Return to Forever
- Artist: Chick Corea
- Format: CD
- Year: 2003
- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC: 4988005330314
- Item Number: PID330314
- Release date: 04/28/2003
- 1. Return to Forever
- 2. Crystal Silence
- 3. What Game Shall We Play Today?
- 4. Sometime Ago/La Fiesta
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Return to Forever by Chick Corea on CD
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 drummer/percussionist Airto Moreira, and electric bass whiz Stanley Clarke. It wasn't actually released in the U.S. until 1975, which was why the group's second album, Light as a Feather, initially made the Return to Forever name. Nonetheless, Return to Forever is every bit as classic, using a similar blend of spacy electric-piano fusion and Brazilian and Latin rhythms. It's all very warm, light, and airy, like a soft breeze on a tropical beach -- hardly the sort of firebrand approach to fusion that Miles Davis, Tony Williams, and the Mahavishnu Orchestra were exploring, and far less rooted in funk or rock. Corea also bathes the album in an undertone of trippy mysticism, not only in the (admittedly dated) lyrics, but in his cosmic keyboard wanderings, which remain melodic and accessible through most of the record. There's one genuine pop song in the groovy samba "What Game Shall We Play Today," and while "Sometime Ago" has similar elements, it's part of an ambitious side-long medley that features a stream-of-consciousness intro and a jubilant, Spanish/Mexican-style closing section called "La Fiesta," complete with castanets and flamenco modes. The title track is another multi-sectioned work, featuring Corea and Purim in wordless unison on two different, catchy themes, plus breezy work from Farrell and lots of Brazilian-flavored rhythmic interplay. And the dreamy, meditative "Crystal Silence" is an underrated gem waiting to be rediscovered. Certainly, this edition of Return to Forever wasn't inclined toward high-voltage jazz-rock (as the next one was), but this group's two albums still stand as some of the most imaginative and distinctive early fusion recordings. ~ Steve Huey, Rovi
- Artist: Chick Corea
- Format: CD
- Year: 2003
- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC: 4988005330314
- Item Number: PID330314
- Release date: 04/28/2003
- Label: Universal Distribution
- Genre: Jazz
- Style: Fusion
- Album Time: 46:48
- A.R.C.
- A.R.C. (Import)
- Again and Again
- Akoustic Band
- Akoustic Band [Japan 2003]
- Akoustic Band [Japan 2008]
- Alive
- Alive
- An Corea/Hancock
- An Evening with Chick Corea & Herbie Hancock (Import)
- An Evening with Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea: In Concert
- Beneath the Mask
- Beneath the Mask
- Best of Chick Corea
- Change
- Chick & Lionel Live at Midem
- Chick Corea and Gary Burton in Concert (Zurich, October 28, 1979)
- Chick Corea and Gary Burton in Concert (Zurich, October 28, 1979)
- Chick Corea: Children's Songs
- Chick Corea: Children's Songs
- Chick Corea: Children's Songs (Import)
- Chick Corea: Spain; Piano Concerto No. 1
- Corea, Chick: Leprechaun
- Corea/Hancock [Japan]
- Crystal Silence [Box Set]
- Electric Chick
- Elektric Band [Japan]
- Expressions
- Expressions
- Expressions
- Eye of the Beholder
- Friends
- Friends
- Friends
- I Ain't Mad at You (Import)
- In Concert (Import)
- Inner Space
- Inner Space (Import)
- Inner Space [Bonus Tracks]
- Inside Out
- Inside Out
- Les Incontournables
- Light Years
- Live from Blue Note Tokyo
- Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
- My Spanish Heart
- My Spanish Heart
- My Spanish Heart [Japan 2003]
- My Spanish Heart [Japan 2005]
- My Spanish Heart [Verve] (Import)
- Native Sense: The New Duets
- Now He Sings Now He Sobs
- Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
- Origin: Live at Blue Note
- Originations
- Paint the World
- Past, Present & Futures
- Past, Present & Futures [Japan]
- Piano Improvisations, Vol. 1
- Piano Improvisations, Vol. 1
- Piano Improvisations, Vol. 1
- Piano Improvisations, Vol. 1
- Piano Improvisations, Vol. 1 (Import)
- Piano Improvisations, Vol. 2
- Piano Improvisations, Vol. 2 (Import)
- Priceless Jazz
- Rarum, Vol. 3: Selected Recordings
- Rarum, Vol. 3: Selected Recordings
- Rediscovery On Grp: Chick Corea Family
- Remembering Bud Powell
- Rendezvous in New York
- Rendezvous in New York (Import)
- Return to Forever
- Return to Forever
- Return to Forever (Import)
- Return to Forever (Import)
- Secret Agent
- Septet (Import)
- Solo Piano Improvisations/Children's Songs
- Solo Piano: Originals
- Solo Piano: Standards
- Song of Singing [Japan]
- Sound of Jazz
- Spain; Piano Concerto No. 1 (Import)
- Sundance [Groove Merchant] (Import)
- Tap Step
- The Complete "Is" Sessions
- The Elektric Band
- The Enchantment
- The Leprechaun
- The Mad Hatter
- The Mad Hatter
- The New Crystal Silence
- The New Crystal Silence
- The Ultimate Adventure
- Three Quartets
- Three Quartets [Bonus Tracks]
- Three Quartets [Bonus Tracks]
- Time Warp
- To the Stars
- Tones for Joan's Bones/Mountain in the Clouds
- Trio Music
- Trio Music (Import)
- Trio Music, Live in Europe
- Trio Music, Live in Europe
- Trio Music, Live in Europe
- Very Best of Chick Corea [Argentina]
- Very Best of Chick Corea [Korea]
- Voyage (Import)
- Week at the Blue Note
- Composers:
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Performers:
- Airto Moreira - Drums
- Airto Moreira - Drums (Snare)
- Airto Moreira - Percussion
- Chick Corea - Piano
- Chick Corea - Piano (Electric)
- Flora Purim - Percussion
- Flora Purim - Vocals
- Joe Farell - Flute
- Joe Farell - Sax (Soprano)
- Joe Farrell - Flute
- Joe Farrell - Sax (Soprano)
- Joe Farrell - Sax (Tenor)
- Stanley Clarke - Bass
- Stanley Clarke - Bass (Electric)
- Stanley Clarke - Double Bass
- Stanley Clarke - Guitar (Bass)
- Credits:
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