Name Jimmy Ponder | ||
Albums All Things Beautiful, Guitar Christmas, Come on Down Similar People |
Jimmy ponder love will find a way
Jimmy Ponder (born May 10, 1946 - died September 16, 2013 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was an American jazz guitarist.
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Ponder started playing guitar at age 14, and was heavily influenced by Wes Montgomery and Kenny Burrell. 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. He moved to Philadelphia and later New York City in the 1970s, and recorded extensively as a leader for a number of jazz labels. Since the late 1980s, Jimmy frequently returned to his hometown to perform with his popular trio alongside two of Pittsburgh's other Jazz greats; Roger Humphries and Gene Ludwig. Ponder's most commercially successful releases were his 1978 Muse Records set All Things Beautiful (U.S. Billboard Jazz Albums #38) and 2000's Ain't Misbehavin', for HighNote (U.S. Jazz #16).

Jimmy ponder all blues
As leader

As sideman
With Rusty Bryant
With Donald Byrd
With Andrew Hill
With Willis Jackson
With Clifford Jordan
With Jack McDuff
With John Patton
With Houston Person
With Shirley Scott
With Mickey Tucker
With Stanley Turrentine
With Lou Donaldson
Songs
Mean Streets - No Bridges
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Seven Minds
Somebody's Child
To Reach a Dream
All Blues
A Clue
Energy III
A Tribute to a Rose
Come on Down
My Romance
Love Me Right
Illusions
Soul Eyes
White Room
You Are Too Beautiful
Love Will Find a Way
This Bitter Earth
Johnny's Place
Uncle Steve
Chasing That Face
A Trip to the Stars
I Only Have Eyes for You
Bro' James
El Samba
Fats
Blues for Betty
Stormy Monday
My One and Only Love
The Man Ain't Got No Thing On Me
Sometimes When We Touch
Blues Bag