Category: Jean-Luc Ponty
[Review] Elton John: Honky Château (1972)
Elton’s platinum-selling #1 hit, recorded in the (in)famous Chateau d’Herouville.
[Review] Jean-Luc Ponty: Enigmatic Ocean (1977)
On a scale of 1 to 10, this Ocean’s an eleven.
[Review] Jean-Luc Ponty: Aurora (1976)
More smooth sailing in the sea of fusion with a re-tooled band that now included a couple of Duke/Zappa associates.
Jean-Luc Ponty Discography
While the world probably could have used another jazz-fusion guitarist, what it really needed was a jazz-fusion violinist, a point that Ponty embodied.
[Review] Jean-Luc Ponty: King Kong (1970)
The low-budget seduction of a classical/jazz violinist and an ad hoc orchestra.
[Review] Jean-Luc Ponty: Electric Connection (1969)
Ponty was flown into the US to record this album with George Duke and Gerald Wilson, but the performances feel dialed in.
Jean-Luc Ponty: Sunday Walk (1967)
The novelty of a jazz quartet led by a violinist notwithstanding, this is standard bop played by a competent group of Europeans.
[Review] The Jean-Luc Ponty Experience With The George Duke Trio (1969)
Jean-Luc and Duke play an electrified set at the psychedelicized Sunset Strip spot, Thee Experience.
[Review] Stanley Clarke/Al Di Meola/Jean-Luc Ponty: The Rite of Strings (1995)
An alignment of fusion stars, unplugged, that sort of picks up where Di Meola, De Lucia and McLaughlin left off.
Jean-Luc Ponty: Imaginary Voyage (1976)
[Kronomyth 9.0] An Imaginary Garden with Real Toads of the Short Forest in It.
Jean-Luc Ponty: Open Mind (1984)
More violin music for happy robots. Like his last release, Individual Choice, this is a true solo album with Ponty playing violin, synthesizers…
