MADS TOLLING QUARTET - CELEBRATING JEAN LUC PONTY - LIVE AT YOSHI'S

• mads tolling quartet: celebrating jean-luc ponty - live at yoshi's
  (2012, cd, usa, madsman records mt-02)

Mads Tolling first met Jean-Luc Ponty during a master class that Jean-Luc did at the Berkeley College of Music. One year later, Jean-Luc Ponty recommended Mads to bassist Stanley Clarke and Mads ended up touring with Stanley Clarke for eight years.
In the liner notes of "Live At Yoshi's", Mads acknowledges Jean-Luc Ponty as one of his heroes and he made a fine selection for this tribute.
Pieces by John McLaughlin, Stanley Clarke, Cannonball Adderley, Jean-Luc Ponty, Frank Zappa's 'King Kong', and the excellent 'Pontyfication', written by Mads himself.
Great tunes, stunning performances (Mike Abraham on the guitar !!), and all recorded live in concert.

It's a 1970's fusion feast.