Jean-Luc Ponty is remembered in music for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Jean-Luc Ponty as French jazz violinist and composer.
Jean-Luc Ponty was born at Avranches in 1942. His recorded nationality is France. He trained at Conservatoire de Paris.
Broadcast radio, the LP and the touring circuit made this the first era in which a musician could reach a mass audience without ever meeting it.
He worked as composer, jazz musician and violinist.
The instruments recorded are jazz violin, trumpet and violin.
His work is classed as jazz and post-bop.
He performed with Mahavishnu Orchestra.
What survives in music is rarely what sold best at the time.
The honours record reads: Officer of the National Order of Merit (2016) and Knight of the National Order of Merit (2002).
That the work came out of France shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Achievements
- Officer of the National Order of Merit — 2016
- Knight of the National Order of Merit — 2002
- Instruments: jazz violin, trumpet and violin
- Genres: jazz and post-bop
