Aurora
Studio album by Jean-Luc Ponty
Released	February 26, 1976
Recorded	December 1975
Studio	Cherokee Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	37:28
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty chronology
Upon the Wings of Music (1975) Aurora (1976) Imaginary Voyage (1976)

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AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

Aurora is a studio album by French jazz fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 1976. It features guitarist Daryl Stuermer (later to join Genesis), keyboardist Patrice Rushen, bassist Tom Fowler (with whom Ponty had played with Frank Zappa), and drummer Norman Fearrington. It was reissued on audio cassette in 1990 and on CD in 1992.^[1]

Track listing

All tracks written by Jean-Luc Ponty.

1. "Is Once Enough?" – 4:58
2. "Renaissance" – 5:48
3. "Aurora, Pt. 1" – 2:46
4. "Aurora, Pt. 2" – 6:15
5. "Passenger of the Dark" – 4:17
6. "Lost Forest" – 5:27
7. "Between You and Me" – 5:58
8. "Waking Dream" – 2:25

Personnel

• Jean-Luc Ponty – acoustic & electric violin, violectra, autoharp, keyboards
• Daryl Stuermer – acoustic & electric guitars
• Patrice Rushen – acoustic & electric piano, synthesizer
• Tom Fowler – electric bass
• Norman Fearrington – drums, percussion

Production

• Jean-Luc Ponty – producer
• Larry Hirsch – engineer, mixing
• George Tutko – engineer, studio assistant
• Zal Schreiber – mastering
• Jim Marshall – photography
• Jean-Paul Oren – photography
• Phil A. Ceccola – cover photo

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