Overview
Tchokola is an album by French jazz fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 1991. The rhythm section was recorded on analog tape. All other recording was digitally recorded.
Track listing
# "Mam'maï" (Abdou M'Boup, Willy N'For, Jean-Luc Ponty) – 6:00 # "Sakka Sakka" (Myriam Betty, N'For, Guy N'Sangue, Brice Wassy) – 5:22 # "Tchokola" (Wassy) – 5:47 # "Mouna Bowa" (N'sangue, Ponty) – 6:32 # "N'Fan Môt" (Ponty, Wassy) – 6:10 # "Yé ké yé ké" (Mory Kanté) – 4:58 # "Bamako" (Yves N'Djock, Ponty, Wassy) – 4:31 # "Rhum 'N' Zouc" (Ponty) – 5:04 # "Cono" (Salif Keita) – 4:56 # "Bottle Bop" (NDjock, Nsangue, Wassy) – 4:49
Personnel
*Jean-Luc Ponty – violin, keyboards, electric violin and viola *Martin Atangana – guitar *Yves N'Djock – guitar *Guy N'Sangue – bass *Brice Wassy – drums, percussion *Moustapha Cisse – percussion *Angélique Kidjo – vocals *Myriam Betty – vocals *Esther Dobong'Na Essiène (aka Estha Divine)-vocals *Kémo Kouyaté – harp, background vocals, Balafon, Kora *Abdou M'Boup – percussion, bongos, vocals, Sabar, Tama, Bugarabu *Willy N'For – vocals Production notes *Jean-Luc Ponty – producer *Brice Wassy – producer *Peter Kelsey – engineer, mixing *David Coleman – art direction, design *Nancy Donald – art direction