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Music CD - Chick Corea: Return to Forever
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Music CD: Return to Forever
Artist: Chick Corea
List Price: $17.98
Our Price: $10.78
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Manufacturer: Ecm Records
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Tracks:
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1. Return to Forever
2. Crystal Silence
3. What Game Shall We Play Today?
4. Sometime Ago/La Fiesta
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0042281197826
Label: Ecm Records
Manufacturer: Ecm Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Ecm Records
Release Date: 1999-11-16
Studio: Ecm Records
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: truly a beautiful album
Comment: i probably have had all rtf fusion albums for 20 years, but i had never heard this ecm album [ friends of mine did not recomend it, they said it was to light weight. it certainly is not light weight, there is plenty of heat delivered. but the corea electric piano sound on the interludes are very haunting, and yes it does have that icey ecm sound. also flora purim"s vocals here and there are very complementary ,joe farrell has always been an underated saxaphonist, check out andrew hills dance with death, and his own moon germs albums, also this album is better than light as a feather. thats was my main concern . that album was more derivitive. this is a classic. the only complaint i have is a little tape hiss here and there, but not enough to take away from the enjoyment of the album.
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Summary: Lovely
Comment: My first listen of Return To Forever really soured my outtake on jazz fusion. About two months ago, I gave Romantic Warrior a listen because I saw a great bass cover online. But when giving a listen, I found the parts he made enjoyable (the bass lines) not to be the focus. Instead, this piano was so liquid and overpowering, cheesy, so damn artificial, it really hurt it. It is akin to drowning in water, and drowning in water takes away life. Thankfully, I recently gave this a listen, and jazz fusion is a lot better than I thought it would be. Though I am a newbie. Heck, this is my second jazz fusion listen.
Return to Forever take all the bliss, and beauty that PBS has (without any of the boredom) with a crisp, refreshing splash of a piano, jazzy drumming, and more. The cover seems to be quite appropriate, and there is some latin in it, painting pictures of a lot (for some reason, Mr. Roger's Neighborhood comes to mind. Hate that show). Not just fodder for comparisons from PBS, either. The bird on the cover represents something. Heck, there is a lot of serene imagery to go with the music. You don't even need to imagine that much. Right when you push play, the cloud (come to think of music, doesn't most music you listen to have some kind of cloud of) is put up, and you get right into the music.
Though there are only four tracks, they all are long, and you will easily sit through them (this one really glides). The title track is a lovely, sweeping peace with a couple of somber interludes that gracefully starts up twice effortlessly. Crystal Silence is serene jazz, with just the right touches of silence paired with crisp, crystal melodies. What Game Shall We Play Today sounds like the theme song to the best PBS show. The next one, the monster 23 minute fourth track, features skyrocketing basses that conjure up birds shooting in the sky, the gliding Sometime Ago, and La Fiesta, the climax flight of this enchanted world. Not a minute wasted.
Though I prefer to let the music consume me (not all the way, just as much as it cares to), those who want to learn to chops on music are in good hands. Chick Corea's keyboard isn't smothering, with gracious breaths of life. Husband and wife Airto Moreira and Flora Purim provide beautiful drums, percussion, and vocals. Stanley Clark rips on the bass, and Joe Farrel, that guy is good. Excellent saxophones and flutes make everything come alive. Best of all, this stuff has emotion and technical ability. So neither one is shortcomed.
Very accessible yet uncompromising jazz fusion. This album offers a bunch for all ages, and all kinds of people.
10/10
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Summary: let it flow and absorb the feelings!
Comment: When I first heard this album, I didn't know what to expect. I had trouble getting into it the first few times, because honestly, what most people consider a splendid delicate build up in jazzy musical themes, I thought was just very boring and pointless noodling.
However, I was wrong.
I now consider all that "pointless noodling" some very fine instrumental playing. Inexperience can really change things (for the worse) when it comes to music, and I had to find out the hard way just what it's like to miss out on some sophisticated musical themes.
This album has a frighteningly empty and quiet winter theme throughout the entire thing. It's especially evident on the title song. Wow, those chilly vocals and quiet atmospheric bits! It's like being lost somewhere in Antarctica!
"What Game Shall We Play Today" stands apart from the rest of the album since it's a short and happy pop song, similar to Paul Simon's "See Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard".
"Sometime Ago" is just a MONSTER build-up in musical themes and atmospheric passages. At first it seems like the first half of the 23-minute track is just pointless jamming, while the second half is the meat and potatoes of the album. But you know, with repeated listens, it's revealed the entire thing works together well. For me to believe this song WASN'T a masterpiece the first time I heard it just went to show how inexperienced I was with this kind of music. It most certainly is a brilliant composition.
Worth owning!
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Summary: Start of a new era
Comment: A little softer than I expected, more pastoral, and very pleasant. A superb preface to a new era of fusion at the time. A great band with lots ahead of them, this recording shows a broad spectrum of their talents.
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Summary: Great mood jazz
Comment: Chick Corea at his best in my view. Simple yet complex, this is a wonderful relaxing album. If you buy only one Chick Corea CD, get this one.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Japanese only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players) pressing. Universal. 2008.
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