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Return to Forever |
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| Styles: |
Jazz - Fusion - Groups - Instruments - Piano - Labels - ECM - Post - bop |
| Media: |
Audio CD |
| Release Date: |
March 1988 |
| Label: |
Ecm |
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| UPC Catalogue No: |
042281197826 |
| Amazon Sales Ranking: |
14813 |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Description |
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The soul of fusion lies not in a barrage of note clusters pushed through overdriven amplifiers, but in the arresting beauty of Return to Forever's lucid vision--music without boundaries. The stunningly virtuosic pianist Chick Corea had already come through an exploration of free jazz with Circle, a tutelage in the Miles Davis Academy of New Electric Music and a soul-search with "Piano Improvisations" when he arrived at perhaps his most brilliant conception yet. Corea and bassist Stanley Clarke fly through the proceedings, supporting Joe Farrell's flute and soprano sax playing that may have been the performance of his life. Flora Purim's vocals and Airto Moreira's drums and percussion contribute discretely to the music's serenity... --John Swenson |
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Tracks |
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Return to Forever |
| 2 |
Crystal Silence |
| 3 |
What Games Shall We Play Today? |
| 4 |
Sometime Ago/La Fiesta |
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Customer Reviews |
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Not to good for all of us |
Rating: 3.0 |
With great expectations I got this album. I'd never heard or read a bad revue of it, I new the musicians who'd played on it and loved most of their work. This was supposed to be an album that one couldn't help but love or admire. But its failed to ever really excite me.
There are interesting moments on the album, such as the climatic points of "Return to Forever", but the music also has a sickly sweet character to it. While this album is supposed to be making waves, the sound often masks what the musicians are actually doing in terms of breaking new ground. This is particularly shown in the 'Playful' "What game shall we play today". Perhaps I'm more of a fan of the harsh sounds that other fusion bands create like in Weather Reports "Mysterious Traveller", but the sounds in this album seem very plain.
Technically the album holds much weight as is to be expected, the songs are well crafted and the music itself is by no means bad. But, be warned, the album was not what I expected and as a result I continue to be dissappointed. |
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Diffrent jazz |
Rating: 5.0 |
Chick Corea's "Return to forever" is a wonderful collection of tracks from a clearly brilliant pianist and his equally brilliant accompanying musicians. This album marries together excellent musicianship with well written, and simultaneously liberal and structured músic, making for an unmistakably good record. Progressive and retro it's worth every penny. |
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Fantastic |
Rating: 5.0 |
This album has hardly left my CD player since I bought it - that was almost a month ago! This is a totally brilliant album that seems to have been quite overlooked. Corea's piano playing is sublime - he's got a very melodic style (rather like Keith Jarrett) and excellent improvisation skills. He reads the music and the other band members very well and the overall effect is of seamless playing by the the whole band. Having said that, Stan Clarke's bass is also excellent and the rest of the band really fits together.I suppose this is classed as Jazz-rock but it's a million miles from say Bitch's Brew - far more structured and chilled out. Just buy it and make your own opinion up. Anyone with more than a passing interest in music of that style will appreciate it. I think it's great! |
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