The legendary first lineup of chick corea s fusion band return to forever debuted on this classic album titled after the group but credited to corea, featuring joe farrell on soprano sax and flute, the brazilian team of vocalist flora purim and drummerpercussionist airto moreira, and electric bass whiz stanley clarke. Watch chick corea and return to forever play their romantic. For sheer technical mastery, this band of virtuosos rivaled any group on the planet. Return to forever founder chick corea talks with bassist supreme, stanley clarke about coming up in the 60s, the coltrane revelation and their favorite subject music. Return to forever by chick corea on amazon music unlimited. Like weather report and the mahavishnu orchestra, it was a group formed by an alumnus of miles davis late60s bands with the intention of furthering the jazzrock hybrid davis had explored on albums like bitches brew. Of course, jazz fusion is synonymous with chick corea and return to forever, a band that would be on the mount rushmore of jazz fusion with groups like the headhunters and weather report. Mar 27, 2012 an early japanese 3 cd version, return to forever live. Watch the video for return to forever from chick coreas return to forever for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Some were good, some were soso, but none seemed as good to my ears as the chick corea of old. Then a few years ago i heard on the radio cuts from a new chick corea album, the ultimate adventure. Their music deserves to be revisited and somewhere in itunes is a reformed rtf. Coreas call came in the spring of 1973, and gadd quickly accepted.
The 2011 return to forever tour is the stuff of legend. Return to forever is an american jazz fusion band that was founded by pianist chick corea in 1971. Return to forever chick corea, return to forever songs. But hes also seemingly interested in playing every stripe of jazz under the sun, so the hyperrestless corea doesnt do electric jazz as often as he might. Unlike later albums by the group, it was released by the ecm label and produced by manfred eicher.
A masterful jazz pianist, chick corea is a celebrated performer whose influential albums have found him exploring harmonically adventurous postbop, electric fusion, latin traditions, and classical. The complete concert a fourlp set, also released in edited form as a single lp and later as a double cd, chick corea officially disbanded the group. One of the key fusion groups of the 70s, helmed by chick corea and featuring an impressive list of leading jazz musicians. After attending the berklee school of music, di meola joined chick coreas return to forever and released his first solo record, land of the midnight sun in 1976. One of the key fusion groups of the 70s, helmed by chick corea and featuring an impressive. The album contains the final lineup of the band with only founders chick corea and stanley clarke returning from the previous recordings. Initially emerging in the 1960s, corea gained early notice for his solo albums including 1968s now he sings, now he sobs and sideman work with willie bobo, blue mitchell, and stan getz. Return to forever hdtracks the worlds greatestsounding. With dazzling facility, return to forever brought jazz structures and improvisation into an electric rock context, ultimately falling closer to. With only the short outside of space available individually for download, this.
In 1978, after issuing a live album of the tour titled return to forever live. Tony may produced by manfred eicher i fist heard chick corea when a jazz pianist. An early japanese 3 cd version, return to forever live. Return to forever no mystery returns audio youtube. Oct 17, 2012 return to forever, whose mindblowing experimentation in jazz and rock transformed the music world, debuted a historic new lineup in 2011, on a tour that brought a reimagined musical dimension to both the wildly influential group and its repertoire. Return to forever is a 1972 jazz fusion album by chick corea, simultaneously functioning as the debut album by the band of.
With lyrics by neville potter, including crystal silence, 500 miles high, what game shall we play today, and many others. But after this album chick corea elected to discontinue the whole rtf band and simply concentrate on solo,session and live work. Aug 06, 20 thanks to his landmark work with return to forever, chick corea always creates a big stir when he puts together an electric jazz band. With weather report, the headhunters, and mahavishnu orchestra, return to forever is often cited as one of the core groups of the jazzfusion movement of the 1970s. For the next three months, the new allelectric return to forever rehearsed and played shows, including a rampaging performance on bostons wbcnfm thats been widely bootlegged. Return to forever in highresolution audio at available in 96 khz 24bit aiff, flac high resolution audio formats. Chick corea return to forever lyrics and tracklist genius. Download chick corea and return to forever light as a. Musicmagic is return to forevers seventh and final studio album and one of the best jazz recordings released in the fusion genre. The band chick corea keyboards, al di meola guitar, stanley clarke bass and lenny white drums were one of the five. Return to forever was jazz keyboard player chick corea s jazzrock fusion band of the 1970s. Best sounding chick corea and return to forever albums on.
Return to forever iv october 17, 2012 return to forever, whose mindblowing experimentation in jazz and rock transformed the music world, debuted a historic new lineup in 2011, on a tour that brought a reimagined musical dimension to both the wildly influential group and its repertoire. Title, az title, za label, az label, za year, 09 year, 90. Supergroup return to forever founded by chick corea and featuring, among others, stanley clarke was one of the most successful acts of the 70s fusion scene. Recorded live in 2011 at a series of allstar concerts in new york city to celebrate chick coreas 70th birthday, the almost four hours of performances on this three album box set find corea collaborating with 10 different bands and a total of 28 musicians, including herbie hancock, wynton marsalis, john mclaughlin, stanley clarke and bobby mcferrin. Listen to your favorite songs from return to forever by chick corea now. Music magic with chick corea jazzcast for musicians jazz legend chick corea in revealing conversations with his musician friends. Like weather report and the mahavishnu orchestra, it was a group formed by an alumnus of miles davis late60s bands with the intention of furthering the jazzrock. Editors notes thanks to his landmark work with return to forever, chick corea. Unlike later albums by the group, it was released by the ecm label. Chick assembled core rtf members stanley clarke on bass and lenny white on drums, added elektric band master frank gamble and the great jeanluc ponty on violin, and created a totally new soundscape for a host of classic compositions.
Thanks to his landmark work with return to forever, chick corea always creates a big stir when he puts together an electric jazz band. Recorded backstage in vannes, france, minutes before going on stage for the final show of their celebrated duet tour in 2014. Chick coreareturn to forever return to forever full. The band has had many members, with the only consistent bandmate of coreas being bassist stanley clarke. The last few years have found chick corea and his return to forever buddies al dimeola, stanley clarke, and lenny white mounting a campaign for fusion nostalgia rereleasing their.
Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Chick corea electric piano joe farrell flutes, soprano saxophone flora purim vocal, percussion stan clarke basses airto moreira drums, percussion return to forever crystal silence what game shall w. Coreas introduction of the musicians is appended to the end of the endless night part 2. This is the unit we refer to as return to forever featuring stanley clark, lenny white and airto. In the late 60s and early 70s, pianist and composer chick corea toured and recorded with miles davis during the trumpeters groundbreaking electric period, went on to lead the acoustic freejazz unit circle, and started the fusion outfit return to forever. Download chick corea and return to forever light as a feather. Watch chick corea and return to forever play their. Cd, mp3 download, itunes the growth of interest in fusion which increasingly dominates the jazz charts is being further fuelled by the reformation of return to forever around a sell out 2008 world tour. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as descri. Apr 03, 2020 return to forever founder chick corea talks with bassist supreme, stanley clarke about coming up in the 60s, the coltrane revelation and their favorite subject music. Recorded live in 2011 at a series of allstar concerts in new york city to celebrate chick corea s 70th birthday, the almost four hours of performances on this three album box set find corea collaborating with 10 different bands and a total of 28 musicians, including herbie hancock, wynton marsalis, john mclaughlin, stanley clarke and bobby mcferrin.
The record is often considered one of the classic albums in electric jazz. With piano score, introductory text and performance notes. Return to forever the first album toward the end of 1971, chick formed his first edition of return to forever with stanley clarke on acoustic bass, joe farrell on soprano sax and flute, airto moreira on drums and percussion and moreiras wife flora purim on vocals. Jazz keyboard player chick coreas return to forever emerged as one of the key jazzrock fusion bands of the 1970s. The classic return to forever lineup of corea, clarke, white, and di meola reunited for a tour of the united. Influenced by the mahavishnu orchestra and other outfits, return to forever would later morph into a highoctane jazzrock unit.
The band chick corea keyboards, al di meola guitar, stanley clarke bass and lenny white drums were one of the five main offshoots. Chick explores the bands formation, new anthology recording and 2008 tour. The legendary first lineup of chick coreas fusion band return to forever debuted on this classic album titled after the group but credited to corea, featuring joe farrell on soprano sax and flute, the brazilian team of vocalist flora purim and drummerpercussionist airto moreira, and electric bass whiz stanley clarke. Return to forever is a jazz fusion album by chick corea, simultaneously functioning as the debut album by the band of the same name. Al di meola is generally regarded as one of the finest technical guitar players to emerge since the 1970s, an opinion based on the artists dazzling command of styles and approaches.
The band has had many members, with the only consistent bandmate of corea s being bassist stanley clarke. Chick corea would make a smooth, sunny aboutface with his first return to forever lineup. Chick corea, bill connors, stanley clarke, lenny white. Corea s introduction of the musicians is appended to the end of the endless night part 2. Listen free to chick corea return to forever return to forever, crystal silence and more. Return to forever hit their commercial and artistic peak with a string of albums in the midseventies featuring the lineup of chick corea on keyboards, stanley clarke on bass, al di meola on.
So its fitting that the album has now been remastered in hi definition for ecms mastered for itunes series featuring gorgeous new remasters overseen by manfred eicher himself. Where have i known you before by return to forever feat. Editors notes its only natural that, following his stint in miles davis dark and mysterious electric outfit, keyboardist chick corea would make a smooth, sunny aboutface with his first return to forever lineup. So its fitting that the album has now been remastered in hi definition for ecms mastered for itunes series featuring gorgeous new remasters overseen by manfred. Return to forever, an album by chick corea on spotify. Chick corea, stanley clarke, al di meola, lenny white 43 jazzaldia festival duration.
Brazilian singer flora purim and drumming hubby airto moreira brought a tropical tinge to corea s influential 1972 fusion classic, propelling the samba groove of what game shall. Watch the video for return to forever from chick corea s return to forever for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Chick corea electric piano, writer, joe farrell flute, soprano saxophone, flora purim vocals, percussion, stanley clarke electric bass, double bass, airto moreira drums, percussion, tony may recording engineer, manfred eicher. The complete concert, 3record set, contains the complete recording exactly as found on the original 4 lp version, even keeping the endless night and musicmagic as two separate parts each.
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