There's a reason jazz-fusion has a bad reputation. It frequently takes the simple, graceful sway of group themes and solos and allows the latter to dominate in icky extended masturbatory excess. At ...

The brilliant French fiddler Jean-Luc Ponty was leading a double musical life in Paris in the early 1960s, performing with the symphonic orchestra Concerts Lamoureux before dashing over to the Blue ...

Prog-rock and fusion share a common bedrock as offshoots of genres—in this case rock and jazz respectively—that have created and sustained a rabid fan base while enduring the often dismissive scorn of ...

Enter Your Email to Unlock This Article Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Legendary French violinist Jean Luc ...

Few would debate violinist Jean Luc Ponty’s pioneering ways within the early 70s fusion movement, whereas the artist did introduce a novel approach to melding the violin with the jazz vernacular.

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Legendary French violinist Jean Luc Ponty and his band will be continuing their ...

Everyone should be so lucky to have years like Gary Lewis had in 1965-66. During that time, Jerry’s son, who turned 69 two weeks ago, saw his first seven singles hit the Top 10, and his next pair of ...

It would seem almost demeaning to refer to the career of perhaps the most influential jazz violinist of his generation as accidental. But the word that landmark French instrumentalist Jean-Luc Ponty ...

JeanLuc Ponty has been extremely satisfied with his international touring quintet which not only excels in performances of his latest compositions but also brings new life to older works Earlier in ...

While he continues his six-year (and counting) journey to complete the upcoming sequel to his 1976 debut album, former Yes vocalist Jon Anderson is already on to his next project: A new band with ...

When Jon Anderson, the singer from British progressive rock band Yes, and electric-jazz-violin innovator Jean-Luc Ponty play together, their collaboration makes immediate sense. Anderson calls it ...