Al Di Meola/Jean-Luc Ponty/Stanley Clarke: Live at Montreux 1994

Overview

"Three gifted jazz fusion artists -- guitarist Al DiMeola, bassist Stanley Clarke, and violinist Jean-Luc Ponty -- pool their talents for a special performance at one of the world's most celebrated music festivals. Al DiMeola/Stanley Clarke/Jean-Luc Ponty: Live at Montreux 1994 features the trio performing ""Summer Country,"" ""Memory Canyon,"" ""Renaissance,"" ""Indigo,"" ""Cancion Sofia,"" and five others."

Product Details

Release Date:	05/03/2005
UPC:	0801213909193
Original Release:	1994
Source:	Eagle Rock Ent
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[stereo, DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:43:00
Sales rank:	8,570

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Al Di Meola	Guitars,Actor
Jean-Luc Ponty	Primary Artist,Violin,Violin
Stanley Clarke	Bass
Stanley Clarke	Primary Artist,Bass
Al Di Meola	Primary Artist,Guitar
Monty Alexander	Primary Artist
Jean-Luc Ponty	Actor
Thierry Amsallem	Director

Technical Credits

Michael Heatley	Liner Notes
Max Robertson	Production Coordination
Claude Nobs	Executive Producer
Geoff Kempin	Executive Producer
Andree Buchler	Post Production Coordinator
Jean Ristori	Audio Post-Production
Terry Shand	Executive Producer

Editorial Reviews

Guitarist Al di Meola, violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, and bassist Stanley Clarke, all of whom recorded numerous albums as leaders during the 1970s and 1980s, join forces for this 1994 concert in Montreux. Each musician's compositions are featured in this mostly acoustic performance, though charts were necessary to help them find their way through unfamiliar pieces. There is a noticeable lack of ego apparent on-stage, with no one player trying to steal the spotlight. For his solo feature, "Eulogy to Oscar Romero," Ponty incorporates the use of a digital delay to accompany himself, while Clarke's and di Meola's solo performances are more in the context of the concert. Monty Alexander is added on a digital piano for a reprise interpretation of Clarke's lively Latin-flavored "Song to John," with di Meola utilizing MIDI effects. Beautifully photographed and edited with excellent sound, this concert DVD will especially appeal to fans of the trio's CD The Rite of Strings, which was recorded the following year. ~ Ken Dryden