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French sound sculptor Jean-Luc Guionnet (1966) is a jazz saxophonist who has recorded with a number of free improvisers: Erres (Shambala, 1999), with the group Schams (Eric Cordier on hurdy-gurdy, Eric Bruelebois on drums); Improvisation vol 1 (La Belle Du Quai, 1999), credited to Calx, a duo of drummer Edward Perraud and Guionnet; Return Of The New Thing (Leo, 2002), documenting a 2000 live performance by a quartet with Dan Warburton (piano), Francois Fuchs (double bass) and Edward Perraud (drums); Heur (2002), a collaboration with drummer Edward Perraud; etc. .

Jean-Luc Ponty (b. 1942) is a virtuoso French violinist and jazz composer. Born on the 29th September 1942 in Avranches, France, he was trained as a professional classical violinist at the Paris Conservatory. His attraction to jazz was propelled by Miles Davis's and John Coltrane's music. He has worked with Stéphane Grappelli, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Frank Zappa, and has appeared on over seventy recordings. In 1977 Ponty pioneered the use of the five-string electric violin, with a lower C string. He sometimes also uses a six-string electric violin called the violectra, with low C and F strings – not...

Jean-Luc Godard (born 3 December 1930) is a French filmmaker and one of the most influential members of the Nouvelle Vague, or "French New Wave". Born to Franco-Swiss parents in Paris, he was educated in Nyon, Switzerland, later studying at the Lycée Rohmer, and the Sorbonne in Paris, where he studied ethnology. During his time at the Sorbonne, he became involved with the young group of filmmakers and film theorists that gave birth to the New Wave. Known for stylistic implementations that challenged, at their focus, the conventions of Hollywood cinema, he became universally recognized as the most audacious and...

Jean-Luc Le Ténia (born Jean-Luc Lecourt) was a French singer/songwriter. He was extremely prolific and has written over 2,000 songs. Most of his songs only featured his voice and a guitar but he has also used a synthesizer. He used to sing mostly about everyday problems or universal themes such as love, happiness, anger, sex, hope, ... But a lot of his songs were also humorous. He was discovered while opening for Les Wampas and the singer from that band called him "Le meilleur chanteur français du monde" (The world's greatest French singer), Jean-Luc later recorded an album named after...