Thursday, January 13, 2011

Jean-Luc Ponty - 2008-05-21 - Paris

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Dr. Forrester said...

LDB Master Series #134

JEAN-LUC PONTY
Paris, La Cigale
May 21, 2008

01.In the Fast Lane
02.Point of No Return
03.Back in the 60's
04.Without Regrets
05.Celtic Steps
06.Mirage
07.The Struggle Of The Turtle To The Sea (incl. Drums Solo)
08.Band Introduction & Intermission
09.Joy's End
10.Euphoria
11.Desert Crossing
12.Last Memories of Her
13.On My Way To Bombay / Percussions solo & Drums Duet
14.Encore

Jean-Luc Ponty - violin
William Lecomte - piano, keyboards
Guy Nsangué Akwa - electric bass
Taffa Cissé - percussions
Damien Schmitt - drums

Lineage: MM-BSM-9 > Edirol R-09 (16 bit / 44.1 khz) > HD via USB > SoundForge 7.0 > CD Wave > FLAC Frontend (level 6)

Last time I saw a show at La Cigale was in 1990 for a double gig IQ/Magma, so it was a real surprise to be there tonight
and actually note how good this venue is. Honestly I do not recall having such a nice acoustic. I was sitting on the last
few rows but the recording came out fantastic.

Jean-Luc Ponty is simply one of my favourite musicians ever, and since he doesn't tour a lot in Europe, I could not miss
his show here. His last album, The Acatama Experience, is excellent so I was curious to listen to its rendition live. Ponty
is still a master of jazz-rock, no doubt about it. His band was great as well, except that I did not like the new drummer
who joined the band at the beginning of the year. It could be a matter of taste but I did not find his drumming particularly
innovative or special. But the rest of the band was on fire.

This is dedicated to all jazz-rock lovers of the 70's, when Jean-Luc released some of my all-time favourite albums which,
after 35 years, are still on my cd player. Enjoy (I am sure you will!)

ldb

January 13, 2011 at 2:59 PM

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