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Return to Forever: Forever

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Label: Concord Reccords
Released: 2011
Time:
 72:53 / 73:45
Category: Jazz Fusion
Producer(s): Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.return2forever.com
Appears with: Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola, Jean-Luc Ponty
Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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Disc 1:

[1] On Green Dolphin Street (Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington) - 8:41
[2] Waltz For Debby (Bill Evans, Gene Lees) - 9:54
[3] Bud Powell (Chick Corea) - 7:09
[4] La Canción de Sophia (Stanley Clarke) - 7:37
[5] Windows (Chick Corea) - 9:54
[6] Hackensack (Thelonious Monk) - 7:26
[7] No Mystery (Chick Corea) - 14:24
[8] Senor Mouse (Chick Corea) - 12:06


Disc 2:

[19 Captain Marvel (Chick Corea) - 4:12
[2] Senor Mouse (Chick Corea) - 10:06
[3] Crescent (John Coltrane) - 1:44
[4] Armando's Rhumba (Chick Corea) - 5:11
[5] Renaissance (Jean-Luc Ponty) - 6:28
[6] High Wire - The Aerialist (Chick Corea, Tony Cohen - Chick Corea) - 3:40
[7] I Loves You Porgy (George Gershwin) - 5:13
[8] After The Cosmic Rain (Stanley Clarke) - 10:37
[9] Space Circus (Chick Corea) - 6:00
[10] 500 Miles High (Chick Corea, Neville Potter) - 12:45

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Chick Corea - Piano, Keyboards, Producer
Stanley Clarke - Electric Bass, Acoustic Bass, Producer
Lenny White - Drums, Producer

Guests on Disc 2:
Jean-Luc Ponty: Violin on [4,5,7-9]
Chaka Khan: Vocals on [6,7]
Bill Connors: Guitar on [2,7-9]

Bernie Kirsh - Engineer on [1:1-1:8,2:1,2:9]
Ron Davis - Engineer on [2:10]
Al Schmitt on [2:7]
Brian Vibberts on [1:1-1:8,2:1-2:6,2:8,2.9]
Buck Snow on [1:1-1:8,2:1-2:6,2:8,2:9]
Kelley Landers - Mix Assistant
Lucy Bayback - Mix Assistant
Bernie Grundman - Mastering
Marc Bessant - Design
Julie Rooney - Design, Photography
Evelyn Brechtlein - Production Coordinator
Andrew Helliott - Photography
Jenna Bowles - Photography
Kris Campbell - Photography
NASA - Photography

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Tracks 1-1 to 1-4, 1-7 & 1-8 recorded at Yoshi's, Oakland, CA., USA, September 16th & 17th, 2009.
Track 1-5 recorded at The Blue Note Tokyo, Japan, November 28th, 2009.
Track 1-6 recorded at Jazz Alley, Seattle, Washington DC., USA, December 12th 2009.
Tracks 2-1 to 2-9 recorded at Mad Hatter Studios, September 1st, 2009.
Track 2-10 recorded Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA., USA, September 30th, 2009.

This 2-CD set is presently only available as a Japanese import. The US release is scheduled for June 2011, to coincide with Mr. Corea's 70th birthday.



Disc 1 is a sort of best-of sampler from the all-acoustic Corea, Clarke and White world tour of 2009. Jazz standards, exquisite Corea-classics, a beautiful new Stanley tune and even some RTF unplugged pieces.Disc 1 recorded live at Yoshi's in Oakland California, Jazz Alley in Seattle Washington and the Blue Note Tokyo.

Disc 2 is a bonus disc with its own story, capturing Corea, Clarke & White in rehearsal with Chaka Khan, Jean-Luc Ponty and the original Return to Forever guitarist, Bill Connors—all three of whom joined CCW for their debut show at the Hollywood Bowl. "500 Miles High" recorded at the Monterey Jazz Festival.



Pianist Chick Corea, bassist Stanley Clarke and drummer Lenny White each a powerful force of nature in his own right have done more in recent decades to redefine jazz-rock fusion and push the limits of its potential than any other musicians today. Together they formed the core of the classic, most popular and successful lineup of Return to Forever, the legendary seminal electric jazz fusion band. After reclaiming the jazz-rock world in 2008 with the triumphant return of Return to Forever, Corea, Clarke and White decided to revisit where it all began, to get back to basics and the soul of their relationship. The result is Forever, a two-CD set of 18 quintessential tunes. Recorded live, disc one of Forever is a best-of sampler from Corea, Clarke and White's "RTF-Unplugged" world tour in 2009. Highlights include jazz standards "On Green Dolphin Street," "Waltz for Debby" and "Hackensack," exquisite Corea-classics "Bud Powell" and "Windows," Clarke's beautiful new "La Canción de Sofia" and even RTF pieces "Señor Mouse" and "No Mystery." Disc two is a bonus CD with its own story. To help kick off their tour in grand style, Corea, Clarke and White invited vocal great Chaka Khan, violin virtuoso Jean-Luc Ponty and original Return to Forever guitarist Bill Connors to join them for a one-time only gig at the famed Hollywood Bowl in LA. Chaka Khan's appearance marks a special highlight a reprise of the 1982 recording Echoes of an Era, a collection of straight-ahead jazz with performances from Freddie Hubbard and Joe Henderson, along with Corea, Clarke and White (also produced by White). Khan's amazing vocal chops, heard with her jazz-standard partners in this extraordinary setting, are stunningly demonstrated on a beautiful version of Gershwin's "I Loves You Porgy" and the Corea-penned "High Wire The Aerialist." Return to Forever will be touring Australia February 2011.



Pianist Chick Corea, bassist Stanley Clarke and drummer Lenny White have teamed up once again to revisit their common roots in the seminal fusion band Return to Forever. On June 7, 2011, Concord Jazz will release Forever, a two-CD set of 18 tunes that include updated RTF classics as well as jazz trio standards. In support of the release, a tour is planned for next summer.

Disc one, recorded live, is a best-of sampler from Corea, Clarke and White’s acoustic “RTF–Unplugged” 2009 world tour. Highlights include jazz standards “On Green Dolphin Street,” “Waltz For Debby” and “Hackensack,” Corea classics “Bud Powell” and “Windows,” Clarke’s new “La Canción De Sofia” and RTF pieces “Señor Mouse” and “No Mystery.”

“This acoustic trio had not been documented up to this point,” said White. “It was important to document because that’s how we started. On the last day of our Keystone Korner gig in 1973 in San Francisco, we had two guitarists sit in, and it became electric. But we come from playing it the jazz tradition. RTF had a real jazz rhythm section, and I think that’s what distinguishes RTF from all the other groups.”

Disc two of Forever is a bonus CD that includes tracks featuring vocalist Chaka Khan, violinist Jean-Luc Ponty and original RTF guitarist Bill Connors, all of whom joined the core trio for a one-time-only gig at the Hollywood Bowl during the 2009 tour. Connors reunites with his former bandmates on several compositions from the Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy album, incuding “Señor Mouse,” “Space Circus” and “After The Rain.” Ponty performs on five tracks, including “Armando’s Rhumba” (which he first performed on Corea’s 1976 album My Spanish Heart) and his onetime fusion hit “Renaissance.”

Kahn’s appearance marks a reprise of the 1982 recording Echoes Of An Era, a straightahead collection with performances from Freddie Hubbard and Joe Henderson, along with Corea, Clarke and White. Her vocal chops are demonstrated on Gershwin’s “I Loves You Porgy” and the Corea-penned “High Wire–The Aerialist.”

Most of the tracks on disc two are from rehearsal sessions for the Hollywood Bowl gig held at Mad Hatter Studios in Los Angeles. The vibe is relaxed, with plenty of studio banter and laughter as the trio and their guests prepare the concert material. The final track of disc two is a fresh version of Corea’s “500 Miles High” recorded by Corea, Clarke and White live at the Monterey Jazz Festival.

“There was real magic,” Clarke said of the trio’s 2009 tour. “We hadn’t seen each other for a long time, and we have a lot of history at Mad Hatter. We originally didn’t intend to put this material out, but it sounded so great that we wanted to share this with our fans.”
According to Clarke, another electric RTF tour is in the works, featuring himself, Corea, White, Connors and Ponty. “This is actually the fourth version of Return To Forever,” he said. “It’s come full circle with Bill coming back and the addition of Jean-Luc. After release, we’re doing an RTF IV tour to go out and support the new CD. It’s a total update, and it’s going to be a lot of fun.”

Downbeat, 02 December 2010
 

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