Blues, Jazz, Rock Violinists?

Here are two good representative examples of Jean-Luc Ponty live. The creativity of his writing, playing, and arranging are special as usual. For me there is no one better playing violin:

"No Absolute Time"

"Mirage"

Once things get going, the OP is soon forgotten anyway. :)

You are a very astute observer, Rok2id.

Clear example of how tastes differ. I thought that Jean-Luc was just making noise, senseless music. I know him quite well, his best performances were with John McLaughlin and Mahavishnu Orchestra, just like everyone else's who played with John. He had this special gift to bring the best out of every player. But these days he plays junk too, like Ponty and many others.

Inna, I was always/still am a J.M. fan...oops. This thread is about violinists. I enjoy Regina Carter very much.