The Rite of Strings

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{{Infobox album

| name = The Rite of Strings

| type = studio

| artist = Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke and Jean-Luc Ponty

| cover = Riteofstrings.jpg

| alt =

| released = July 17, 1995

| recorded = April 1995

| venue =

| studio = Studio 56, Hollywood, California

| genre = {{hlist|Jazz|jazz fusion}}

| length = 55:34

| label = Gai Saber

| producer = Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke, Jean-Luc Ponty

| chronology = Jean-Luc Ponty

| prev_title = No Absolute Time

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = Le Voyage: The Jean-Luc Ponty Anthology

| next_year = 1996

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Stanley Clarke

| type = studio

| prev_title = East River Drive

| prev_year = 1993

| title = The Rite of Strings

| year = 1995

| next_title = At the Movies

| next_year = 1995

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}} {{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r218629 |title=Rite of Strings - Stanley Clarke | AllMusic |first=Robert |last=Taylor |work=allmusic.com |accessdate=20 July 2011}}

| rev2 =

| rev2Score =

}}

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.