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	Jean-Luc Ponty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jean-Luc Ponty (born September 29, 1942) is a virtuoso French violinist and jazz composer.
		Ponty was among the first to combine the violin with MIDI, distortion boxes, phase shifters, and wah-wah pedals.
		This resulted in his signature, almost synthesizer-like sound.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jean-Luc_Ponty (215 words)

	Dreyfus Records - Jean-Luc Ponty
		Jean-Luc Ponty was born on September 29, 1940 in Avranches, France.
		A master technician, Ponty was not the first violinist in jazz to use electronic enhancement but he was the first to integrate electronics fully into his playing style.
		Ponty grew up in an intensely musical home environment.
	www.dreyfusrecords.com /discs.php?a=13&l=1 (343 words)

	French culture music Jean Luc Ponty: USA Oct.-Nov. 2001
		Jean-Luc Ponty is pioneer French jazz and rock violinist who has applied his unique vision to expanding the vocabulary of modern music.
		Ponty was born in a family of classical musicians on September 29, 1942 in Avranches, France.
		Ponty emigrated in the 1960s with his wife and two young daughters to America and made his home in Los Angeles.
	www.frenchculture.org /music/events/01ponty.html (700 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Le Voyage: The Jean-Luc Ponty Anthology - Jean-Luc Ponty at Epinions.com
		Jean luc Ponty takes a decidedly different turn in his musical career, as is evinced by this disk 2 of this anthology.
		Jean luc Ponty and his electric jazz/fusion violin music.
		Jean luc plays two instruments on this one, a bass keyboard and violin and the other musician is Allan Holdsworth, on guitar.
	www.epinions.com /content_173457182340 (2356 words)

	George Graham Reviews Jean-Luc Ponty's "Life Enigma"
		Ponty's electric violin still is at the center of most of the tracks, but the creative blend of the electronics with the excellent writing on this all-instrumental recording are at least as important on this album.
		Ponty has always been one to create music with the sophistication for which the fusion scene was known.
		Ponty makes music that is sophisticated, and often downright fascinating from a compositional perspective, and yet sonically very appealing.
	www.georgegraham.com /reviews/pontyle.html (1237 words)

	Jean-Luc Ponty reviews
		Ponty is a genius and many fans of jazz, rock, and metal are bound to appreciate this 32 song collection.
		The interplay between Holdsworth and Ponty is spectacular.
		The violin playing, which is Ponty's strength, is unusual, unique, aggressive and punctuated.
	www.ram.org /music/reviews/jeanluc_ponty.html (296 words)

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		However, Ponty's phrasing was more influenced by jazz trumpeters, saxophonists and pianists of the be-bop era, and he developed a style of playing that discarded vibrato for a straighter sound.
		Ponty's notoriety grew fast, and by 1964, at 22 years old, he had released a debut solo album on the Philips label called Jazz Long Playing, a title drawn from a playful use of his initials.
		Ponty's earlier recordings Aurora and Imaginary Voyage not only established him as a virtuoso violinist with a unique style, but also as one of the figureheads of the jazz-rock movement in the United States.
	www.vmd-musikk.com /sider/friend_15E.htm (2044 words)

	Jean-Luc Ponty: Independent thought
		ean-Luc Ponty's accomplishments as one of the 20th Century's key ambassadors of the violin stand as a testament to perseverance and purpose.
		Ponty is no stranger to reinventing his circumstances.
		Ponty has steadfastly believed in the flexibility and potential for his instrument outside of classical music.
	www.innerviews.org /inner/ponty.html (5380 words)

	Jean Luc Ponty In Concert
		Jean Luc Ponty once apprenticed with Frank Zappa, who knew a thing or two about complex musicianship paired with equally complex compositions.
		Ponty's music is classy, in a starched way, but ultimately it is an unchallenging and none too rewarding experience.
		Ponty's band is multi-ethnic like a Benetton advertisement or a Putumayo Records collection.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=15582 (380 words)

	Blogcritics.org: DVD - The Rite of Strings - Al DiMeola, Jean-Luc Ponty & Stanley Clarke: Live At Montreaux 1994
		Ponty's solo began with him tapping the strings on his violin with his bow and having it quietly played back over and over again, thanks to the electronics employed.
		Ponty's notes seem almost to sing out on their own, the higher in pitch they climbed.
		In a light moment, after DiMeola introduced Clarke and Ponty, he proceeded to turn his sheet music over and over and upside down, not sure where to begin playing the new song.
	blogcritics.org /archives/2005/08/10/235139.php (1296 words)

	All-Reviews.com Music Review: Life Enigma by Jean-Luc Ponty
		The title of this CD is about the mysteries of life, I know for certain that there is no mystery in the way Jean Luc Ponty presents his deep understanding of music and how it relates to the human soul.
		It's hard to believe that this is Jean Luc Ponty's first album in seven years.
		The seventies and eighties were very productive for Ponty and he decided to draw from that experience and incorporate all of the immense knowledge he has acquired.
	www.all-reviews.com /music/life-enigma.htm (329 words)

	Jean-Luc Ponty News and Reviews News
		This year JLP will be touring with his band JEAN LUC PONTY & HIS GROUP (William Lecomte, keyboards - Guy Nsangué Akwa, bass - Thierry Arpino, drums - Taffa Cissé, percussion) and also with a new all star project called THE TRIO in collaboration with Stanley Clarke, double bass and Bela Fleck, banjo.
		JLP performed also with the Rite of Strings, the acoustic trio with Stanley Clarke on double bass and Al Di Meola on guitar.
		She wrote 12 new compositions for this new album, JLP contributed strings arrangements and also performed on a few pieces, with the added collaboration of Taffa Cissé on percussion, Laurent Cirade on cello and Patrick Manouguian on acoustic guitar.
	www.ponty.com /news_reviews/index.html (489 words)

	PROGRESSIVEWORLD.NET: REVIEWS BY KEITH "MUZIKMAN" HANNALECK
		I enjoyed this CD enormously, although I could never compare it to actually being there as I was in 1987 at the Warfield Theater in San Francisco to witness Jean Luc perform.
		Ponty and his longtime band cover material from earlier classic progressive jazz fusion albums to present day world-fusion compositions.
		If you have been blessed enough to be present for one of his fantastic performances, this is a nice reminder and keepsake of such an occasion.
	www.progressiveworld.net /jeanlucponty2.html (201 words)

	Bowed Electricity - Electric violin players, makers, and resources
		When Ponty arrived on the scene, no one else had made extensive use of chorusing, flanging, reverb, and delay to twist the timbre of the violin into new shapes.
		Ponty plays a variety of violins, but most notably Barcus-Berry and Zeta.
		Although others had established jazz violin as a viable style much earlier in the century, Ponty brought a more contemporary sensibility to the instrument, mostly through his use of electronic effects.
	www.lightbubble.com /bowed/ponty.htm (279 words)

	Prog Rock Corner--Jean-Luc Ponty!
		Having originally studied classical violin, Jean-Luc Ponty explored jazz violin with Stephane Grappelli, and eventually followed his own path to the sounds of fusion.
		Ponty also recorded several records as a member of the Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin in the early-to-mid 70's.
		Ponty's more recent recordings have seen him move away from violin and more toward synthesizers.
	www.stitzel.com /slop/prq/ponty.html (242 words)

	Amazon.com: Jean-Luc Ponty in Concert: DVD
		Ponty and his new mates are great, making a real group, good sounding and musicianship.
		Only JL Ponty is a bit out of tune in the first track or maybe it's a technical problem, but it easily overpassed.
		Ponty and band do get their groove on, and their quieter moments ("Pastoral Harmony"--lame title, nice tune) easily eclipse pretty much anything in the smooth jazz category.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001XAO2A?v=glance (1258 words)

	Jean Luc Ponty: The Best Of Jean Luc Ponty - All CDs $5.99 and Free Shipping at yourmusic.com
		That said, even though these were not his most groundbreaking years, Jean-Luc Ponty continued to mesh electronics with his established fusion and, on 1991's "Tchokola", added African percussion to the mix.
		Jean Luc Ponty: The Best Of Jean Luc Ponty - All CDs $5.99 and Free Shipping at yourmusic.com
		Sure, there are moments of aural wallpaper where Ponty coasts on a smooth bed of funk-lite as he doodles away on violin.
	www.yourmusic.com /browse/album/40638.html (407 words)

	Ink 19 :: Jean Luc Ponty
		J.L.P. Life Enigma is the first album in as many as seven years from Jean Luc Ponty, a French violonist.
		Ponty's previous album had his synthesizer work on computers overshadow his violin playing, but this album has his electric violin shining through throughout -- something that would possibly be very well received by his fans.
		But after listening to this excellent jazz fusion album, it is understandable why it took him so long to record Life Enigma -- it is a very well produced, modern album incorporating acid-jazz, and drum n' bass; a departure from his earlier works in a positive direction.
	www.ink19.com /issues/march2002/musicReviews/musicP/jeanLucPonty.html (249 words)

	eBay - Cassette: Aurora (UPC: 075678154348)
		AURORA was the goddess of the dawn, and Ponty's electrifying violin signaled her arrival with nova bursts of brilliant light and fire.
		Ponty eventually augmented his sound with various electronic devices and MIDI implementation, and AURORA contains some of his first tantalizing steps forward.
		Accompanied by guitarist Darryl Stuermer, keyboardist Patrice Rushen, bassist Tom Fowler (like Ponty, another Frank Zappa alumni), and drummer Norman Fearrington, Ponty trades off everything from killer jazz rock ("Is Once Enough") and almost "country"-inflected fusion ("Renaissance") to ravishing acoustic/electric ballads (the dreamy "Lost Forest").
	product.ebay.com /Aurora_UPC_075678154348_W0QQfvcsZ1227QQsoprZ3526646 (232 words)

	Jean-Luc Ponty Discography
		Everone can use a little electric (or electronic) violin in their life, and Jean-Luc Ponty is perhaps the best way to experience it.
		Brief stints with Mahavishnu Orchestra and Frank Zappa led to Ponty's own brand of jazz fusion, which gave equal time to synthesizers in the '80s.
		I can't tell you why some consider Ponty progressive and not Chick Corea, although packaging might have something to do with it.
	www.connollyco.com /discography/jeanluc_ponty (117 words)

	Jean-Luc Ponty Life Enigma
		Personnel: Jean Luc Ponty; 5-string electric violin, keyboards, electronic percussion/drums, synclavier, MIDI electric violin, effects and electronic woodblock: Guy Nsangue Akwa; electric bass: William Lecomte; piano: Thierry Arpino; drums and shaker: Moustapha Cisse; percussion
		Expertly engineered, Ponty’s latest features his often-crystalline performances on the “Zeta” electronic violins, as we would be hard pressed to have heard anything as immaculately recorded, thanks to modern technology and all the companion bells and whistles.
		Ponty injects sequenced synths and electronic percussion into his repertoire while overdubbing his streaming and thoroughly sonorous lines atop West African grooves on “Two Thousand-One Years Ago” and elsewhere on this outing.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?review_id=6423 (318 words)

	Mystical Adventures (Jean-Luc Ponty)
		This is the final record Jean-Luc Ponty made with suites, and he goes out with a bang, putting 2 on this one.
		Looking back, "Mystical Adventures" was sort of an end of an era for Ponty's music; throughout the rest of the eighties he experimented with different instrument lineups with mixed results.
		For starters, it is a much better produced effort, with Ponty's violin recorded better than ever, and backed up by a very tight band.
	johnkeyes.com /a/B000002IA3-mystical-adventures.html (708 words)

	Amazon.com: Life Enigma: Music
		Ponty seems to have matured into a programmer who won't let the computer take away from his status as a world-class violinist--good news, certainly, for his fans, who'd much rather hear his sterling electric violin.
		While Ponty works here mostly with a bassist and two percussionists, pianist William Lecomte makes his presence known with solid solos on two selections, and fretless bassist Guy Nsangue Akwa shines throughout.
		Life Enigma is easily Ponty's best album since the string of records he made for Atlantic ended 20 years ago.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005N8ZD?v=glance (967 words)

	Jean-Luc Ponty - In Concert - Compare Prices & Reviews at Smarter
		French jazz violinist Jean-Luc Ponty has paved the way for jazz-rock fusion.
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		Jean-Luc Ponty - In Concert - Compare Prices & Reviews at Smarter
	www.smarter.com /movies-4/product/jean-luc_ponty_-_in_concert-211847 (264 words)

	TRIO! Stanley Clarke/Bela Felck/Jean-Luc Ponty
		JEAN-LUC PONTY is a musical pioneer and the undisputed master of violin in azz and rock.
		brings together the musical talents of Stanley Clarke (bass), Bela Fleck (banjo), and Jon-Luc Ponty (violin) in a stunning genre-crossing collaboration.
		He is widely regarded as an innovator who has applied a visionary spin to his work and expanded the vocabulary of modern music.
	www.summernights.org /bios/trio.html (488 words)

	Jean-Luc Ponty News
		Milwaukee guitarist Daryl Stuermer, who is known for his work with Genesis, Phil Collins, Jean-Luc Ponty and Gino Vanelli, and, more locally, with Sweetbottom, recently released his fifth solo disc.
		Big-name jazz musicians Stanley Clarke, Al DiMeola and Jean-Luc Ponty have teamed to form the all-star Rite of Strings and progressive music fans crowded the Mountain Winery Wednesday...
		While the Jazz Yatra 2004 will be held at the Homi Bhabha Auditorium, Navy Nagar, from tomorrow to Sunday, renowned violinist Jean-Luc Ponty will...
	www.topix.net /who/jean-luc-ponty (398 words)

	Jean-Luc Ponty Tour Dates & Tickets
		Sorry - we don't have any Jean-Luc Ponty tour dates listed in the UK at the moment, but we can send you an immediate email as soon as we hear of more.
		We can send you an email when we add details of events featuring Jean-Luc Ponty.
		One of the best electric violinists in the world playing jazz fusion in his own inimitable style.
	www.ents24.com /web/artist/61651/Jean-Luc_Ponty.html (87 words)

	Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke & Jean-Luc Ponty - Live at Montreux: 1994
		Guitarist Al Di Meola, violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, and bassist Stanley Clarke are each renowned for pioneering the sound of jazz fusion in their respective instruments and careers.
		Eulogy to Oscar Romero - solo Jean-Luc Ponty
		In 1994, the trio united for an electrifying performance at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland--a collaboration made even more remarkable by the fact that they hadn't practised the material together beforehand.
	www.bigrockmediastore.com /2881102.html (133 words)

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