The Rite of Strings

The Rite of Strings
Studio album by Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke & Jean-Luc Ponty
Released	July 17, 1995
Recorded	April, 1995
Genre	Jazz jazz fusion
Length	55:34
Label	Gai Saber
Producer	Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke & Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty chronology
No Absolute Time (1993)No Absolute Time1993 The Rite of Strings (1995) Le Voyage: The Jean-Luc Ponty Anthology (1996)Le Voyage: The Jean-Luc Ponty Anthology1996
Stanley Clarke chronology
East River Drive (1993) East River Drive1993 The Rite of Strings (1995) The Rite of Strings1995 At the Movies (1995) At the Movies1995

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The Rite of Strings is a collaborative album by virtuosi Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke and Jean-Luc Ponty, recorded after their world tour in 1995. The album was recorded at Studio 56, Hollywood.

The trio reunited for a performance at the French jazz festival called "Jazz in Marciac" in 2007.

Material from the album was performed on tour by Trio! in 2005, also featuring Clarke and Ponty, with Béla Fleck on banjo instead of Di Meola on guitar.

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