Name: Individual Choice
Brand: Jean-Luc Ponty

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2023-07-21

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Absolute Label Services

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Jean-Luc Ponty is a French jazz musician, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. Born on September 29, 1942 in Avranches, France, he is renowned for his exceptional skills on the violin and keyboards. With a career spanning several decades, Ponty has established himself as one of the most influential figures in the jazz fusion genre.

Throughout his musical journey, Jean-Luc Ponty has collaborated with esteemed artists such as *Return To Forever*, *Mahavishnu Orchestra*, *Allan Holdsworth*, *Billy Cobham*, and many others. His unique blend of classical training and innovative improvisation sets him apart from other musicians in the industry.

Ponty's compositions are characterized by their intricate melodies and harmonies that effortlessly merge elements of jazz, rock, and world music. His mastery over both acoustic and electric instruments allows him to create captivating soundscapes that captivate audiences worldwide.

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Legendary drummer Kenny Clarke compared Jean-Luc Ponty to Dizzy Gillespie. Fellow violinist Stuff Smith marveled, "He plays violin like Coltrane plays saxophone." Born in 1942, the French violinist Jean-Luc Ponty transported jazz violin playing into the world of modern jazz. On Frank Zappa's urging, Ponty moved to the States in 1970. Over the next years he toured with Zappa, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Chick Corea's "Return to Forever". In the early 1970s Ponty bought himself a sequencer and synthesizer and carried them around while traveling so he could record new ideas. By 1982 Ponty had a well-deserved reputation as a forerunner in jazz-rock and jazz fusion. In a retrospective interview for this re-release of the 1983 album Individual Choice, JLP said: "What I was recording in that new sequencer gave me the idea to go for a totally different concept, to use these recordings as rhythmic backgrounds, sometimes without drums or percussion. I planned to record a new album in which I would play all the background parts with my synthesizers and add my violin later on in the studio." Ponty also invited a couple guests to contribute to the recording. They were no less than George Duke (keys), Allan Holdsworth (guitar), Rayford Griffin (drums) and Randy Jackson (bass). Individual Choice has been re-mastered by 2023 Grammy Nominee Christoph Stickeland includes new liner notes.

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