No Mystery
CD
- Artist: Return to Forever
- Format: CD
- Year: 1990
- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC: 042282714923
- Item Number: 28271492
- Release date: 07/07/1987
- 1. Dayride
- 2. Jungle Waterfall
- 3. Flight of the Newborn
- 4. Sofistifunk
- 5. Excerpt from the First Movement of Heavy Metal
- 6. No Mystery
- 7. Interplay
- 8. Celebration Suite, Pt. 1
- 9. Celebration Suite, Pt. 2
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No Mystery by Return to Forever on CD
The fourth edition of Return to Forever was a band that emphasized the screaming wah-wah guitar of Al Di Meola and every electric keyboard Chick Corea could get his hands on to play furiously fast runs. Where the initial, airy Flora Purim/Airto/Joe Farrell edition gave way to the second undocumented group featuring Earl Klugh, and the third band with electric guitarist Bill Connors, this RTF was resplendently and unapologetically indulgent, ripping through riffs and charted, rehearsed melodies, and polyrhythms like a circular saw through a thin tree branch. Their immediacy and visceral power is why rock audiences were drawn to them, impressed by their speed-demon vagaries as much as their concern for musicality. Thank goodness No Mystery had more than its share of toned-down acoustic moments, as well as the powerhouse fighter jet stance that most of their fans craved. It's not nearly as balanced as the previous album Where Have I Known You Before?, but expounds on those themes -- inspired by Neville not Harry Potter -- in a more progressive though louder manner. The bold, dancing, and funky "Dayride" in a higher octave and vocal-type keyboard range perfectly identifies the group sound in a scant three-plus minutes. The two-part, 14-minute "Celebration Suite" gives you a larger view of the classical Bartok/Chopin influence of Corea, and the dramatic medieval or regal stance they alchemized with so many keyboard sounds. It's pseudo-funky, Spanish in a 6/8 rhythm, wailing with Di Meola leaping forth in true guitar hero form, with some group-oriented perfunctory subtleties and complex lines. The title track is the jewel, an acoustic romp through fields of flowers with Lenny White on marimba buoyed by a beautiful, lilting, memorable melody and shifting loud and soft dynamics -- a classic in the repertoire and a fan favorite. The tromping beat of "Jungle Waterfall" supersedes Stanley Clarke's lithe lines, while noise keyboards dominate the silly "Sofistifunk." Corea's acoustic piano is featured on the chordal, grandiose solo "Excerpt from the First Movement of Heavy Metal," and in duet with Clarke. the improvised "Interplay" shows a more spontaneous rather than rehearsed side of these brilliant musicians. Over time, No Mystery yields mixed results, where initially they were viscerally driven and ultimately impressive. The next phase of the group, as indicated by this recording, would take them into even more technologically dominated music. ~ Michael G. Nastos, Rovi
- Artist: Return to Forever
- Format: CD
- Year: 1990
- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC: 042282714923
- Item Number: 28271492
- Release date: 07/07/1987
- Label: Umgd/Verve
- Genre: Jazz
- Style: Fusion
- Album Time: 42:11
- Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy
- Light as a Feather [Expanded] (Import)
- Returns
- Romantic Warrior
- The Anthology
- Where Have I Known You Before
- Where Have I Known You Before
- Where Have I Known You Before/No Mystery
- The Continents: Concerto for Jazz Quintet & Chamber Orchestra
- Chick & Lionel Live at Midem
- Time Warp
- The Elektric Band
- Light Years
- Eye of the Beholder
- Inside Out
- Alive
- Beneath the Mask
- Expressions
- Priceless Jazz
- Like Minds
- Three Quartets [Bonus Tracks]
- Tap Step
- Remembering Bud Powell
- Native Sense: The New Duets
- Origin: Live at Blue Note
- Week at the Blue Note
- Change
- Solo Piano: Standards
- Solo Piano: Originals
- Originations
- Past, Present & Futures
- Rendezvous in New York
- To the Stars
- The Ultimate Adventure
- Return to Forever
- Piano Improvisations, Vol. 1
- Chick Corea: Children's Songs
- Chick Corea and Gary Burton in Concert (Zurich, October 28, 1979)
- Voyage (Import)
- My Spanish Heart
- Light as a Feather
- Septet (Import)
- Trio Music, Live in Europe
- Piano Improvisations, Vol. 2 (Import)
- Crystal Silence
- A.R.C.
- An Evening with Chick Corea & Herbie Hancock (Import)
- Friends
- Rarum, Vol. 3: Selected Recordings
- Rendezvous in New York (Import)
- Sundance [Groove Merchant] (Import)
- Chick Corea: Spain; Piano Concerto No. 1
- An Evening with Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea: In Concert
- Inner Space (Import)
- Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, McCoy Tyner (Import)
- Best of Chick Corea
- Tones for Joan's Bones/Mountain in the Clouds
- Inner Space [Bonus Tracks]
- Les Incontournables
- I Ain't Mad at You (Import)
- Piano Improvisations, Vol. 1
- Inner Space
- Again and Again
- Past, Present & Futures [Japan]
- Rarum, Vol. 3: Selected Recordings
- Return to Forever
- Akoustic Band [Japan 2003]
- An Corea/Hancock
- Light as a Feather [Japan 2003]
- My Spanish Heart [Japan 2003]
- Friends
- Expressions
- Piano Improvisations, Vol. 1
- Elektric Band [Japan]
- Chick Corea and Gary Burton in Concert (Zurich, October 28, 1979)
- Corea, Chick: Leprechaun
- My Spanish Heart [Japan 2005]
- The Mad Hatter
- Secret Agent
- Inside Out
- Beneath the Mask
- Paint the World
- Three Quartets
- Return to Forever
- Light as a Feather [Japan 2006]
- Crystal Silence [Japan 2006]
- Piano Improvisations, Vol. 1
- My Spanish Heart
- The Mad Hatter
- Friends
- Akoustic Band
- Alive
- Chillin' in Chelan
- Akoustic Band [Japan 2008]
- Expressions
- Return to Forever (Import)
- The New Crystal Silence
- Piano Improvisations, Vol. 1 (Import)
- Piano Improvisations, Vol. 2
- A.R.C. (Import)
- Trio Music, Live in Europe
- In Concert (Import)
- Trio Music
- Chick Corea: Children's Songs (Import)
- Corea/Hancock [Japan]
- Light as a Feather (Import)
- Crystal Silence (Import)
- In Concert: Zurich, October 28, 1979 (Import)
- An Evening with Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea: In Concert (Import)
- No Mystery (Import)
- Song of Singing [Japan]
- Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
- Spain; Piano Concerto No. 1 (Import)
- Live from Blue Note Tokyo
- Three Quartets [Bonus Tracks]
- Electric Chick
- Trio Music (Import)
- Crystal Silence [Box Set]
- Trio Music, Live in Europe
- Chick Corea: Children's Songs
- Solo Piano Improvisations/Children's Songs
- Return to Forever (Import)
- Orvieto
- Sound of Jazz
- Now He Sings Now He Sobs
- The Complete "Is" Sessions
- Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
- The Leprechaun
- My Spanish Heart [Verve] (Import)
- Very Best of Chick Corea [Argentina]
- BURTON/COREA : CRYSTAL SILENCE
- Very Best of Chick Corea [Korea]
- Rediscovery On Grp: Chick Corea Family
- The Enchantment
- The New Crystal Silence
- Five Peace Band: Live
- The Definitive Chick Corea on Stretch and Concord
- On Two Pianos
- Forever
- Further Explorations
- Standards & More (Import)
- Romantic Warrior (Import)
- Musicmagic
- The Best of Return to Forever
- Live [2 CD]
- This Is Jazz, Vol. 12
- Musicmagic
- Live [2 CD] (Import)
- Definitive Collection
- Return to the Seventh Galaxy: The Anthology
- The Complete Columbia Albums Collection [Box Set] [Limited Edition]
- Where Have I Known You Before [Bonus Tracks] (Import)
- Romantic Warrior (Import)
- Live: Complete Concert
- Musicmagic
- Romantic Warrior (Import)
- The Mothership Returns
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Credits:
- Neville Potter - Package Concept
- Dennis Drake - Digital Remastering
- Bill Levy - Package Concept, Art Direction
- Dave Phoener - Assistant Engineer
- Petra Kinkele - Cover Design
- Return to Forever - Performer, Main Performer
- Tom Rabstenek - Mastering
- Chick Corea - Performer, Main Performer, Producer
- Shelly Yakus - Engineer, Producer
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