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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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jazdoc
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I like Michael Gray of Pearl Django. If you don't like Grapelli, he might be more to your taste.

I usually like Stuff Smith for jazz.

If you are in a more adventurous mood, check out Min Ben-Ari; also known as the 'hip-hop violinist'
inna
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This is Chris Church that I mentioned:
http://youtu.be/kwoySbXEtGo

I will try to find something from Mahavishnu years with Goodman or/and Ponty. Unfortunately, most Mahavishnu videos that I saw so far were not the best performances.
orpheus10
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This is one of my favorite jazz tunes "Delilah"; she's the one Sampson fell for. This version features Ray Nance on violin and Ahmed Abdul Malik on bass, it's boss.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkFSM9Frx3w
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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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linkster
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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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