Returns (album)
Appearance
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Released | March 17, 2009 | |||
Recorded | July 18 & 31, 2008, August 6, 2008 | |||
Venue | Stravinski Auditorium, Montreux Jazz Festival (July 18), Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida (July 31), Bank of America Pavilion, Boston, Massachusetts (August 6) | |||
Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
Label | Eagle | |||
Producer | Terry Shand, Claude Nobs | |||
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Chick Corea chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
All About Jazz | (favorable) [1] |
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Returns is a live album by American fusion band Return to Forever. Released in 2009 by Eagle Records, it is the first recording by the band after a hiatus of 32 years. Also in 2009 a video recording of the band's live performances from the "Returns" tour at Montreux, Switzerland and (bonus material) Clearwater, Florida was released by Eagle Rock Entertainment as Returns: Live at Montreux 2008.
CD track listing
[edit]Disc one
[edit]- "Opening Prayer" (Chick Corea) – 2:03
- "Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy" (Corea) – 3:43
- "Vulcan Worlds" (Stanley Clarke) – 13:45
- "Sorceress" (Lenny White) – 11:22
- "Song to the Pharaoh Kings" (Corea) – 27:13
- Al's Solo, including – 8:54
- "Children's Song #3" (Corea) duet with Chick Corea
- "Passion Grace & Fire" (di Meola)
- "Mediterranean Sundance" (di Meola)
- "Café 1930"(Astor Piazzolla)
- "Spain"(Corea, Joaquín Rodrigo) duet with Chick Corea
- "No Mystery" (Corea) – 8:52
Disc two
[edit]- "Friendship" (Corea) Chick's Solo, including "Solar" (Miles Davis) – 8:52
- "Romantic Warrior" (Corea) – 7:19
- "El Bayo de Negro" Stanley's Solo (Clarke) – 11:25
- "Lineage" Lenny's Solo (White) – 7:39
- "Romantic Warrior" (continued) (Corea) – 3:03
- "Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant" (Corea) – 14:03
Bonus tracks
- "500 Miles High" (Corea) – 12:48
- BBC Lifetime Achievement Award to RTF as presented by Sir George Martin, including a performance of "Romantic Warrior" – 8:20
Recorded at the:
- Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida, the U.S., July 31, 2008 (tracks 1.1–2.5)
- Bank of America Pavilion, Boston, Massachusetts, the U.S., August 6, 2008 (track 2.6)
- Stravinski Auditorium, Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland, July 18, 2008 (track 2.7)
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Video by | |
Released | May 12, 2009 |
Recorded | July 18 & 31, 2008 |
Venue | Stravinski Auditorium, Montreux Jazz Festival (July 18), Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida (July 31) |
Genre | Jazz fusion |
Length | 149 minutes |
Label | Eagle Rock Entertainment |
DVD-Video track listing
[edit]- Main show – Stravinski Auditorium, Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland, 18 July 2008
- Introduction
- "Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy" (Chick Corea)
- "Vulcan Worlds" (Stanley Clarke)
- "Sorceress" (Lenny White)
- "Song to the Pharaoh Kings" (Corea)
- Al's solo
- "No Mystery" (Corea)
- "Chick's Solo
- "Romantic Warrior" (Corea)
- "El Bayo de Negro" (Stanley's solo)
- "Lineage" (Lenny's solo)
- "Romantic Warrior" (conclusion) (Corea)
- Bonus tracks – Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida, 31 July 2008
- "Lineage" (Lenny's solo)
- Al's solo
- "Friendship" (Chick's solo)
- "El Bayo de Negro" (Stanley's solo)
- "Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant" (Corea)
Personnel
[edit]Return to Forever
- Chick Corea – Yamaha grand piano C3MP, Rhodes Midi Piano Mark V, synthesizers (Minimoog Voyager, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, Yamaha Motif)
- Al Di Meola – acoustic and electric guitar
- Stanley Clarke – electric and acoustic bass
- Lenny White – drums
CD production
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DVD-Video production
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Chart performance
[edit]Year | Chart | Position |
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2009 | Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz | 2 [3] |
References
[edit]- ^ Kelman, John (8 June 2009). "Return to Forever - Returns - Live at Montreux 2008 (2009) Blu-ray/DVD review". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ Horowitz, Hal. "Return to Forever - Returns (2009) album review | AllMusic". allmusic.com.
- ^ "Return to Forever - Returns (2009) | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
- Review of video at Jazztimes.com by Meredith, Bill
External links
[edit]- Return to Forever - Returns (2009) album review by Hal Horowitz, credits & releases at AllMusic
- Return to Forever - Returns (2009) album releases & credits at Discogs
- Return to Forever - Returns (2009) album to be listened as stream on Spotify
- Return to Forever - Returns: Live at Montreux 2008 (2009) Blu-ray/DVD releases & credits at Discogs