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2012 live album by Return to Forever
The Mothership Returns Released 18 June 2012 Recorded 2011 Genre Jazz fusion Length 112 :30 Label Eagle Producer Tim Cavanaugh, Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, Geoff Kempin, Adam Mason, Bill Rooney, Terry Shand, Lenny White
Forever (2009)
The Mothership Returns (2012)
The Mothership Returns is a live two CD set and one DVD by the fusion band Return to Forever . Released 18 June 2012 by Eagle Rock Entertainment , the double CD set documents the music performed during the 2011 tour. Return to Forever was expanded for this tour to quintet and featured keyboardist Chick Corea , bassist Stanley Clarke , drummer Lenny White , guitarist Frank Gambale and violinist Jean-Luc Ponty . The album peaked #6 in the 2012 and 2013 Jazz Album charts.[3]
CD track listing
Disc one
"Medieval Overture" (Chick Corea ) – 6:03
"Senor Mouse" (Corea) – 12:10
"Shadow of Love/Sorceress" (Lenny White ) – 16:05
"Renaissance" (Jean-Luc Ponty ) – 19:40
Disc two
"After the Cosmic Rain" (Stanley Clarke ) – 16:52
"The Romantic Warrior / Señor Blues" (Corea, Horace Silver ) – 18:20
"Concierto de Aranjuez / Spain" (Corea, Joaquín Rodrigo ) – 8:12
"School Days" (Clarke) – 11:24
"Beyond the Seventh Galaxy" (Corea) – 3:44
DVD
Inside the Music (film, documentary)
"After the Cosmic Rain" (Live, Austin, Texas)
"The Romantic Warrior" (Live, Montreux, Switzerland)
The Story of Return to Forever (sneak peek movie trailer)
Personnel
Recording credits
Devin Villery – audio systems technician
Bernie Kirsch – monitor engineer
Travis Rogers – sound engineer
Tim Cavanaugh – producer
Stanley Clarke – co- & executive producer
Chick Corea – co- & executive producer
Geoff Kempin – executive producer
Terry Shand – executive producer
Lenny White – producer, executive producer
Terry Cooley – production manager
Rob Griffin – tour manager
Mick Guzauski – mixing
Buck Snow – mixing
Greg Calbi – mastering
Adam Mason – editing, producer
Kris Campbell – tour manager
Paul May – tour manager
James "McGoo" McGregor – stage technician
Brian Alexander – keyboard technician
Eric "Stretch" Hanson – bass technician
Jim Moran – drum technician
Matt Druzbik – lighting director
Evelyn Brechtlein – production coordination
Anna Robertson – production assistant
Librado Barocio – director
Dan Muse – liner note coordination
Liner notes by Chick Corea, Jean-Luc Ponty, Frank Gambale, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White, Robert Trujillo
Graphic design by Marc Bessant, Julie Rooney
Photography by Matt Bizer, Andrew Elliott, Martin Philby, Arne B. Rostad
Chart performance
Year
Chart
Position
2012
Billboard Jazz Albums
6 [3]
References
External links
Studio albums Live albums Compilations Videos Related
Captain Marvel (1972) Verve
Forever (Corea, Clarke & White) (2011) Concord