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Jean-Luc Ponty, Jazz VIolinist extraordinaire. In this interview we explore key points in Ponty's development, musical conception, elements of his violin playing, the state of the music industry, and much more. Tune into the full audio version here: christianhowes.com/2019/03/21...
As it turns out, Jean Luc Ponty is also a humble spirit, and generous with his knowledge in this candid interview for the Creative Strings Podcast.
There are few greater privileges than to learn about an art form directly from one of its greatest living exponents. You have something truly special in this full interview with electric violinist Jean-Luc Ponty!
Here are some of the topics we covered:
00:00:00 - Start
00:02:17 - Jean Luc Ponty's early development in jazz, and how he started playing the music on violin
00:08:43 - Differences between European and American jazz traditions
00:10:50 - The influence of Stuff Smith
00:15:40 - The influence of classical technique on his jazz playing
00:19:15 - The role of the bow arm in improvisation
00:23:13 - the influence of other instruments on his violin playing, and the relationship between his personality and musicality
00:27:22 - On working with Frank Zappa
00:33:53 - On his current level of engagement with straight-ahead jazz
00:35:55 - Broader implications of being both a composer and an improviser- should you do both?
00:42:10 - The changes in the relationship of the improvising violin community to the world of classical violin, over time
00:49:10 - Ponty's current relationship to classical music
00:56:00 - Ways in which the music business has changed
Quotes from my interview with Jean Luc Ponty:
"Once I switched to violin, my passion for jazz grew a lot, especially when I discovered the modern jazz of the time, which was the Miles Davis Quintet...John Coltrane had just left Miles Davis and started his own band, I saw him in concert in Paris..."
"In my mind, when I was playing, at the beginning...I was thinking I was a trumpet player, I was imitating a trumpet on my violin, and that's why I was trying to hear that straight sound without vibrato, like Miles [Davis] for instance, or [John] Coltrane."
"You are not going to become a jazz violinist in three days, but think of Mozart or Bach, and take a simple triad or chord and see what notes or scale will fit on that."
"I like to encourage people to improvise, and it doesn't necessarily have to be jazz."
For more on Jean-Luc Ponty, see his website at www.ponty.com/ or on Wikipedia at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Lu...
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5 авг 2024
