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Blues, Jazz, Rock Violinists?

Hey folks - over the years I have really enjoyed Sugar Cane Harris. Can anyone recommend other "non-classical" violinists? (but not really interested in "country fiddle", either). Am familiar with Jean Luc Ponty, Papa John Creach. Violin as in "It's a Beautiful Day", Dan Hicks, UK would work too. Looking forward to your suggestions.
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rok2id
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"even Downbeat had sense enough to recognize that this stuff had compositional weight on par w/ Charles Mingus"

After reading this statement in your post, this episode came to mind. BTW, I bet Mingus was long dead when DB wrote that nonsense.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5l_l-Obs4w
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Ric Sanders of Fairport Convention and the Ric Sanders Group, really a jazz violinist at heart but has a style that defies all categorization. Really the finest
violinist/composer of anyone on this list.
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"Even though I am primarily a jazz fan Jean Luc cannot be categorized as a jazz violinist"

Which is my point exactly. I am sure he is great, just not a Jazz great.
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Rok2id, who said Jean Luc Ponty was a jazz great?
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"Rok2id, who said Jean Luc Ponty was a jazz great?"

No one did. I just stated that he was not a Jazz great. Given the direction and subject of the thread, confusion on this point would have been understandable.
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