"
Very serious - he plays the violin like Coltrane played saxophone
,” is how American jazz violinist Stuff Smith described
Jean-Luc
Ponty
after hearing him play for the first time in the '60s. Ponty was 23 in 1966 when, together with three legends - Smith, his countryman Stéphane Grappelli and Svend Admussen - he recorded the Violin Summit, which started him down the path of success. (Photo: MüPa)
