JEAN LUC PONTY-ENIGMATIC OCEAN.

JEAN LUC PONTY IS A FRENCH VIRTUOSO VIOLINIST AND JAZZ COMPOSER. HIS MUSIC IS JAZZ AND JAZZ FUSION AND HE WAS GREATLY INFLUENCED BY MILES DAVIS AND JOHN COLTRANE'S MUSIC WHICH LED HIM TO ADOPT THE ELECTRIC VIOLIN. HIS VIOLIN'S SOUND WAS POWERFUL, ESCHEWED VIBRATO WITH BE-BOP ERA PHASINGS AND A PUNCHY STYLE. HE COLLABORATED WITH FRANK ZAPPA, ELTON JOHN, JOHN McLAUGHLIN/MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA, AI DI MEOLA, STANLEY CLARKE. THIS ALBUM WAS RECORDED IN 1977 UNDER THE ATLANTIC LABEL AND REACHED NO:1 ON BILLBOARD JAZZ ALBUM CHART. MY FAVE SONG IS "ENIGMATIC OCEAN."

SIDE ONE: 1. OVERTURE 2. THE TRANS -LOVE EXPRESS 3. MIRAGE 4. ENIGMATIC OCEAN PART 1/2/3/4. (video)

SIDE TWO: 1. NOSTALGIC LADY 2. THE STRUGGLE OF THE TURTLE TO THE SEA PART 1/2/

FRANK ZAPPA-OVER-NITE SENSATION

FRANK ZAPPA IS AN AMERICAN MULTI-TALENTED MUSICIAN WITH A MUSICAL CAREER SPANNING 30 YEARS. IT IS HARD TO CATEGORIZE HIS MUSIC-DIFFERENT STYLES I.E-ROCK, JAZZ, BLUES. EXPERIMENTAL...etc ON MORE THAN 60 ALBUMS THAT HE RELEASED AS A SOLO ARTIST AND WITH HIS BAND THE MOTHER OF INVENTION. MOST OF HIS ALBUMS COVERS ARE SELF DESIGNED. HE WROTE ALL THE LYRICS TO ALL HIS SONGS WHICH ARE ABOUT POLITICS, SOCIAL, HUMOR, FUNNY AND ECCENTRIC AND SUNG IN HIS OWN IMITABLE STYLE. THE MELODIES, ARRANGEMENT AND CHORD STRUCTURES OF HIS SONGS ARE WAY AHEAD AND FAR OUT. HIS FIRST AND EARLIEST MUSICAL INFLUENCE WAS AVANTE- GARDE COMPOSER EDGAR VARESE. IN 1997 HE RECEIVED THE GRAMMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. THIS CD WAS RECORDED IN 1973 UNDER HIS OWN LABEL. MY FAVE SONG IS "DINAH MOE HUMM."

THE MUSICIANS.

SONGS:1.CAMARILLO BRILLO 2. I'M THE SLIME 3. DIRTY LOVE 4. FIFTY FIFTY 5. ZOMBY WOOF 6. DINAH MOE HUMM (video) 7. MONTANA.