{"id":26555,"date":"2018-08-18T08:36:35","date_gmt":"2018-08-18T12:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=26555"},"modified":"2018-08-18T08:36:42","modified_gmt":"2018-08-18T12:36:42","slug":"on-stage-jean-luc-ponty-makes-rare-del-val-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=26555","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: Jean Luc Ponty makes rare Del Val appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n

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Jean Luc Ponty<\/p><\/div>\n

Jean Luc Ponty is one of the most versatile, most progressive and most interesting violinists in today\u2019s music scene \u2013 just as he has been for the last 50-plus years. On August 18, Ponty will treat fans with a rare area performance at the Keswick Theater (291 N. Keswick Avenue, Glenside, 215-572-7650,\u00a0www.keswicktheatre.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Whether the genre is rock, jazz, fusion or prog rock, Ponty is an accomplished master violinist.<\/p>\n

In 1964, when Ponty was just 22, he released his debut\u00a0solo album\u00a0for Philips,\u00a0\u201cJazz Long Playing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since then, he has released more than 40 solo albums as well as numerous compilations with such artists as Frank Zappa, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Strephane Grappelli, Chick Corea, Al Di Meola and Stanley Clarke.<\/p>\n

Ponty is bringing his \u201cAtlantic Years\u201d tour to America for 14 shows in the Midwest and Northeast. The title has nothing to do with his many, many crossings of the Atlantic Ocean in the last half-century.<\/p>\n

\u201cI decided to call it \u2018The Atlantic Years\u2019 tour since I am touring with my band from the late 1970\u2019s\/early 1980\u2019s \u2013 the band I used when I recorded several albums for Atlantic Records,\u201d said Ponty, during a trans-Atlantic phone interview a few weeks ago from his home in Paris. \u201cWe are performing some classics from these early albums exclusively.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year, I\u2019m doing a continuation of what I started in the spring of 2017. I\u2019m doing this project following the demands of fans around the world \u2013 demands to revisit the music or early-on in my career when I started making my own music. I re-united musicians from that band. We first came back together for a project with Jon Anderson.\u201d<\/p>\n

This particular band features a lot of veteran and very talented musicians.
\nJamie Glaser is best known as the guitarist for Grammy Award-winning musical acts such as Jean Luc Ponty, Chick Corea, Bryan Adams, Gloria Trevi, Manhattan Transfer and more. His guitar can be heard on more than 170 albums as well as on the biggest sitcoms of all time, \u201cSeinfeld\u201d and \u201cMarried With Children.\u201d Jamie His compositions can be heard weekly on CBS Sports, Animal Planet, History Channel, Discovery, and ESPN.<\/p>\n

Bassist Keith Jones has worked with many well-known music artists such as\u00a0Joe Sample, The Crusaders, Al Jarreau, Jean Luc Ponty, Carlos Santana, Andy Narell, Wayne Shorter, Kenny Loggins, Mark Isham and many more. His distinctive bass lines can be heard on hundreds of recordings.<\/p>\n

Rayford Griffin, the drummer, has built a reputation as one of the most inventive, volcanic and versatile drummers in music. He has performed and recorded with acts such as Jean Luc Ponty, The Stanley Clarke Band, George Duke, Dave Koz, Anita Baker and Michael Jackson.<\/p>\n

Keyboardist Wally Minko is a well-respected member of the LA music scene and has toured and recorded with some of the most well-known artists in the world — Toni Braxton, Pink, En Vogue, New Edition, Barry Manilow, Tom Jones, Arturo Sandoval, Gregg Rolie, Eddie Money and the Anderson Ponty Band.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone in this band has played with me for a long time,\u201d said Ponty. \u201cJamie and I started collaborating together in the early 1970\u2019s. Rayford joined my band in the early 1980\u2019s. Two years later, Wally joined the band. Our original bassist is unable to tour so now we have Keith Jones.<\/p>\n

\u201cI signed with Atlantic Records in 1975 and I did my first album with them \u2013 \u2018Upon the Wings of Music\u2019 \u2013 in 1975. It was at the same time I was playing with the Mahavishnu Orchestra.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor this project, I focused on the years from 1975-1985. That\u2019s when I became successful. We start with the \u2018Imaginary Voyage\u2019 album (1975) and go up to \u2018Fables\u2019 (1985). We play a two-hour set and it can be a tough choice what to play.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not the kind of guy who is nostalgic about the past. When you listen back to albums like that \u2013 which I don\u2019t usually do \u2013 there are pieces that still sound great and fun to play.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ponty was born in Avranches, France and moved to Southern California a long time ago. At the time if this interview, he was in France when the country was celebrating its success in the 2018 World Cup.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the country is going wild over the World Cup,\u201d said Ponty. \u201cMusic and soccer bring people together. The great thing about music \u2013 it\u2019s the best way to unite people from different parts of the world. I\u2019ve played with musicians of many different nationalities and cultures.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve played shows all over the world \u2013 all the way to Novosibirsk in Siberia. I didn\u2019t know what to expect from the audience there but they were great. You can see how people relate through music.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Jean Luc Ponty — https:\/\/youtu.be\/XHN5UdKo9mQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at the Keswick Theater will start at 8 p.m. Ticket prices range from $29.50-$65.<\/p>\n

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Sharon McNight<\/p><\/div>\n

Ponty\u2019s show will revisit music that was made approximately 40 years ago. Sharon McNight\u2019s show this weekend will also revisit music from the past, including music that was popular more than 80 years ago.<\/p>\n

McNight will headline a show on August 18 at the Rrazz Room (6426 Lower York Road, New Hope, 888-596-1027,www.TheRrazzRoom.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The themed show is titled \u201cGone, But Not Forgotten — Saluting The Late Legendary Ladies Of Song.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way the show is set up, I talk about the women, but I don\u2019t say their names,\u201d said McNight, during a recent phone interview from her home in Hollywood, California.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe audience might wonder \u2013 who has been married seven times\u2026or who quit school after fifth grade. I talk about it, but I don\u2019t say who I\u2019m talking about. Then, when the audience is done guessing, I sing one of the artist\u2019s signatre songs. It\u2019s like a game show.\u201d<\/p>\n

McNight pays loving tribute to many of the great ladies of song.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do Sophie Tucker, Patsy Cline, Judy Garland,\u201d said McNight. \u201cI sing Ethel Merman and I do Mae West\u2019s \u2018Come Up and See Me Sometime.\u2019 There is Martha Raye\u2019s version of \u2018Old Man River.\u2019 And, I do the three B\u2019s \u2013 Betty, Bette and Bette.\u201d<\/p>\n

The three B\u2019s, who span generations, are Betty Grable, Bette Davis and Bette Midler. McNight also honors Judy Canova.<\/p>\n

Canova was a singer, comedian, actress, and\u00a0radio\u00a0personality, who appeared on\u00a0Broadway\u00a0and in films. She hosted her own self-titled network radio program — a popular series that was broadcast from 1943-1955. Mainly, Canova sang, yodeled, and played guitar.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do Judy Canova\u2019s \u2018Wabash Blues: with its singing and yodeling,\u201d said McNight, who grew up in Modesto, California. \u201cI\u2019ve been a yodeler for years. I also do Cass Elliott\u2019s \u2018Dream A Little Dream of Me.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

McNight began her cabaret career in the gay bars of San Francisco in the late seventies.\u00a0 Her repertoire was an eclectic bag of tricks and impressions and a shoot-from-the-hip style that made the audiences laugh and cry.\u00a0During the health crisis of the 80s, McNight was in the forefront of fundraising so much so that she was chosen as the Grand Marshall of the 1986 San Francisco Gay Day — the first straight person to have that honor.<\/p>\n

She made her Broadway debut in 1989 in \u201cStarmites,\u201d creating the role of Diva.\u00a0 She received a Tony Award nomination as \u201cBest Leading Actress in a Musical\u201d and Theatre World Award for \u201cOutstanding Broadway Debut.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI still come east about three times a tear,\u201d said McNight. \u201cI just did a reading of a friend\u2019s new musical. This week, I was at the Eugene O\u2019Neill Theatre Center to do a concert and teach a class. I used to teach at the Cabaret Symposium at Yale University.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the show at the Rrazz Room, McNight will be accompanied by James \u201cJim Bob\u201d\u00a0Followell\u00a0on piano.<\/p>\n

Video link for Sharon McNight — https:\/\/youtu.be\/h9hGQbmdACo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at the Rrazz Room will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $40.<\/p>\n

Another act playing the Rrazz Room this weekend will be revisiting music from the past \u2013 but the not-so-distant past.<\/p>\n

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Barb Jungr & John McDaniel<\/p><\/div>\n

Barb Jungr & John McDaniel will be the headline act on August 19 at the Rrazz Room with their show \u201cFloat Like A Butterfly — The Songs of Sting.\u201d<\/p>\n

The duo recently released the \u201cFloat Like a Butterfly: The Songs of Sting\u201d CD on Kristalyn Records.<\/p>\n

Jungr and McDaniel worked hard on their research and selection of material. They went through all of Sting\u2019s recorded output — work with the band Police work, solo material, soundtracks, collaborations and his recent musical\u00a0\u201cThe Last Ship\u201d — to create a cohesive body of work.<\/p>\n

Sting, who was born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, has a huge legion of fans who adore his music and an almost-as-large group of detractors who view him and his music as pompous, pretentious and narcissistic.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t really realize how good a songwriter Sting was until we really delved into his material,\u201d said Jungr, during a recent phone interview from her stop at the Eugene O\u2019Neill Theatre Center in Connecticut.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe wrote a lot of great songs. If you really listen, you find something deeper.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mcdaniel said, \u201cIt\u2019s richer. Sometimes, you listen to a record and you don\u2019t realize the impact of what is being played.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jungr\u00a0is known for her extraordinary performances and interpretations of Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Jacques\u00a0Brel. Her numerous Linn Records releases have received rave reviews on both sides of the\u00a0Atlantic, Australia and Europe. One description of her said, \u201cIt\u2019s as if Edith Piaf and Nick Cave had a love-child, who was adopted by Carmen McRae.<\/p>\n

McDaniel is a pianist, singer, arranger — and Jungr\u2019s partner in banter. He is also a conductor, a composer and a Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award-winning producer of theatre, albums and\u00a0television. He has worked on Broadway as a conductor, musical director, and musical\/vocal arranger.<\/p>\n

The versatile musician has accompanied stars including Betty Buckley, Tyne\u00a0Daly, Brooke Shields and Patti\u00a0LuPone. He also spent seven years in living rooms across America as the Musical Director and bandleader on The Rosie O\u2019Donnell Show.<\/p>\n

Jungr\u00a0and McDaniel have been successful partners in previous projects. The veteran musicians continue to have worldwide success with live concerts and the CD of their Beatles collection, \u201cCome Together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jungr spoke about the catalyst for the Sting project.<\/p>\n

\u201cThings come out of the air and you follow it intuitively,\u201d said Jungr, a London resident who is a huge fan of London\u2019s Arsenal Football Club (one of the best soccer teams in England).<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like a magic garden. You go through the door and you don\u2019t know what you\u2019ll find.\u201d<\/p>\n

McDaniel said, \u201cThis has been a great project. The music really speaks to us. There is a lot of variety in his lyrics. Musically, it\u2019s really fun to play. Barb and I come up with our own arrangements.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jungr said, \u201cWe\u2019re stripped to the bone here \u2013 voices and piano. It\u2019s like Bill Evans and Tony Bennett.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started doing this kind of work in the early 1990\u2019s. I did a Jacques Brel tribute in 2000 and then I did Dylan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen, I did the Beatles tribute with John. The Sting project is the second record we did together. We did roughly 17 songs. The album comes out in September bit it\u2019s available digitally now. We\u2019ve been getting very good response.\u201d<\/p>\n

McDaniel knows some of the reasons behind the \u201cgood response.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSting has written a lot of very good songs,\u201d said McDaniel. \u201cAnd, Barb is one if the great interpreters of songs today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Barb Jungr & John McDaniel — https:\/\/youtu.be\/IQ1gF6muAcQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at the Rrazz Room will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $30 and $40 for VIP.<\/p>\n

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Postmodern Jukebox<\/p><\/div>\n

Another interesting show on August 19 will feature Scott Bradlee\u2019s Postmodern Jukebox at Longwood Gardens (Route 1, Kennett Square, 610-388-1000,\u00a0www.longwoodgardens.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Scott Bradlee\u2019s Postmodern Jukebox is a genre-busting, rotating collective of musicians and vocalists that reimagines modern pop hits in the style of jazz, ragtime, and swing classics of the 1920s-1950s. As arranger and producer, Bradlee has assembled a multi-talented group of performers who rework versions of popular modern songs.<\/p>\n

The music videos of these collaborative covers have become viral sensations with millions of views on YouTube. An act that crosses all musical boundaries and generations, Postmodern Jukebox has developed a niche all its own, and performs a live show unlike any other \u2013 a must-see for anyone who loves jaw-dropping live performances.<\/p>\n

Postmodern Jukebox is now touring in support of \u201cThe New Classics,\u201d a 12-track album that was released in November 17 via Concord Records and Postmodern Jukebox Records. The album is the companion piece to a PBS special taped live at a Postmodern Jukebox (PMJ) show in Las Vegas, which will air nationally in late November and will also be available on DVD initially through PBS.<\/p>\n

Bradlee is the only constant in a band that has featured more than 100 semi-permanent and guest musicians. PMJ\u2019s bass player is Adam Kubota.<\/p>\n

Kubota hails from the San Francisco Bay Area and studied at Connecticut\u2019s Hartt School of Music. He also earned his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree at Brooklyn Law School.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been with the band since the beginning \u2013 2013,\u201d said Kubota, during a recent phone interview from Los Angeles, his current home.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m an original member. This project always seems like a group of friends more than like a band. I\u2019ve played in other bands but none with musicians like we have. There are 12 band member and it\u2019s a good mix.\u201d<\/p>\n

PMJ originally found massive success online, with new videos added weekly that continually find inventive new ways to put Bradlee\u2019s trademark vintage twist on modern pop hits.<\/p>\n

That \u201canything can, and will, happen\u201d vibe is fully captured on \u201cThe New Classics,\u201d which features lively performances of a wide range of reimagined hits in the party-like atmosphere that has come to characterize the band\u2019s shows.<\/p>\n

These include everything from the grunge rock of Soundgarden\u2019s \u201cBlack Hole Sun\u201d to the teen-like pop of Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cBad Blood\u201d \u2014 from Cyndi Lauper\u2019s classic \u201880s ballad \u201cTime After Time\u201d to the disco anthem \u201cI Will Survive.\u201d<\/p>\n

The unique result of pianist\/arranger Bradlee\u2019s novel concept has generated over three million subscriptions to PMJ\u2019s YouTube channel since its 2013 inception, not to mention over one million Facebook likes and nearly 850 million views.<\/p>\n

With over one million views in its first week \u2013 and four million in its first year \u2014 Robyn Adele Anderson\u2019s cover of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis\u2019 \u201cThrift Shop\u201d (2012) was Postmodern Jukebox\u2019s first viral music video. This success was followed by her cover of Miley Cyrus\u2019 \u201cWe Can\u2019t Stop\u201d in 2013.<\/p>\n

Postmodern Jukebox is all live. The fact that it is all in-the-moment really attracted fans to the music.<\/p>\n

\u201cPostmoden Jukebox is not a traditional band,\u201d said Kubota, who run two marathons and backpacked in Patagonia. \u201cWe make a video, track the audio and, when we have enough osngs tracked, we put them together for an album.\u201d<\/p>\n

That live feel is captured beautifully of PJM\u2019s new disc \u201cThe New Classics.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Bradlee, \u201c\u2018The New Classics\u2019 was all recorded live in front of an audience in the middle of the tour, so everybody got to know each other really well and feel the energy and camaraderie.<\/p>\n

\u201cListening to it now, it sounds like an amazing radio broadcast from Carnegie Hall from many years ago \u2014 a journey through all the vintage styles, whether it\u2019s 1920s hot jazz or \u201950s doo-wop or \u201960s soul and everything in between. So, it\u2019s a great way to experience PMJ if you haven\u2019t been to a live show, with some extraordinary performances by some of our best-known performers as well as some newer ones.\u201d<\/p>\n

As any of their legion of fans can tell you, the PMJ live experience is never the same twice, with new songs, new sounds, and new members added to the ever-growing family each time around.<\/p>\n

Video link for Postmodern Jukebox \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/I6zIqn2HznA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at Longwood Gardens will start at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Ticket prices range from $35-$70. Ticket price includes all-day Gardens Admission<\/p>\n

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Billy Raffoul<\/p><\/div>\n

Billy Raffoul just released his new track \u201cAcoustic,\u201d on\u00a0Interscope Records and now is out on tour.<\/p>\n

On August 19, Raffoul will visit Philly as one of the acts on Need To Breathe\u2019s \u201cForever On Your Side Tour,\u201d which will take place at Festival Pier at Penn\u2019s Landing (601 North Columbus Boulevard at Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, 215- 629-3200,\u00a0www.festivalpierphilly.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Raffoul was fairly certain of what he wanted to do with his life from a young age. He grew up in a creative family in the small farming town of Leamington, Ontario. His mother is an artist, writer, and teacher and his father Jody Raffoul is a solo artist and hometown hero who has opened for everyone from Joe Cocker to Bon Jovi.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy dad was my biggest inspiration \u2013 one of many but still the biggest,\u201d said Raffoul, during a phone interview last week from a tour stop in Dallas, Texas.<\/p>\n

According to Raffoul, \u201cThe Beatles were like Jesus in our house. We also listened to soul singers like Otis Redding and Sam Cooke.\u201d<\/p>\n

His dad got the ball rolling when Raffoul was still a young boy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got my first guitar when I was 10,\u201d said Raffoul. \u201cI was 14 when I earned to play guitar and 16 when I began taking it seriously.<\/p>\n

His first real guitar was a 1968 Gibson Les Paul Black Beauty \u2013 a guitar model that Jimi Hendrix played at times.<\/p>\n

When Raffoul was in high school, he watched his dad headline a show for 4,000 people at his school\u2019s stadium. Raffoul\u2019s first paying gig was playing to long-haul drivers at a local truck stop.\u00a0\u201cFor the next three or four years I just put everything into it, playing out four and five nights a week in bars from Leamington to Detroit and back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Every so often Raffoul would get a gig singing demos for hire.<\/p>\n

\u2018I was in the right place at the right tine \u2013 a few times,\u201d said Raffoul.<\/p>\n

One if those times was at a recording session when he was getting paid hourly to be the vocalist.<\/p>\n

According to Raffoul, \u201cOne day I went into the studio to sing on some Kid Rock demos. The guys heard my voice in the booth and asked if I had any original stuff. I played them two acoustic songs. They shot an iPhone video and sent it to my now-manager, who used to work with Kid Rock. The next day we drove down to Nashville.\u201d<\/p>\n

Raffoul now splits his time between Nashville and Los Angeles where, in between playing shows, he has been collaborating with other songwriters and slowly but surely assembling his debut album.<\/p>\n

\u201cI moved to Nashville four years ago,\u201d said Raffoul. \u201cI never realized how much music there is in Nashville until I moved here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Raffoul\u2019s first project under his own name as an EP titled \u201c1975.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI recorded the EP because I wanted to get something out for people to listen to,\u201d said Raffoul. \u201cWe spent a lot of time to create a body of work. The main thing is the album I\u2019m working on. None of the songs from the EP will be on the album. I was just doing recording in L.A. prior to rehearsing for this tour. Hopefully, my debut album will be out within a year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fans can hear a preview of some of the album tracks at this weekend\u2019s show.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the live set, we\u2019ll be playing EP songs and some album songs,\u201d said Raffoul. \u201cOn the road, it\u2019s me on electric guitar and vocals, Luke Sorenson on bass and Justin Zuccato on drums. It\u2019s a straight rock-and-roll trio.<\/p>\n

Video link for Billy Raffoul \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/xggfiXWbVG4<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at Festival Pier, which also features Need To Breathe and Johnnyswim, will start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $35.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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