Live at Chene Park [Live]

Jean-Luc Ponty | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (February 4, 1997)
• Format: Live
• Label: Atlantic / Wea
• ASIN: B000002JBN
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,618,291 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Introduction

2. Infinite Pursuit

3. Tender Memories

4. Between Sea and Sky

5. Caracas

6. Faith in You

7. After the Storm

8. The Gift of Time

9. Eulogy for Oscar Romero

10. The Amazon Forest

11. The Story Teller

12. Elephants in Love

13. A Journey's End

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible playmanship, skill, cohesiveness, March 18, 2006

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Pork Chop (Lisbon, Portugal) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live at Chene Park (Audio CD)

If you've listened to perhaps 30 of JLP's works,
most live in studio, you know how unique and
special those compositions can be...although they
always bring the violin to the fore-front.

On this CD, which I held off buying for a long
time, you can hear live performances of many
of JLP's numbers, spanning perhaps 10 years, from
the 1980's to the 90's. The band's playmanship
and cohesiveness is very impressive, as is the skill
in JLP in hitting the right notes, and keeping the
concept of each song faithful from start to end. The
delivery overall, band, numbers, JLP's skill, music
instruments and sound...and live interpretations....
really makes this a fantastic, must-have CD, if you
have heard at least 5 or more of JLP's more essential
CD's. This is even better than the Rite of Strings,
in some aspects, that also was recorded live, although
strong too. Much, much better than Life Enigma, which
dates from some years after this recording.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tight, clean and energetic. Technical ecstacy at its best., October 7, 1999

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"robfox" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live at Chene Park (Audio CD)

It has taken me a few listenings to distinguish all the songs on this release. Every one is good and the band is excellent. The sound quality is exceptional. I saw Ponty ten years ago on the 'Storytelling' tour and was suprised to hear Ponty's long-time associate, Jamie Glaser, sound like a rock guitar hero. Not that I mind such things, but it did not quite fit in with the tastiness of the rest of the performance. Fortunately, he is more disciplined here and sounding better than ever. Baron Browne's bass playing is a continous thunder which always holds the fort while Michael Barsimanto's drumming is rock solid. For those of you unfamiliar with Ponty, this is fusion, not straight, jazz. The keys of Chris Rhyne are as smooth and tight as can be, often supporting Ponty and Glaser, but worth listening to in their own right. Ponty's own playing is perfection itself. I am always astounded by his use of sequencers and delays. Some criticize him for his techinicality, calling it cold, but I find it energizing and uplifting. I have been a Ponty fan for 20 years now and am gratified his music is as strong as ever.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Smooth Fusion in the Motor City, March 29, 2009

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Bicycle Day - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live at Chene Park (Audio CD)

Though missing the rock pyrotechnics that gave Jean-Luc Ponty incredible cross-over appeal with fans throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the smooth fusion before an enthusiastic audience (maybe a tad over-miked, though) at the Chene Park Amphitheater in Detroit, Michigan, has some hot highlights.

The beautifully textured Eulogy for Oscar Romero is truly heartfelt, with Infinite Pursuit, The Amazon Forest and A Journey's End solid up temp numbers. Add some lyrics by Donald Fagen to After the Storm and The Story Teller and there would be a pair of solid Steely Dan-styled songs.

Ponty continues to shape his sound through the musicians on tour and in the studio, though his distinctive artistry on violin remains absolutely phenomenal. This auto did not leave heavy tire tracks in the Motor City, but showed style by gliding along like a well-manufactured luxury ride.