Jimmy Ponder
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Jimmy Ponder (born May 10, 1946 - died September 16, 2013 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was an American jazz guitarist. 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 nu
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jimmy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pittsburgh
- Place of death
- Pittsburgh
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Cadet Records
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- date of birth
- 1946-05-10
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- date of death
- 2013-09-16
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 2013-00-00
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