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Jean-Luc Ponty

Jean-Luc Ponty has been played on NTS over 100 times, featured on 100 episodes and was first played on 4 January 2014.

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…

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Computer Incantations For World Peace
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Atlantic1983
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In The Fast Lane
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Columbia1989
In The Fast Lane
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Plastic Idols
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Atlantic1985
Plastic Idols
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Intuition
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Atlantic1984
Intuition
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Computer Incantations For World Peace
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Polydor1983
Computer Incantations For World Peace
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Modern Times Blues
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Atlantic1984
Modern Times Blues
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Renaissance
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Atlantic1976
Renaissance
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Elephants In Love
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Atlantic1985
Elephants In Love
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Nostalgia
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Atlantic1983
Nostalgia
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Dreamy Eyes
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Atlantic1979
Dreamy Eyes
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