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Very Best of Jean-Luc Ponty (Ocrd)
Jean-Luc Ponty
Very Best of Jean-Luc Ponty (Ocrd)
Genres: Jazz, Pop
 
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The French-born violinist Jean-Luc Ponty bridged the old jazz styles of Stephane Grappelli and Joe Venuti and contemporary stylists such as the late Noel Pointer and Regina Carter. He was schooled in the classics, pla...  more »

     
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All Artists: Jean-Luc Ponty
Title: Very Best of Jean-Luc Ponty (Ocrd)
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Label: Rhino / Wea
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 1/29/2008
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Styles: Jazz Fusion, Smooth Jazz
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 081227994433

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The French-born violinist Jean-Luc Ponty bridged the old jazz styles of Stephane Grappelli and Joe Venuti and contemporary stylists such as the late Noel Pointer and Regina Carter. He was schooled in the classics, played with Frank Zappa in the 1960s and with the Mahavishnu Orchestra and George Duke in the '70s. Although his violin and his electrified violectra were staples in the fusion era, his musicality was solidly based in the classics and jazz, as evidenced here by his hornlike phrasing on "Bowing-Bowing" with keyboardist Patrice Rushen and his Cajun intro on "Aurora, Part II." He takes a page from Philip Glass's minimalist riffs on "Mirage," the spacy "Cosmic Messenger," and "No Stings Attached," a fiery live date. There's even a New Age presence with guitarist Joaquin Lievano on "A Taste for Passion." At the end of the day, though, The Very Best of shows abundantly that Ponty could rock out with the best of them. Check out "Infinite Pursuit," a sonic twin to the Police's "Synchronicity," and you'll hear a musician who makes electronics swing in any idiom. --Eugene Holley Jr.

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A Good Intro To Ponty
Oliver Towne | Riverside, CA United States | 10/04/2002
(4 out of 5 stars)

"But I tend to think that the typical customer for this kind of retrospective is someone who listened to Ponty in the past and is looking to rebuild a collection. That being the case, I would suggest that instead of settling for this CD sampler, you buy the first five albums: "Upon The Wings Of Music," "Aurora," "Imaginary Voyage," "Enigmatic Ocean," and "Cosmic Messenger." Having followed Ponty over the years, I find that that is still the best stuff. If you're not sure about spending so much, go ahead and get this. It's a pretty good deal. But I bet you'll wind up doing what I do, which is mostly just to listen to the first half of the CD."