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Ralphe Armstrong is a jazz fusion bass player, best known for his electric fretless bass work with the second incarnation of the Mahavishu Orchestra and with Jean-Luc Ponty.

Ralphe was born and raised in Detroit Michigan.

In 1973 he auditioned for the Mahavishnu Orchestra, beating out the pre-fretless bassist Jaco Pastorius for the gig. After his final Mahavishnu album, Inner Worlds, he joined Jean-Luc Ponty in the latter's self-titled group.

As of 1996 he was teaching bass at Oberlin Conservatory.

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