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Return to Forever was the name of a jazz fusion band founded and led by keyboardist Chick Corea. The band cycled through many members, but the only consistent band mate of Corea’s was bassist Stanley Clarke. Along with Weather Report and Mahavishnu Orchestra, these bands are often seen as the core of jazz fusion music in the 1970s. Several musicians, including Clarke, Flora Purim, Airto Moreira and Al Di Meola first became well-known through their performances on Return to Forever’s albums.
After playing on Miles Davis’s albums In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew, Corea formed an avant-garde jazz band called Circle with Dave Holland, Anthony Braxton and Barry Altschul. However in 1972, after becoming a disciple of the Scientology cult, Corea decided that he wanted to “communicate” with the audience. This essentially meant that he wanted to make more commercial music, since avant-garde jazz had a relatively small audience.
The first line-up (1972 - 1973)
The first Return to Forever band played latin-oriented music. The initial band consisted of singer (and occasional percussionist) Flora Purim, her husband Airto Moreira on drums and other percussion, Corea’s longtime musical co-worker Joe Farrell on saxophone and flute, and the young bassist Stanley Clarke, who became the only constant member of the band apart from Corea. Especially in this first line-up, Clarke played double bass in addition to electric bass. Corea’s electric piano was the leading instrument in this group’s sound, but Clarke and Farrell were also given plenty of solo space.
After playing on Miles Davis’s albums In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew, Corea formed an avant-garde jazz band called Circle with Dave Holland, Anthony Braxton and Barry Altschul. However in 1972, after becoming a disciple of the Scientology cult, Corea decided that he wanted to “communicate” with the audience. This essentially meant that he wanted to make more commercial music, since avant-garde jazz had a relatively small audience.
The first line-up (1972 - 1973)
The first Return to Forever band played latin-oriented music. The initial band consisted of singer (and occasional percussionist) Flora Purim, her husband Airto Moreira on drums and other percussion, Corea’s longtime musical co-worker Joe Farrell on saxophone and flute, and the young bassist Stanley Clarke, who became the only constant member of the band apart from Corea. Especially in this first line-up, Clarke played double bass in addition to electric bass. Corea’s electric piano was the leading instrument in this group’s sound, but Clarke and Farrell were also given plenty of solo space.
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K1BORG wrote:
The Endless Night live version is just amazing!!!
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Semphys wrote:
Yeah, now we're talking, lol
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florianblaschke wrote:
Just listen to the synthesizer riff at 7:30 in "Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant" :O
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florianblaschke wrote:
OK, this is coming from a jazz fusion noob, but Romantic Warrior is WEIRD. Looks like a power metal album, sounds like video game music. WTF? (I have read that it was inspired by Rick Wakeman's solo albums, though.)
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Crawtachio wrote:
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/3977686/return_to_forever_discography Sorry for being a pirate. My sincere apologies.
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szmataarmata wrote:
Hey! If you are fan o Weather Report (with Jaco or without him) join my group - http://www.lastfm.pl/group/Weather+Report
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IvoireGunner wrote:
You need to join: Return to Forever
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Kingsnake77 wrote:
Oh I need to get hold of the new album :)
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alviladog wrote:
when i heard al di meolas solo playing i thought that nothing could top it but this is divine:)
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GuiDelmolin wrote:
ótimo
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mep3ab4uk wrote:
light as a feather 1962 - I love it!
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McYaballow wrote:
Wow, Vulcan Worlds' main melody is a total ripoff of John Barry's theme to Midnight Cowboy.
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Murder_Nouveau wrote:
@Overspeculated: "Returns"
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sweipea wrote:
This album is timeless!!
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Fade2611 wrote:
So insane. How these compositions are composed are beyond anything I can comprehend.
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Jizicek wrote:
The new album is unbelievable, the sound is killing!
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n719865 wrote:
jumping jupiter
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Eitttlane wrote:
new album is awesome.
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Murder_Nouveau wrote:
the new album sounds great *-*
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schokone wrote:
woah...anyone listened to the new album? how is it???
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