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Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty is credited on 170 albums across 1,486 pressings tracked on Gatefold, active 1961–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
170
Albums
1,486
Pressings
7
Decades active
553
In collections
Biography
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French jazz & rock musician (violin and keyboards) and composer.
Born 29 September 1942 in Avranches, France. Father of Clara Ponty.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
170 albums · 1,486 pressings · active 1961–2025
- Performance · 3,274
- Production · 229
- Other credits · 208
Studios: Paramount Recording Studios · Whitney Recording Studios · Trident Studios · Bolic Sound
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Honky Château
1972
Hot Rats
1969
Apostrophe (')
1974
Over-Nite Sensation
1973
Histoire De Melody Nelson
1971
Visions Of The Emerald Beyond
1975
Cosmic Messenger
1978
Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar
1981
Enigmatic Ocean
1977
My Spanish Heart
1976
Apocalypse
1974
Imaginary Voyage
1976
Civilized Evil
1980
Aurora
1976
Apostrophe' / Overnite Sensation
Open Mind
1984
Mystical Adventures
1982
A Taste For Passion
1979
The Lost Episodes
1996
The Gift Of Time
1987
Individual Choice
1983
Upon The Wings Of Music
1975
The Crux Of The Biscuit
2016
One Shot Deal
2008
Frequent collaborators
- Frank Zappa
- Various
- Zappa
- Mahavishnu Orchestra
- Chick Corea
- Kenneth Bager
- Stanley Clarke
- Jef Gilson
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