Jimmy Ponder

Jimmy Ponder
Birth name James Willis Ponder
Born (1946-05-10)May 10, 1946
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died September 16, 2013(2013-09-16)
Pittsburgh
Genres Jazz, soul jazz
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Guitar
Years active 1960s–2013
Labels Cadet, Impulse!, Milestone, Muse, HighNote
Associated acts Charles Earland

Jimmy Ponder (born May 10, 1946 - died September 16, 2013 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was an American jazz guitarist.[1]

Ponder started playing guitar at age 14. He was influenced most by Wes Montgomery and Kenny Burrell.[2] He began playing with Charles Earland at 17, and in the following years 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, he frequently returned to his hometown to perform with his trio of two other Pittsburgh musicians, Roger Humphries and Gene Ludwig.

Ponder's most commercially successful albums were All Things Beautiful (Muse, 1978) which reached No. 38 on the Billboard jazz album chart; Ain't Misbehavin' (HighNote, 2000), which reached No. 16; and Somebody's Child (HighNote, 2007), which reached No. 3 on the Jazzweek chart.[2]

Discography

As leader

As sideman

With Rusty Bryant

With Donald Byrd

With Lou Donaldson

With Charles Earland

With Andrew Hill

With Richard Groove Holmes

With Johnny Hodges

With Willis Jackson

With Clifford Jordan

With Jack McDuff

With Jimmy McGriff

With John Patton

With Houston Person

With Sonny Phillips

With Shirley Scott

With Mickey Tucker

With Stanley Turrentine

References

  1. ↑ Nowlin, Rick (19 September 2013). "Obituary: Jimmy Ponder / One of Pittsburgh's great jazz musicians". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  2. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. "Jimmy Ponder | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 October 2016.

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