Return to Forever

Artist: Chick Corea
Label: Ecm Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 042281197826
EAN: 0042281197826
ASIN: B0000262QW

Release Date: 1999-11-16

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Tracks:

Return To Forever
Crystal Silence
What Game Shall We Play Today
Sometime Ago - La Fiesta

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Customer Reviews:

Classic Electric Piano Sound(ah where has it gone?).......2006-05-23

Released prior to his more familiar synth-laden jazz fusion offerings, this vibrant recording features Corea exclusively utilizing the electric piano to produce a quietly joyful sound. The title track starts quietly with soft e. piano cadences, joined by Airto Moreira's innovative percussion. Flora Purim, at the peak of her vocal abilities, insinuates herself into the mix, using her elegant voice as an instrument, segueing into a Joe Farrell flute solo. The song diminishes and slows back to a Corea solo, then speeds into an effective blend of keyboard chords and Stanley Clarke's melodic driving bass.
"Crystal Silence" features Farrell's delicate soprano sax. "What Game Shall We Play" features words by Corea's longtime lyricist Neville Potter, which are brightly sung by Purim with a decidedly upbeat Latin edge. "Sometime Ago-LaFiesta" spotlights each member of this extremely gifted band as they start out in a wistful ballad moving into a musical rendering of a Spanish Festival. Recorded in February, 1972 for ECM records, "Return to Forever" was produced by Manfred Eicher

Give It Up For The Fender Rhodes.......2006-05-19

The praise other reviewers have given this recording speak for me, but I must add that no one understands how to get the most out of the Fender Rhodes piano than Chick Corea. Hancock and Zawinul came close, but only Chick can coax this much beauty from this great musical instrument.

Great Album.......2006-03-07

This album may not be for everyone, but it is a great album. The best song on it is "La Fiesta." The synthesized sounds may take a little getting used to, but the music is genuine and creative. Corea blurs the line between improviser and composer. The side men/women really compliment Corea's ideas in a very coherent way. Joe Farrell is a joy to listen to on sax and flute. If you like this album, you may also like RTF's "light as a feather," as well as "the leprechan," "my spanish heart," and "the mad hatter," by Corea.

Magnificent fusion statement.......2005-12-11

This has to rank as one of the two or three greatest fusion albums ever made, easily approaching an equal breadth of musical accomplishment as 'Bitches Brew' by Miles or 'Birds of Fire' by the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Whereas the former was an ultimate statement of stylistic exploration and the latter was the height of breathtaking ferocious musicianship, the first album by Chick Corea's Return to Forever is a masterptece of melody and free -spirited sensitivity. Underlying the shimmering tones and colors of the keyboards and soaring flights of the soprano saxophone and flute is the propulsive and virtuoso bass work of Stanley Clarke giving the perofrmances drive and conterpoint to the other instruments sometimes assuming the roll of lead improvisational instrument and enhancing the overall dynamics between the instruments; all of this moving along on a bed of joyous latin rythm. Chick Corea's electric piano, fresh from the structurally challenging work of the avant-garde free jazz of Circle, conveys an emotional sensitivity and latin sentimentality that is nothing short of wrenching and breathtaking. All of the songs build and breath and crescendo in an continually evolving apex of beautiful improvisation. Simply gorgeous musicianship throughout. Highly reccomended!

almost the BEST Chick Corea album.......2005-10-15

The only reason I don't rank this as the BEST Return to Forever album is because "Light as a Feather' and "Musicmagic" are even better! La Fiesta is worth the purchase price alone. Stan Getz was so impressed by this and the "Feather" album that his Captain Marvel album features contains 3 cuts from the 2 albums, and features Chick Corea on electric piano, Stanley Clarke on electric bass, Airto Moreira on percussion. Flora Purim fits perfectly and effortlessly into the mix. Quite honestly, I've listened to this album so much that I am sick of it. (I have it in vinyl from the 70's.)

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