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The Rite of Strings

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Released
  
July 17, 1995

Length
  
55:34

Release date
  
17 July 1995

Genres
  
Jazz, Jazz fusion

Recorded
  
April, 1995

The Rite of Strings (1995)
  
At the Movies (1995)

Label
  
Gai Saber

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Producer
  
Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke & Jean-Luc Ponty

The Rite of Strings (1995)
  
Le Voyage The Jean-Luc Ponty Anthology (1996)

Artists
  
Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke, Jean-Luc Ponty

Similar
  
Al Di Meola albums, Jazz fusion albums

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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.

Contents

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.

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Track listing

  1. "Indigo" (Al Di Meola) – 7:15
  2. "Renaissance" (Jean-Luc Ponty) – 4:33
  3. "Song to John" (Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea) – 6:00
  4. Dedicated to the memory of John Coltrane
  5. "Chilean Pipe Song" (Di Meola) – 6:12
  6. "Topanga" (Clarke) – 5:50
  7. "Morocco" (Di Meola) – 5:45
  8. "Change of Life" (Ponty) – 5:30
  9. "La Cancion De Sofia" (Clarke) – 8:30
  10. "Memory Canyon" (Ponty) – 6:00

Personnel

  • Al Di Meola – acoustic guitar
  • Stanley Clarke – acoustic bass
  • Jean-Luc Ponty – acoustic violin

    • Songs

    1Indigo7:12
    2Renassaince4:36
    3Song to John (Dedicated to John Coltrane)6:04

    References

    The Rite of Strings Wikipedia
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