LDB Master Series #374

Welcome to my Master Series which started way back in November 2005. This series is only about masters, concerts I
recorded myself either from audience or from radio/TV broadcasts. Occasionally I could also share masters that have
been kindly given to me by many friends and fellow tapers I have been meeting during my long career of live taping

Please DO NOT share this music on mp3. if you want to listen to these shows on your own iPod, feel free to convert
the files in lossy format for your own use and enjoyment. Do not put lossy sources in blogs or sites for downloading,
always use the lossless FLAcs which will ensure that the quality I have put in these recording is preserved. Sharing mp3
is the right way to make me stop sharing music here.

Also, please do not SELL these concerts. These have been recorded and shared by me with the only purpose to give it
absolutely free of charge and no profit should be made by those who took these files for free. I am quite picky and
do regular checks on websites to see if any of this series are being sold. I have been quite successfull in having
them removed from sale and even to shut down the site (don�t ask me how :-)

Finally, some notes about your truly ldb: I have been a fan of live music since I was 9 years old and my first taped
show was at 11 using a crappy portable cassette player with embedded microphone.
I become more serious about taping in 1983 when I started to record every show. In 1991 I acquired my first Sony
Professional and in 2000 I moved to MiniDisc to finally settle on R-09 in early 2008.

I have attended over 500 shows in my career. I really like the live spirit because you can really test if a band is just
a fake in studio or if they are really a shining star in concert. capturing the moment by recording it means being able
to listen to it once again and have a sort of "re-play" of the moments I enjoyed during the show.

Some of the best shows I have attended were Pink Floyd in Chantilly 1994, Miles Davis Paris 1991, Porcupine Tree Milano 1997,
Marillion Bologna 1985, Paul McCartney Milano 1989, Pearl Jam Milano 1992, Rush Stuttgart 1992, Mercury Rev Milano 2001,
Dream Theater Paris 1992, Genesis Milton Keynes 1992, Magma Paris 2009, Pat Metheny Group Milano 2005, Radiohead Verona 2001,
Santana Milano 1984, Peter Gabriel Paris 1983, Supertramp Paris 1983, U2 Milano 1992 and many more

I truly believe that live music is what keeps music alive, what make us enjoying it together, what allow us to
have deep feelings and transmit it to others. Studio records are nowadays 'commodities': you can buy online as
anonymous wav files and listen in your iPod or at home. Live music will always imply an effort to buy the tix,
see the show, think about it when coming back home.

CLARA PONTY QUINTET
Paris, Sunside
June 12, 2014

Set 1:

01.Intro / Rain Dance
02.Echo
03.Vanecha's Pulse
04.Taking Turns
05.Like A Dandelion
06.Him To Paris
07.Take Me Along
08.Blinded Lives

Set 2:

09.The Path
10.Migration
11.Whisper
12.Beautiful (C.King)
13.Mirage (J-L Ponty)
14.Mirror Of Truth
15.Okapi (Bendik Hofseth)
16.You (feat.Victoria Rummler - vocals)
17.Coeur � Coeur

Set 3:

18.Rain Dance
19.Once A Blue Planet (J-L Ponty)
20.Taking Turns
21.Blinded Lives

TT 122:30

Lineage: SP-CMC-8 > CA-9100 > Edirol R-09 > HD > Sony SoundForge 10.0 Pro > CD Wave (FLAC plugin - level 6)

Clara Ponty - piano, vocals
Olivier Louvel � guitar
Gilles Coquard � bass
Edouard Coquard - drums
Herv� Gourdikian - saxophones, flute

Only a bunch of very brave men and women could attend a concert at the same time of the start of the football world
championship! That's what happened last night at the Sunside, outside of which all the city of Paris was ready to
celebrate for the kick-off of the world cup in Brazil.

Although I must admit that during the two breaks between the sets I would gather outside the venue and check the
result of the Brazil-Croatia match, I really enjoyed the show. I wanted to check out Clara Ponty since a while, but
could not go to any of her previous appearances in Paris. I was happy I could go this time because the show has been
intimate but extremely good. For set 3, at about midnight, we were about 40 people in the club.

Clara Ponty started as New Age artist about 15 years ago, then progressed into instrumenal jazz and now with more
vocals presence because of her beautiful voice. The setlist was a mix from the previous three albums plus a couple of
favourites from her dad's catalogue (listen to the beautiful Mirage!). Also Victoria Rummler joined as special guest
for a great interpretation of Clara's "You".

Overall an extremely nice concert and a great capture by your truly ldb...enjoy!