky Way” – 1:50
“Once upon a Dream” – 4:08
“Tarantula” – 4:04

Side two

“Imaginary Voyage” – 19:55
“Part I” – 2:22
“Part II” – 4:05
“Part III” – 5:28
“Part IV” – 8:00

Personnel:
Jean-Luc Ponty – acoustic & electric violins, organ, background synthesizers
Daryl Stuermer – acoustic & electric guitars
Allan Zavod – acoustic piano & electric keyboards
Tom Fowler – electric bass
Mark Craney – drums & percussion

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Released: November 4, 1976
Recorded: July – August 1976
Studio: Kendun Studios (Burbank, California)
Length: 38:10
Label: Atlantic
Producer: Jean-Luc Ponty