Jean-Luc Ponty's 'Live' is a live album recorded during December 1978 while on tour in the US and released on April 18, 1979 by Atlantic.

Jean-Luc Ponty's 'Mystical Adventures' is an album recorded during summer 1981 in Los Angeles and released on January 18, 1982 by Atlantic,

Jean-Luc Ponty's 'Imaginary Voyage' is a studio album released on November 4, 1976 by Atlantic.

This day (September 29, 1942), in Avranches, France, is born Jean-Luc Ponty, a French violinist and jazz composer.

Jean-Luc Ponty's 'Enigmatic Ocean' is an album recorded with guitarists Allan Holdsworth, Daryl Stuermer, keyboard player Allan Zavod, bassist Ralphe Armstrong and drummer Steve Smith and released on September 1, 1977 by Atlantic.

Jean-Luc Ponty's 'Upon the Wings of Music' is an album released on May 25, 1975 by Atlantic.

The end of the Sixties and the beginning of the Seventies mark the real start of Jean-Luc Ponty's international stardom.

Hooking up with 23 years old George Duke.

Recording his own "King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa" album.



Recording the "Open Strings" album in Germany with Philip Catherine and Joachim Kühn.

Relocating to Los Angeles with family. Embarking on various tours with Zappa and his own band.

Not to mention his violin parts on Elton John's "Honky Chateau" and growing a beard.

Track Listing Video :

1.The Loner (Jean-Luc Ponty Quartet) - 06:04 . 2.King Kong (The Mothers Of Invention) - 13:43 . 3.Circles (Jean Luc Ponty) - 18:32 . 4.How Would You Like To Have A Head Like That (Jean Luc Ponty) - 14:58 . 5.Amy (Elton John) - 04:02

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Released on September 25, 2015, "Better Late Than Never" is the first collaboratve and live album by Jon Anderson and Jean Luc Ponty

Track Listing :

1.Intro (Wally Minko) - 01:17 . 2.One In The Rhythms Of Hope (Jean-Luc Ponty, Jon Anderson) - 04:34 . 3.A For Aria (Jon Anderson, Enrico Tomat)- 03:22 . 4.Owner Of A Lonely Heart (Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Chris Squire, Trevor Horn) - 05:04 . 5.Listening With Me (Jean-Luc Ponty, Jon Anderson) - 05:39 . 6.Time And A Word (Jon Anderson, David Foster) - 05:30 . 7.Infinite Mirage / Soul Eternal (Jean-Luc Ponty, Jon Anderson) - 08:46 . 8.Wonderous Stories (Jon Anderson) - 04:01 . 9.And You And I (Jon Anderson, Bill Bruford, Steve Howe, Chris Squire) - 03:00 . 10.Renaissance Of The Sun (Jean-Luc Ponty, Jon Anderson) - 06:36 . 11.Roundabout…

Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, George Shearing, Joey Defrancesco, Bobby Hutcherson, Jean Luc Ponty, Stanley Clarke, Eddie Louiss, Daniel Humair, Kenny Garrett, Candy Dulfer, Charles Lloyd, Bernard Purdie, George Freeman, Steve Gadd, John Zorn, Peter Brötzmann, Brad Mehldau

Gerry Mulligan, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis , Ornette Coleman, Jean Luc Ponty, Billy Cobham, Stanley Clarke, Jason Moran, Eliane Elias, Lionel Loueke, Charlie Hunter, Nels Cline & Fred Frith

Dinah Shore, Andy Williams, Ella Fitzgerald, Milt Jackson, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Gerry Mulligan, Bob Brookmeyer, John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Dave Brubeck, Ben Webster, Oscar Peterson, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Jim Hall, Jean Luc Ponty, Herbie Hancock

Jean Luc Ponty, Weather Report, Miles Davis, Marcus Miller, The Crusaders, Tom Jobim, Sarah Vaughan, Betty Carter, Ralph Towner, Gary Peacock, Baden Powell, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Astor Piazzolla, Gerry Mulligan, Clark Terry, Phil Woods

Roland Hanna, Erroll Garner, Ella Fitzgerald, Bill Evans, Gordon Beck, Kenny Wheeler, Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie, Keith Jarrett, Lee Konitz, Chick Corea , Jaco Pastorius Band, Steve Coleman, Jean Luc Ponty

Serge Gainsbourg's 'Histoire de Melody Nelson' is his tenth studio album produced by Jean-Claude Desmarty and released on March 24, 1971 by Philips

This day (January 4, 1942), in  Doncaster, South Yorkshire (UK), is born John McLaughlin, an English guitarist, bandleader and composer.

1973 is one of Frank Zappa's busiest years.

Think about it : in one year, he records three albums, releases one and plays seventy-seven concerts throughout the world.

From March till the end of May, he is at Bolic Sound in Inglewood and Whitney Studios in Glendale to complete his seventeenth studio album "Over-Nite Sensation" (to be released in September) and to tape parts of his solo project "Apostrophe."

This day (June 30, 1951), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is born Stanley Clarke, an American jazz musician and composer known for his innovative work on both double and electric bass.

Frank Zappa's 'Apostrophe' is his eighteenth album released on March 22, 1974 by Discreet.

Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams, D'Angelo & David Sanborn, Trombone Shorty & Cyril Neville, Dave Matthews & Trey Anastasio, Peter Gabriel, Natalie Merchant & Michael Stipe, Jean-Luc Ponty, John Mclaughlin & Zakir Hussain, Aretha Franklin & Lou Rawls, Eric Clapton, Johnny Cash & Carl Perkins, Billy Joel & Jimmy Fallon, Joe Bonamassa & Andy Fraser, Gary Moore & Phil Lynott, Neil Young & Stephen Stills

Mahavishnu Orchestra's 'Visions of the Emerald Beyond' is an album recorded in December 1974 and released in February 1975 by Columbia.

This day ( December 1st, 1997), in Paris, France, died Stéphane Grappelli, a French jazz violinist and founder of Quintette du Hot Club de France with Django Reinhardt.

Chick Corea's 'My Spanish Heart' is an album (among his most successfull) recorded in October, 1976 and released In 1976 By Polydor.

'Over-Nite Sensation' by Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention is their seventeenth studio album released on September 7, 1973 by DiscReet

Randy Weston, Buddy DeFranco, Art Blakey, Lionel Hampton, Tony Williams, Freddie Hubbard, Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Joe Farrell, Joe Henderson, George Duke, Alphonso Johnson, Robben Ford, Peter Erskine, Jean-Luc Ponty, Jaco Pastorius, Miles Davis, Sun Ra , John Zorn, Dexter Gordon

This day (August 5, 2013inLos Angeles, California, died George Duke, a multi-faceted American musician,keyboard pioneer, composer, singer and producer .

Frank Zappa's 'Hot Rats' is his second solo (and his first after the dissolution of the Mothers of Invention) album recorded from July 18 till August 30, 1969 and released on October 10, 1969 by Bizarre/Reprise.

Elton John's 'Honky Château' feat. 'Rocket Man' is his fifth studio album recorded in France and released on May 19, 1972 by UNI / DJM.

Frank Zappa's 'Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar' is the combination of three albums - 'Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar', 'Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More' and 'Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar' - released on May 11, 1981 by Barking Pumpkin.