Individual Choice

Studio album by Jean-Luc Ponty

Released

August 1, 1983

Recorded

March–May 1983 at The Music Grinder and Cherokee Recording Studios

Genre

Jazz fusion, electronic

Length

37:05

Jean-Luc Ponty chronology

Mystical Adventures
(1982)

Individual Choice
(1983)

Open Mind
(1984)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]

Individual Choice is an album by French Jazz-Fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 1983.

Track listing

All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty.

"Computer Incantations for World Peace" – 5:41
"Far from the Beaten Paths" – 5:59
"In Spiritual Love" – 7:01
"Eulogy to Oscar Romero" – 2:32
"Nostalgia" – 5:02
"Individual Choice" – 4:56
"In Spite of All" – 5:55

Personnel

Jean-Luc Ponty – violin, organ, synthesizer, keyboards, vocals, keyboard bass, rhythm programming
Allan Holdsworth – guitar
Rayford Griffin – drums, percussion
Randy Jackson – bass
George Duke – synthesizer, Mini-moog

Production notes

Jean-Luc Ponty – producer
Gary Skardina – drum recordings
Peter R. Kelsey – engineer, mixing
Stuart Graham – engineer, assistant engineer
Steve Hall – engineer, mastering
Mark Hanauer – photography
Bob Defrin – art direction

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1983	Billboard Jazz Albums	2
	Billboard Pop Albums	85
	Billboard 200	134

References

↑ Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Individual Choice - Jean-Luc Ponty | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 163. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

Jean-Luc Ponty

Studio albums	Jazz Long Playing (1964) Violin Summit (1966) Electric Connection (1969) King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa (1970) Open Strings (1971) New Violin Summit (1971) Upon the Wings of Music (1975) Aurora (1975) Imaginary Voyage (1976) Enigmatic Ocean (1977) Cosmic Messenger (1978) A Taste for Passion (1979) Civilized Evil (1980) Mystical Adventures (1982) Individual Choice (1983) Open Mind (1984) Fables (1985) The Gift of Time (1987) Storytelling (1989) Tchokola (1991) No Absolute Time (1993) The Rite of Strings (1995) Life Enigma (2001) The Acatama Experience (2007)

Live albums	Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio (1969) Astrorama (1970) Sonata Erotica: Live at Montreux (1972) Live in Hamburg (1976) Live (1979) Live at Chene Park (1997) Live at Semper Opera (2002) Jean-Luc Ponty in Concert (2003) Live in Montreux 1994 (2005)

Compilations	Cantaloupe Island (1976) Le Voyage: The Jean-Luc Ponty Anthology (1996) The Very Best of Jean-Luc Ponty (2000) The Best of Jean-Luc Ponty (2002)

with Frank Zappa	Hot Rats (1969) Over-Nite Sensation (1973) Apostrophe (') (1974) Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (1981) Beat the Boots!—Piquantique (1991) Beat the Boots! #2—Disconnected Synapses (1992) You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore Vol. 6 (1992) The Lost Episodes (1996) One Shot Deal (2008) Understanding America (2012) Road Tapes, Venue #2 (2013)

with Mahavishnu Orchestra	Apocalypse (1974) Visions of the Emerald Beyond (1975)

Anderson Ponty Band	Better Late Than Never (2015)

Related articles	Frank Zappa Mahavishnu Orchestra Clara Ponty

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