the fact that a musician who 99.5 percent of his catalog is instrumental could hold us captive album, after album, after album, speaks so much to his genius. JLP's music changed my life.
Boy, if this man only knew how much joy he has brought me over the greater part of the last fifty years. One of a very few artists whose entire catalog I could just listen to end to end without ever getting bored, actually, the _only_ artist with a body of music this large I can listen to all of it. Thank you JLP.
Wonderful man and astonishing musician. Jean-Luc Ponty is the quintessential professional musician. I first heard his playing in a concert in Sydney many, many decades ago. I’m so glad he’s still with us. His Spirit, his Heart, so youthful. The joy of the music he has created and shared just seeps right out through his eyes. Thank you so much, Jazziz Magazine, for this precious interview!
Great interview. Great musician. I will always be indebted to Jean Luc Ponty. Aside from being a masterpiece, the album Enigmatic Ocean opened me up to instrumental music. From there, I found Zappa, Mahavishnu, Shakti, Brubeck, Coletrain, Benny Goodman, Stravinsky, etc., etc.
Extraordinaire Jean Luc Ponty qui a accompagné toute ma vie grâce à ses merveilleux disques de Jazz Rock que j'écoute toujours sans jamais me lasser depuis 45 ans. Lorsque je vole en ULM c'est la musique qui est le plus raccord avec ma passion. Toujours accompagné des meilleurs musiciens il m'a fait découvrir Allan Holdsworth et ses solos incroyables qui allaient si bien sur les quelques disques sur lesquels il a joué. Merci pour tout Monsieur Ponty et maintenant que vous avez 80 ans, je vous souhaite le meilleur pour continuer encore longtemps à nous faire rêver sur vos fabuleuses compositions. Bravo vraiment et merci pour tout.
He is Brilliant, there are few masters left. He and Bireli work well together and sound dynamite. Saw him in Miami with his fusion group in the 70's, he was superb at the highest level. Brilliant!
I think Ponty created his own music style which could be loosely called Progressive Jazz Rock or Progressive Jazz Classical. He is a major inspiration for me.
Thank you for this interview. Fan of Jean-Luc Ponty the moment after first listening. I have brought the albums. I would even by the under wear. A small group top my list of musical artist. He is among them. A retirement well earned if that is the case. The gravity of his music will continue to resonate through my universe.
Jean luc foi sem dúvida um marco em minha vida. Ele foi responsável pelo meu amadurecimento musical e pelo gosto por jazz, por que eu estava escutando na época, rock e rock progressivo. Foi quando eu com 10.anos ouvi pela primeira vez Jean luc, caiu como um raio, fatal.!!! Fui atingido por esse ícone, esse monstro sagrado, gênio da música. O primeiro disco que eu tive foi Imaginary voyage. Dali foram praticando todos, até meados de 2003. Uns 30, ou mais. No final dos anos 70 início dos anos 80 foi o júbilo dele, verdadeiras obras primas. Cada um melhor que outro Obrigado Jean luc Ponty, por existir, que Deus o Abençoe e tenho certeza que muitos ainda serão impactados pela sua brilhante vida!!
What he did was amplify his violin. Thats why you liked it and it 'spoke' to you. Not to mention he was playing advanced healthy music to listen to in an expert manner.
