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Jean-Luc Ponty (born September 29 , 1942 ) is a virtuoso French Violinist and Jazz Composer . Born in Avranches , France, he was trained as a professional classical violinist at the Paris Conservatory . His attraction to jazz was propelled by Miles Davis 's and John Coltrane 's music. He has worked with Stéphane Grappelli , the Mahavishnu Orchestra , and Frank Zappa , and has appeared on over seventy recordings. In 1977 he pioneered the use of the 5-string Electric Violin , with a lower C string. He sometimes also uses a 6-string electric violin called the Violectra , with low C and F strings – not to be confused with the violectra he played from the late 1960s to the mid-80s which had 4 strings, but tuned an octave lower. Ponty was among the first to combine the violin with MIDI , distortion boxes, phase shifters, and wah-wah pedals. This resulted in his signature, almost Synthesizer -like sound. In 2005 Ponty formed the acoustic Fusion supergroup TRIO! with legendary bassist Stanley Clarke and Banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck . SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY
With Frank Zappa
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