Al Di Meola JeanLuc Ponty Stanley Clarke Live at Montreux (1994)

Guitarist Al di Meola violinist JeanLuc 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 musicians 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 onstage 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 Clarkes and di Meolas solo performances are more in the context of the concert CD The Rite of Strings which was recorded the following year