Jean-Luc Ponty - Individual Choice [CD]

MPS

£11.41

Cat. no: 0218125MSW
Format: CD
Barcode: 4029759181255
Release Date: 21 Jul 2023
Genre: Jazz

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 Grifn (drums) and Randy Jackson (bass).

Individual Choice has been re- mastered by 2023 Grammy Nominee Christoph Stickeland includes new liner notes.

CD Tracks: Computer Incantations For World Peace / Far From The Beaten Paths / In Spiritual Love / Eulogy To Oscar Romero / Nostalgia / Individual Choice / In Spite Of All