Jazz-violinist Jean Luc Ponty

June 4, 2007 at 10:55 AM

When I was 14 or 15 I got from boys of school for my birtday an elpee of Jean Luc Ponty called Cosmic Messenger:

28 years later I saw my old hero live at The Haque Jazz. After the show I got an autograph on the Ponty cd of a friend called "Jazz in Paris". Jean Luc Ponty played on a electric violin with 5 strings. A percussion player from Senegal had 4 Djembé 's.
Also we saw Nigel Kennedy, who made the best sold clasical cd The 4seasons of Vivaldi, who played jazz and 1 classical cadenza with a Polish band, but those photo's were too dark and too far away.

From Scott 68
Posted on June 4, 2007 at 2:57 PM

i thought enigmatic ocean with holdsworth was the best thing he did - ive always loved jazz fusion with violin

From Bram Heemskerk
Posted on June 4, 2007 at 6:44 PM

I also have a copy on cassette of Enigmatic Ocean, but Cosmic Messenger is also a great album with funky music, electric violinsolo's, quitarsolo's and even bass solo's. He played some old number I recognize from Enigmatic Ocean (1977) and Cosmic Messenger (1978)
I think Ponty is the best Jazz-violinist. He was better than Nigel Kennedy that evening and also better than Stephan Graphelli, I think.
Here is his website: http://www.ponty.com

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