Jean-Luc Ponty


Jean-Luc Ponty

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Born: September 29, 1942 in Avranches, France
Years Active: 60 's, 70 's, 80 's, 90 's, 00's
Genre: Jazz

Biography:
It has been a long, fascinating odyssey for Jean-Luc Ponty, who started out as a straight jazz violinist only to become a pioneer of the electric violin in jazz-rock in the '70s and an inspired manipulator of sequencers and synthesizers in the '80s. At first merely amplifying his violin in order to be heard, he switched over to electric violin and ... Continue Bio >>

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Discography:
2007 Acatama Experience
2004 Jean-Luc Ponty in Concert
2002 That Whereby the Movement Begins
2002 Live at Semper Opera
2001 Life Enigma
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Member Of:
Mahavishnu Orchestra
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Influenced By:
Sonny Rollins
Stuff Smith
Stephane Grappelli
John Coltrane
Thelonious Monk
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Followers:
Jerry Goodman
Didier Lockwood
Miri Ben-Ari
The Dixie Dregs
Ric Sanders
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