My favorite jazz fusion artist of all time. Started listening to his music back in 1979. My ears have never been the same again. Thank God for Jean-Luc Ponty and of course Rayford Griffin.
Ponty is the top musician in my list not only because his technique is unmatched but because his compositions are way above the run of the mill Jazz/Fusion compositions!
As soon as he said he wanted to dedicate it to one of the greatest guitar players of all time .....l knew it was Alan! Saw him with Earthworks, and was blown away! l saw Jean Luc in 1982 when l was 16, and got to talk to Alan Zavod (l talked about Zappa hahaha!). l grew up dancing around my dad's living room playing this, and ALL the best jazz fusion in the world! l remember my dad coming through the door with a record, and said ''LOOK Hunny!!! l bought UK!!'' xD SO much thanks to these guys that wove an _amazing_ tapestry of wonderful sound trough so many lives!!
I was lucky enough to have bought a fourth row center seat ticket from a guy in Boulder the night of this concert. I had first seen JLP nearly 40 years earlier at the Glen Miller Ballroom at Colorado University. I was astounded at how amazing every one of these guys were musically. I especially enjoyed Jamie Glaser, the incredible guitarist. What a special treat for me in my lifetime!
Jean-Luc on top of his game. And Jamie Glaser's blazing solo starting at 6:40. Paying most respectful homage to Allan Holdsworth who Jean-Luc said one of the greatest guitar players of all-time!!!
40 years later and 30 years after I discovered him. Underrated for sure but everyone likes it who has an open mind. Jazz-fusion as a category gets little attention. Frank Zappa roots turned into one of the greatest to transcend any genre. Keep going forever!!!
Drummer Rayford is INSANE!! 🌹😁 A blend of Cobham power and meter, with Michael Walden’s brilliance. Yet with his OWN sound! Ponty’s best drummer IMHO, and I’ve seen Ponty with 5 other drummers..
The band did an impressive job but the violin player still the same: Maestro Jean-Luc Ponty, an innovator for fusion music and violin. He deserve to be compared to Holdsworth for his works. Awesome man. So respects for him. Long life Maestro!
I would listen to Jean back in junior high school In the mid 80s when I was a teen doing BMX AND SKATEBOARDING . HIS MUSIC WOULD INSPIRE ME FOR DECADES
This got my like. The other day I plated up an old Jean Luc Ponty LP and wondered what he's been up to. I had no idea he was still playing live. An extraordinary performance. I do wish we'd seen more of Rayford Griffin on this video though. All Jean-Luc's band members are as outstanding as he is himself.
Parabéns!!! Que bom encontrar um brasileiro fã desse FENÔMENO, desde garoto que sou muito fã, inclusive fui na década de 80 a dois shows dele no Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro. Fica na paz meu irmão de Pátria!!!🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️
JAMIE,,, OLD FRIEND,,, JEEZ!!!,,,, YOU ADDED HENDRIX TO HOLDSWORTH,,,,, ONLY YOU COULD DO THIS,,,,, HEARD THE ORIGINAL TRACK 5,000 TIMES,,,,, SERIOUSLY,,,,, ALLAN'S SOLO HAS BEEN UNDUPLICATED BY ANYBODY UNTIL NOW,,,,, THIS IS A RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE !!!!! SINCERELY, RANDALL EVANS
Esta música faz parte do LP homônimo de jLP, o primeiro que adquiri do artista. Tocava no Esporte Espetacular da Globo. Diversas músicas suas serviram de abertura de telejornais, propagandas, Entre outras, da Petrobras, telecurso segundo grau, etc. O melhor som que já ouvi, ele, Alan Parsons e Pink Floyd.
I hear strains of Zappa's "Montana" throughout. Seeing JLP tonight at a free concert... last time was way back in 1976 at UConn when he opened for... the Kinks!
Great music like this is timeless. Musicianship is top notch. Shout out to my buddy Jamie Glaser for some very tasteful playing and a shout out to the great JLP for dedicating this to the one of a kind late/great Allan Holdsworth.
Oh, seriously? Exactly when maestro stop playing, giving a way to that "solo" about nothing exactly, which one can tell from the face of that guitarist... very poor...
Thank God 4 1 named Frank Zappa!!! Ponty, George Duke were highly influenced by his musical genius. Listen to some early F.Z, some Mother's of Invention...signatures then and now!!!
Epic composition. Hard to learn. Harder to play but we tried anyway. Here's our live cover from 1979, audio only: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7Q1XJXdCp9w.html
holdsworth el guitarrista que mas me ha costado comprender pero al entender su musica nunca me ha gustado de gustar, al igual que Frank zappa un genio en todo orden de cosas, director , composittor, interprete etc..
