A box set entitled "The Mothership Returns" has been released by Eagle Rock: 2 audio CDs filled with more than 100 minutes of live music and a bonus DVD with behind the scene footage, stories and 2 live tracks shot in HD, all recorded on the phenomenal 2011 planetary tour with "Return To Forever IV" featuring Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White, Frank Gambale and Jean Luc Ponty. Read more

CLARA PONTY, Jean-Luc's daughter, has performed with her band last June at The Pheasantry in London, UK, for the release of her first and great vocal album INTO THE LIGHT - co-produced by Stuart Bruce, recorded in England and France with guests violinists Nigel Kennedy and JL Ponty on a few tracks. Please visit www.claraponty.com  for more details.

Jazz violinist Mads Tolling (Stanley Clarke Band - Turtle Island String Quartet) has released a new album entitled "MADS TOLLING QUARTET - CELEBRATING JEAN-LUC PONTY" with his original arrangements of JLP compositions such as "Enigmatic Ocean, New Country" among others, as well as original compositions and others by McLaughlin and Zappa - available at amazon.com and other websites