Blues, Jazz, Rock Violinists?

There you go again, speaking as if your OPINIONS are actually FACTS! Hard for me to fathom how someone that claims to love Jazz can be so tunnel-visioned and narrow-minded (as Jazz is the antithesis of this type of mindset). OK, so according to you, Ponty isn't a Jazz musician because you don't like the TYPE of Jazz he's played. Plz don't even attempt to say Fusion (or avant-garde/free for that matter) isn't Jazz as it really is an ignorant statement. If you hate these forms of Jazz, fine, lots of people do. But to say it isn't Jazz just 'cause you say so amounts to nothing more than a hissy fit! So if YOU don't like Big Band I guess that isn't Jazz either, or vocalese, or latin, or fill-in-the-blank. Jazz is a very small word for a very large music genre. McLaughlin, Corea, Zawinul, Davis, jeez, the list goes on and on, I suppose none of THESE guys are Jazz musicians either!?

Here's the thing, I don't like Ponty's work and I hate avant/free Jazz, but it seems silly to me to deny their existence. You say you're 'defending culture', but in reality, you're attacking it.

Here's a violinist that's been active for decades that I'd bet isn't too well-know around here: Alfredo De La Fe.

Rok2id is not the jazz lover he pretends to be. If he was, he would have at least commented, and possibly applauded some of the gems I presented on "Youtube".

If you notice, he's put everything down, and hasn't put up one single example of what "floats his boat"; that's because I don't think he's got one.

Orpheus10
I like almost all of your youtube posts.

I am not into video as such. I have a dvd of "a great day in harlem' and a few blue note dvds, but I have never played them, because I don't have a high quality play back video system. I will correct that soon.

What floats my boat?

Today's playlist
Mariah Carey - Greatest Hits
Ellington and Hodges - back to back / side to side
Armstrong and Fitzgerald - best of
Tina Brooks - true blue
Herbie Hancock - Takin' off
andre Rieu - forever vienna
Carmen McRae - sings monk
Betty Carter - droppin' things
George Benson - tenderly (playing now)

all this and more floats my boat.
The johnny hodges / ellington stuff is truly great.
Peace

Obviously Grappelli is the biggest omission from your list. Another current artist I don't think has been mentioned, interestingly, is Mark O'Conner.

I went to school briefly with Jean Luc Ponty's daughters; one of whom, Clara, is a fine pianist. She has a few albums out of what most would probably describe as "New Age" music.

"There you go again, speaking as if your OPINIONS are actually FACTS!"

There is nothing that says an opinion cannot also be factual. And how does one speak as if what they say is not factual? Should I used the 'IMO' every other word? I assume MOST people know that this is a public forum for opinion. I didn't think I had to spell it out.

"(as Jazz is the antithesis of this type of mindset). "

Is this one of YOUR FACTS??

I didn't say Ponty was not a jazz player because I didn't like the 'type' of jazz he played. I said he didn't play Jazz.
Examples:
When wynton marsalis plays mozart and hummel classical pieces for trumpet, he does not call it baroque jazz, or european Jazz,or classical Jazz, it's just classical. He is playing in their house.
When Ray charles sings country, he does not call it r&b country or soul country. It's just country. (And he does it better than anyone in nashville) He is in their house. you play by their rules. Same when he does gospel. no prefixes no qualifiers no howevers.

When ponty plays his music, whatever it is, it could be great, I don't have any of it so I can't say, but it ain't Jazz.

But I do like and admire your fervor for music, that goes for Orpheus10 also. More like you are needed.

BTW, I see that classical music is under attack also. Some talentless folks in NYC, aptly named. bang on a can, are inventing new mo better classical music. stay tuned.