Results for "Jean-Luc Ponty"

Zappa and the burning strings

by Mick Raubenheimer
December 13, 2020

Zappa. A glimpse. The composition was entering its fifth mood, a diabolical, gleeful, lurching rhythm, led by deep-plowed violin. The song was “Revised Music for Violin and Low Budget Orchestra," it was written for Jean-Luc Ponty by Frank Zappa. A new instrument dawned into my framework as that composition wheezed and moaned and ranted ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Jean-Luc Ponty

September 29, 2020

All About Jazz is celebrating Jean-Luc Ponty's birthday today! Jean-Luc Ponty is a pioneer and undispute master of violin in the arena of jazz and rock. He is widely regarded as an innovator who has applied his unique visionary spin that has expanded the vocabulary of modern music. Ponty was born in a family of classical ...

Take Five with AXIOM

by AAJ Staff
September 9, 2020

Meet Axiom Founded and brought together by brothers Pete and Phil Templer, guitarist/composer and drummer/percussionist/composer respectively, the goal was to establish a creative and engaging environment to present a dynamic musical experience to audiences of all types. Pete and Phil both hail from the Midwest where they began their musical journey studying and playing ...

Take Five with Maureen Choi

by AAJ Staff
February 27, 2020

Meet Maureen Choi Now residing in Spain, this Korean-American violinist is sparkling a revolution in the improvised music scene in Spain. Her band Maureen Choi Quartet is creating a sound that they describe as, “Spanish Chamber Jazz." After winning several international violin competitions starting at age five, Maureen has performed as a soloist across ...

Jean-Luc Ponty

Born: September 29, 1942

Jean-Luc Ponty is a pioneer and undispute master of violin in the arena of jazz and rock. He is widely regarded as an innovator who has applied his unique visionary spin that has expanded the vocabulary of modern music. Ponty was born in a family of classical musicians on September 29, 1942 in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano. At sixteen, he was admitted to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, graduating two years later with the institution's highest award, Premier Prix. In turn, he was immediately hired by one of the major symphony orchestras, Concerts Lamoureux, where he played for three years

The Hot Rats Sessions

By Frank Zappa

Label: Zappa Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Basic Track Recording Sessions, TTG Studios Hollywood, CA; 7-18-69; Piano Music (Section 1); Piano Music (Section 3); 7-28-69; Peaches En Regalia (Prototype); Peaches En Regalia (Section 1, In session); Peaches En Regalia (Section 1, Master Take); Peaches Jam - Part 1 ; Peaches Jam - Part 2 ; Peaches En Regalia (Section 3, In Session) ; Peaches En Regalia (Section 3, Master Take) ; Arabesque (In Session) ; Arabesque (Master Take) ; Dame Margret's Son To Be A Bride (In Session); 7-29-69; It Must Be A Camel (Part 1, In Session) ; It Must Be A Camel (Part 1, Master Take) ; It Must Be A Camel (Intercut, In Session) ; It Must Be A Camel (Intercut, Master Take) ; Natasha (In Session) ; Natasha (Master Take); Bognor Regis (Unedited Master) ; Willie The Pimp (In Session) ; Willie The Pimp (Unedited Master Take) ; Willie The Pimp (Guitar Od 1) ; Willie The Pimp (Guitar OD 2); Transition (Section 1, In Session) ; Transition (Section 1, Master Take) ; Transition (Section 2, Intercut, In Session) ; Transition (Section 2, Intercut, Master Take); Transition (Section 3, Intercut, In Session) ; Transition (Section 3, Intercut, Master Take) ; Lil’ Clanton Shuffle (Unedited Master) ; 7-30-69; Directly From My Heart To You (Unedited Master) ; Another Waltz (Unedited Master); Dame Margret’s Son To Be A Bride (Remake); Son Of Mr. Green Genes (Take 1) ; Son Of Mr. Green Genes (Master Take) ; Big Legs (Unedited Master Take) ; -----------------; It Must Be A Camel (Percussion Tracks) ; Arabesque (Guitar OD Mix) ; Transition (Full Version) ; Piano Music (Section 3, OD Version); From The Vault - Part 1; Hot Rats 1987 Digital Remix; Peaches En Regalia; Willie The Pimp ; Son Of Mr. Green Genes; Little Umbrellas; The Gumbo Variations; It Must Be A Camel; -----------------; The Origin Of Hot Rats ; Hot Rats Vintage Promotion Ad #1 ; Peaches En Regalia (1969 Mono Single Master) ; Hot Rats Vintage Promotion Ad #2; Little Umbrellas (1969 Mono Single Master) ; Lil' Clanton Shuffle (1972 Whitney Studios Mix); From The Vault - Part 2; Little Umbrellas (Cucamonga Version) ; Little Umbrellas (1969 Mix Outtake) ; It Must Be A Camel (1969 Mix Outtake); Son Of Mr. Green Genes (1969 Mix Outtake) ; More Of The Story Of Willie The Pimp ; Willie The Pimp (Vocal Tracks) ; Willie The Pimp (1969 Quick Mix); Dame Margret's Son To Be A Bride (1969 Quick Mix) ; Hot Rats Vintage Promotion Ad #3 ; Bognor Regis (1970 Record Plant Mix) ; Peaches En Regalia (1969 Rhythm Track Mix) ; Son Of Mr. Green Genes (1969 Rhythm Track Mix) ; Little Umbrellas (1969 Rhythm Track Mix) ; Arabesque (Guitar Tracks) ; Hot Rats Vintage Promotion Ad #4;

Intervista a Franco Ambrosetti

by Angelo Leonardi
November 11, 2019

Il 2019 è stato un anno significativo per il trombettista svizzero Franco Ambrosetti. In aprile è stato pubblicato il suo libro autobiografico “La scelta di non scegliere" mentre da poche settimane è uscito Long Waves, il suo ventottesimo disco da leader con un cast stellare comprendente John Scofield, Uri Caine, Scott Colley e Jack DeJohnette.

Jazz Musician of the Day: Jean-Luc Ponty

September 29, 2019

All About Jazz is celebrating Jean-Luc Ponty's birthday today! Jean-Luc Ponty is a pioneer and undispute master of violin in the arena of jazz and rock. He is widely regarded as an innovator who has applied his unique visionary spin that has expanded the vocabulary of modern music. Ponty was born in a family of classical ...

Jean-Luc Ponty Trio At Giovanni Arvedi Auditorium

by Danilo Codazzi
April 13, 2019

Ike Quebec at 100, D-Stringz & A Walk On The Outside

by Marc Cohn
April 5, 2019

A show from the 2018 archive with a salute to Ike Quebec, a wickedly good session with Stanley Clarke, Bireli Lagrene and Jean-Luc Ponty that you might have missed, as well as coloring outside the lines with Mary Halvorson, Henry Threadgill and Charles Mingus with Roland Kirk. Oh, and our usual dose of grease & funk. ...