Ponty in the Archives?

Yes without a doubt !!!!!!!!!  He played with Zappa and Mahavishnu Orchestra and they are both here. Ponty has made many great albums, my fav is Enigmatic Ocean.

Ponty's music was very progressive. Enigmatic Oceans is essential. The lead trade-offs between Ponty, Holdsworth and Stuermer are incendiary. A HoldsWORTHY addition to the archive.

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"I confess to being totally oblivious to his work, and thus unqualified to vote!"

No worry, fella. In case you're interested, you may get started with Enigmatic Ocean, Aurora and Imaginary Voyage. Also, as a guest, he really shines in Mahavisnhnu Orchestra's Apocalypse and Zappa's Hot Rats.

I hope I'm useful. Regards.

greenback wrote: every fusion artist should be here

Like many artistes, only selected parts of the Jean Luc Ponty record collection would fit here,say from King Kong The Music Of Frank Zappa, while the pre-Zappa period is straight jazz e.g. Guadalope Island and before and owes a considerable debt to Stephane Grapelli and probably Joe Venuti.

As to every" fusion artist", I don't think you can be that broad. I prefer just the jazz rock bit of fusion. For instance,  I don't think the pioneers of British jazz fusion, Joe Harriott/John Mayer's Indo-Jazz Fusion group would musically fit!!!!!! Neither would a lot of the fusion heard on ECM, e.g the best selling jazz fusion album of the 90's, Jan Garbarek/The Hilliard Ensemble Officium. Neither do I think Bill Bruford's album with Ralph Towner and Eddie Gomez is prog - surely straight new jazz?

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Just like I said in the TD thread, if someone is ging to be here, he must be here as a whole, not just a selected part of his work.

I had much of the 70's and early eighties Ponty and I even remember seeing him on a TV show, "the Mike Douglas Show" and I am a fan of his. If Mahavishnu Orchestra/Allan Holdsworth/Return to Forever or Al DiMeola are in the archive?, what the hey, Ponty too.

I love instrumental music. I don't need words to get some "meaning" or "inspiraton" from music and I welcome this artist with open arms and .....ears.

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Most of the fusion that has rock elements should be here: solution, ekseption, brand x, passport, uzeb, bill bruford, allan holdsworth, shadowfax, spaced out, ponty, return to forever, lenny white, ...

but, for instance, weather report is more jazz-funk, so arguably it shall not be here. Pat Metheny, despite he uses guitars, shall not be here, because it is more urban jazz.

 

"... but, for instance, weather report is more jazz-funk, so arguably it shall not be here."

Well, I don't feel the same about the pre-Pastorius albums. They are more adventurous, more founded on the lines of freejazz, more somber and less structured than the Pastorius albums.

I voted no. Although I have about 10 Ponty albums and saw him 5 times ( once I saw him open for Supertramp In Jarry Park in Montreal I also saw him jamming with Larry Coryell at Theatre St. Denis) however he falls into the category of fusion jazz. I don`t even think the Mahavishnu Orchestra should be included. Max, when are you going to add Mariah?