Enigmatic Ocean

Enigmatic Ocean
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1, 1977
RecordedJune – July 1977
StudioKendun Studios (Burbank, California)
GenreJazz fusion, jazz-rock
Length40:27
LabelAtlantic Records
ProducerJean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty chronology
Imaginary Voyage
(1976)
Enigmatic Ocean
(1977)
Cosmic Messenger
(1978)
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The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

Enigmatic Ocean is a studio album by French jazz fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 1977. It features guitarists Allan Holdsworth and Daryl Stuermer, keyboardist Allan Zavod, bassist Ralphe Armstrong (with whom Ponty had played in Mahavishnu Orchestra), and drummer Steve Smith. It reached #1 on the Billboard Jazz album chart in 1977.