Live at Chene Park

Artist: Jean-Luc Ponty
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Category: Music

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Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 075678296420
EAN: 0075678296420
ASIN: B000002JBM

Release Date: 1997-02-04

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Tracks:

Introduction
Infinite Pursuit
Tender Memories
Between Sea And Sky
Caracas
Faith In You
After The Storm
The Gift Of Time
Eulogy For Oscar Romero
The Amazon Forest
The Story Teller
Elephants In Love
A Journey's End

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Customer Reviews:

Terrible drumming.......2006-10-08

The drummer on this CD, Michael Barsimanto, is much better when playing rock music. He seems to not know the music very well here, also. His playing is very sloppy, especially when he tries to use fills to accent the solos, often ending before the beat. Very sloppy indeed. I find this album hard to listen to for this reason especially, but also for the terrible mix. The drums are too loud in the mix, and the audience sounds as if it were added in later.

Ponty's solos seem tired on this CD. The only standout soloist is Jamie Glaser this time around. Chris Rhyne (on keys) doesn't even sound like the Chris Rhyne of old - he just goes through the motions, playing forgettable jazz cliches on piano.

I love Ponty's output - except for this one. Much better is his first live album for Atlantic - simply titled, "Live". Pick it up!

Incredible playmanship, skill, cohesiveness.......2006-03-19

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.

As a guitar player...WHO IS THIS JAMIE GLASER - WOW!!.......2005-05-19

I have had this for a few years, as well as 5 or six early albums (for decades) - you know, the great classics like Enigmatic Ocean, Cosmic Messenger, Imaginary Voyage, etc. The Daryl Stuermers and Allan Holdsworths (wasn't Peter Maunu on one and even George Benson) of the world ARE stellar guitar players and the early albums are hard to beat, but this concert is really impressive because of the incredible fretted interplay of Jamie Glaser with Jean-Luc-Ponty. I am not a drummer (although I do play around with drums often), but I think the drum/bass combo is very impressive as well. I sort of lost track after the early 80's albums like Open Mind and Upon the Wings of Music, but this particular incarnation of the band literally ROCKS! I'm surprised that this guitar player isn't more well known? Sorry to the Jazzer hard cores who like it more subtle, but this is still the fusion I know and love! I am not going to analyze tracks here but my often cranking this up and either playing along with it on guitar or just listening in the hot-tub or whatever I enjoy this recording big time! I am a 30 year casual fan and will say this is an essential and recommended live performance. Fills a nice spot in the evolution of the band. The 70's and even 80's stuff was great but musicians do grow and change...and Jamie Glaser is ON in this concert!! Fun concert and the audience response enhances it to me (TURN IT UP)! Peace

Not so great, buy the originals........2004-09-29

Anything Jean Luc Ponty I'd say is incredible and inspiring...except this CD. I was very dissappointed in the performance of the music in this live CD!! And it's not the fault of Jamie Glasier, Jean Luc Ponty, Baron Browne, nor the keyboardist. It's the drummer!!! Chris Barsimanto. I read the review stating that his drumming is rock solid. I have to kindly disagree. He can't keep up!! Listen to the intro of "After the Storm" and you'll know what I mean. I'm glad he wasn't on any other recordings with Jean Luc Ponty. I don't recommend this CD because the music sounds labored and unfocused. I do recommend the Live Concert recently put out on DVD. That band is phenominal!! If you like the songs in "Chene Park", I suggest you buy the originals because this one just doesn't live up to Jean Luc Ponty's standards.

pleasant jazz fusion.......2002-05-08

This was recorded in Boston in June 1996. It is seventy minutes long. The sound quality is very good but not perfect. The violin can be a little fuzzy at times.

The biggest problem with the sound is the audience cheering. The audience volume is cranked way up at the end of every solo and the end of every song. Also, there is a 50 second introduction by some woman trying to charge up the audience. It sounds more like what you would hear at the beginning of a heavy metal concert.

The performance is nice but not spectacular. It starts out promising, but goes nowhere. One track just seems to blend into another. It is all mechanical with no emotion. There are a few good guitar solos here and there, but it isn't enough to carry the ablum. The keyboard solos are rather bland.

What is really surprising is Ponty's playing. While it is also nice enough to hear, there is no innovation or spark on this album. He has played with more energy both live and on studio albums.

This is nice, pleasant jazz fusion. It makes good background music. But having an uncle on the band, or seeing Ponty 20 years ago or having to play this 20 times to start to appreciate it is no reason to give this particular album 5 stars.

If you really want to hear Ponty at his best, search out King Kong or any of his late seventies, early eighties material or his work with the Mahavishnu Orchestra or his work with Frank Zappa.

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