The Rite of Strings
1995 studio album by Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke and Jean-Luc Ponty
The Rite of Strings | ||||
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Studio album by Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke and Jean-Luc Ponty | ||||
Released | July 17, 1995 | |||
Recorded | April 1995 | |||
Studio | Studio 56, Hollywood, California | |||
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Length | 55:34 | |||
Label | Gai Saber | |||
Producer | Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke, Jean-Luc Ponty | |||
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The Rite of Strings is a collaborative album by virtuosi Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke and Jean-Luc Ponty, recorded after their world tour in 1995. The album was recorded at Studio 56, Hollywood.
The trio reunited for a performance at the French jazz festival called "Jazz in Marciac" in 2007.
Material from the album was performed on tour by Trio! in 2005, also featuring Clarke and Ponty, with Béla Fleck on banjo instead of Di Meola on guitar.
Track listing
- "Indigo" (Al Di Meola) – 7:15
- "Renaissance" (Jean-Luc Ponty) – 4:33
- "Song to John" (Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea) – 6:00
- Dedicated to the memory of John Coltrane
- "Chilean Pipe Song" (Di Meola) – 6:12
- "Topanga" (Clarke) – 5:50
- "Morocco" (Di Meola) – 5:45
- "Change of Life" (Ponty) – 5:30
- "La Cancion De Sofia" (Clarke) – 8:30
- "Memory Canyon" (Ponty) – 6:00
Personnel
- Al Di Meola – guitar
- Stanley Clarke – double bass
- Jean-Luc Ponty – violin
Chart performance
Year | Chart | Position |
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1995 | Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums | 4[2] |
References
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- Land of the Midnight Sun
- Elegant Gypsy
- Casino
- Splendido Hotel
- Electric Rendezvous
- Scenario
- Cielo e Terra
- Soaring Through a Dream
- Tirami Su
- World Sinfonia
- Kiss My Axe
- World Sinfonia II – Heart of the Immigrants
- Orange and Blue
- Di Meola Plays Piazzolla
- The Infinite Desire
- Winter Nights
- World Sinfonía III – The Grande Passion
- Flesh on Flesh
- Consequence of Chaos
- Diabolic Inventions and Seduction for Solo Guitar
- Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody
- The Rite of Strings
- Go Live from Paris
- Go
- Go Too
- Hearts and Bones
- Touchstone
- Dance of Fire
- Inspiration – Colors & Reflections
- Black Utopia
- Cosmopolitan Life
- Magic Touch