[1] At the age of sixteen she began playing guitar and performing primarily her own original music as well as that of the singer-songwriters of the era.
When Poindexter suffered a stroke, a record date in Paris with pianist Kenny Drew was canceled and they were unable to finish out their tour.
Laurie brought Pony back to California where she lived and led her own bands based out of San Francisco.
She was accompanied by pianist George Cables; the album included jazz standards, original lyrics, and songs by Larry Gelb, and was produced by Bob Parlocha.
Antonioli worked as the Professor of the Vocal Department at KUG University's Jazz Institute in Graz, Austria from 2002 to 2006.