Jimmy Ponder (b. May 10, 1946, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American jazz guitarist. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States
Ponder started playing guitar at age 14, and was heavily influenced by Wes Montgomery and Kenny Burrell. John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery ( 6 March 1925 - 15 June 1968) was an American Jazz guitarist He is generally considered Kenneth Earl "Kenny" Burrell (born July 31 1931) is an American Jazz Guitarist. [1] He began playing with Charles Earland at 17, and in the following years played with Lou Donaldson, Houston Person, Donald Byrd, Stanley Turrentine, and Jimmy McGriff. Charles Earland ( 24 May 1941 &ndash 11 December 1999) was an American Jazz Composer, Organist, and Lou Donaldson (born November 1, 1926) is a Jazz alto Saxophonist. Houston Person (born November 10th 1934) is an American Jazz tenor Saxophonist and Record producer. Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (born December 9, 1932) is an American Jazz and Rhythm and blues Trumpeter Stanley William Turrentine, also known as "Mr T" or "The Sugar Man" ( April 5, 1934 &ndash September 12, 2000) was an American James Harrell McGriff ( April 3, 1936 -- May 24, 2008) was a Hard bop and Soul-jazz Organist and Organ trio He moved to Philadelphia and later New York City in the 1970s, and recorded extensively as a leader for a number of jazz labels. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə The City of New York His most commercially successful releases were his 1978 Muse Records set All Things Beautiful (U. Muse Records was an American Record label which released Jazz and Blues music S. Billboard Jazz Albums #38) and 2000's Ain't Misbehavin', for HighNote (U. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry HighNote Records is an American Record label based in New York City, specializing in Jazz music S. Jazz #16). [2]
Discography
- Soul Crib (Choice Records, 1969) with Charles Earland
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Cadet Records, 1973)
- Illusions (ABC Records, 1976)
- White Room (ABC, 1978)
- All Things Beautiful (LRC, 1978)
- So Many Stars (Milestone Records, 1983)
- Mean Streets:No Bridges (Muse Records, 1987)
- Jump (Muse, 1988)
- Come On Down (Muse, 1990)
- Soul Eyes (Muse, 1991)
- To Reach a Dream (Muse, 1991)
- Something to Ponder (Muse, 1994)
- James Street (HighNote Records, 1997)
- Steel City Soul (32 Jazz, 1998)
- Guitar Christmas (HighNote, 1998)
- Ain't Misbehavin' (HighNote, 2000)
- Thumbs Up (HighNote, 2001)
- Alone (HighNote, 2003)
- What's New (HighNote, 2005)
- Live at the Other End (Explore Records, 2007)
- Sonny Lester Collection (LRC, 2007)
References
- ^ Scott Yanow, Jimmy Ponder at All Music Guide
- ^ Billboard, Allmusic. Charles Earland ( 24 May 1941 &ndash 11 December 1999) was an American Jazz Composer, Organist, and Cadet Records was started as Argo Records in 1955 as the Jazz subsidiary of Chess Records. ABC Records started in 1955 as ABC-Paramount Records the record label of Am-Par Record Corporation (a subsidiary of American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres Milestone Records is a United States based Jazz Record label, founded in 1966 by Orrin Keepnews and Dick Katz in New Muse Records was an American Record label which released Jazz and Blues music HighNote Records is an American Record label based in New York City, specializing in Jazz music Scott Yanow (born 4 October 1954 in New York) is an American Jazz commentator allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. com
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