title: The Best of Jean-Luc Ponty
text: # The Best of Jean-Luc Ponty
  
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  The Best of Jean-Luc Ponty is a compilation album by French jazz fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 2002. It focuses on his work while on the Columbia label.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty unless otherwise noted.
  
  * "Prologue" – 1:03
  * "Faith in You" – 4:52
  * "Tchokola" (Brice Wassy) – 5:48
  * "Spring Episode" – 5:52
  * "Metamorphosis" – 5:53
  * "Tender Memories" – 5:20
  * "Mouna Bowa" (Ponty, Guy N'Sangue) – 6:33
  * "In the Fast Lane" – 4:10
  * "The Gift of Time" – 5:06
  * "After the Storm" – 4:21
  * "Bottle Bop" (Yves N'Djock, Nsangue, Wassy) – 4:52
  * "Prelude No. 20, Op. 28" (Chopin) – 2:59
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Jean-Luc Ponty – violin, synthesizer, Synclavier, keyboards
  * Rayford Griffin – drums, percussion
  * Baron Browne – bass
  * Jamie Glaser – guitar
  * Pat Thomi – guitar
  * Wally Mino – piano, keyboards
  * Clara Ponty – piano
  * Patrice Rushen – synthesizer
  * Grover Washington Jr. – synthesizer, soprano saxophone
  * Kurt Wortman – percussion
  * Martin Atangana – guitar
  * Yves N'Djock – guitar
  * Guy N'Sangue – bass
  * Brice Wassy – drums, percussion
  * Moustapha Cisse – percussion
  * Angélique Kidjo – vocals
  * Myriam Betty – vocals
  * Kémo Kouyaté – harp, background vocals, Balafon, Kora
  * Abdou M'Boup – percussion, bongos, vocals, Sabar, Tama, Bugarabu
  * Willy N'For – vocals
  