Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty
Genres: jazz, Fusion, jazz fusion, violin, instrumental
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About Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty (b. 1942) is a virtuoso French violinist and jazz composer. Born on the 29th September 1942 in Avranches, France, he was trained as a professional classical violinist at the Paris Conservatory. His attraction to jazz was propelled by Miles Davis's and John Coltrane's music. He has worked with Stéphane Grappelli, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Frank Zappa, and has appeared on over seventy recordings. In 1977 Ponty pioneered the use of the five-string electric violin, with a lower C string. He sometimes also uses a six-string electric violin called the violectra, with low C and F strings – not to be confused with the violectra he played from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s which had four strings, but tuned an octave lower. He was among the first to combine the violin with MIDI, distortion boxes, phase shifters, and wah-wah pedals. This resulted in his signature, almost synthesiser-like sound. In 2005 Ponty formed the acoustic fusion supergroup TRIO! with bassist Stanley Clarke and banjo player Bela Fleck.
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Jean-Luc Ponty — Top 30 songs of 80
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
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| Jean-Luc Ponty | Individual Choice | ||
| Jean-Luc Ponty | Individual Choice | ||
| Jean-Luc Ponty | Live at Semper Opera | ||
| Jean-Luc Ponty | Live at Semper Opera | ||
| Jean-Luc Ponty | Mirage | ||
| Jean-Luc Ponty | Intuition | ||
| Jean-Luc Ponty | Lost Forest | ||
| Jean-Luc Ponty | Stay With Me | ||
| Jean-Luc Ponty | Live at Semper Opera | ||
| Jean-Luc Ponty | Sunset Drive | ||
| Jean-Luc Ponty | In the Kingdom of Peace | ||
| Jean-Luc Ponty | Egocentric Molecules | ||
| Jean-Luc Ponty | Elephants in Love | ||
| Jean-Luc Ponty | The Gift of Time | ||
| Jean-Luc Ponty | New Country (1976) | ||
| Jean-Luc Ponty | Computer Incantations for World Peace | ||
| Jean-Luc Ponty | Aurora Part I, from the 1979 album `Jean-Luc Ponty: Live` | ||
| Jean-Luc Ponty | Aurora, Part 1 [1979: Jean-Luc Ponty Live] | ||
| Jean-Luc Ponty | Fight For Life | ||
| Jean-Luc Ponty | Renaissance | ||
| Jean-Luc Ponty | Cosmic Messenger | ||
| Jean-Luc Ponty | Point Of No Return | ||
| Jean-Luc Ponty | Mirage (live, 2001-05-25: Semperoper, Dresden, Germany) | ||
| Jean-Luc Ponty | Waving Memories | ||
| Jean-Luc Ponty | As, from the 1981 album `Mystical Adventures` | ||
| Jean-Luc Ponty | In Spiritual Love | ||
| Jean-Luc Ponty | Individual Choice | ||
| Jean-Luc Ponty | Dance Of The Spirits | ||
| Jean-Luc Ponty | Renaissance (Wounded Bird Records | ||
| Jean-Luc Ponty | Parisian Thoroughfare [Джаз-рок энд фьюжн] |