As a member of miles davis band in the 1960s, he participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. Chick coreas 75th birthday, corea and john mclaughlin, blue note jazz club, new york city, 10 december 2016 a new group, the five peace band, began a world tour in october 2008. Chick corea, stanley clarke, al di meola, lenny white 43 jazzaldia festival duration. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. Now, newly remixed and remastered, the original music reclaims its place as some of the most thrilling music made in an astounding era for jazz. Through its existence, the band has cycled through a number of different members, with the only consistent bandmate of corea s being bassist stanley clarke. Chick corea return to forever 1972 german release amazon. Through its existence, the band has cycled through a number of different members, with the only consistent bandmate of coreas being bassist stanley clarke. The band has had many members, with the only consistent bandmate of corea s being bassist stanley clarke. Books by chick corea author of the chick corea collection.
Buy chick coreas album titled return to forever to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it to due to covid19, orders may be delayed. Within a year, corea with clarke, bill connors, and lenny white had changed return to forever into a pacesetting and highpowered fusion band. Sometime ago i had a dream it was happy it was lasting it was free and now in life oh cant you see how we can make that dream into re. Unlike later albums by the group, it was released by the ecm label and produced by manfred eicher. A usbased band led by keyboardist chick corea,return to forever were formed in new york in 1972. Chick corea electric piano, joe farrell flutes, soprano saxophone, flora purim vocal, percussion, stanley clarke basses, airto.
Find similar albums to return to forever chick corea, return to forever on allmusic. Return to forever is a jazz fusion group founded and led by pianist chick corea. Bostons white pianist armando chick corea 1941 moved to new york in 1961 and cut his teeth in latinjazz combos. Forever chick corea, stanley clarke, return to forever. Corea had been playing next to miles davis,before forming a avantjazz group called circle. Scopri pubblicazioni, recensioni, crediti, brani, e molto altro su chick corea return to forever in discogs. Then a few years ago i heard on the radio cuts from a new chick corea album, the ultimate adventure. Chick corea s 75th birthday, corea and john mclaughlin, blue note jazz club, new york city, 10 december 2016 a new group, the five peace band, began a world tour in october 2008.
Return to forever the first album toward the end of 1971, chick formed his first edition of return to forever with stanley clarke on acoustic bass, joe farrell on soprano sax and flute, airto moreira on drums and percussion and moreiras wife flora purim on vocals. Chick corea return to forever lyrics and tracklist genius. Return to forever chick corea, return to forever similar. Nov 25, 2011 chick corea, as told to alex hoyt read past first drafts from wilco, will shortz, stephen king, christo, and others. The first is return to forever, chick coreas original record with his groundbreaking fusion band and a musthave album that is essential listening for any respectable jazz lover. Chick corea and return to forever 500 miles high youtube. Return to forever is an american jazz fusion band that was founded by pianist chick corea in 1971. Their sound was quite difficult,so corea decided to form another band with an aim of playing a more accesible form of jazz music. When pianist chick corea, bassist stanley clarke and drummer lenny white joined forces with guitarist al di meola for a reunion gig of their mid70s fusion behemoth return to forever a few years ago, the results were perfunctory rather than progressive. Corea had worked with mclaughlin in daviss late 1960s bands, including the group that recorded daviss album bitches brew.
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 soulsearch with piano improvisations when he arrived at perhaps his most brilliant conception yet. In the 1970s, return to forever released a string of albums that blew the doors of contemporary jazz. Armando anthony corea birth name jazz fusion, jazz, postbop, avantgarde jazz, jazzrock, ecm style jazz. Along with herbie hancock, mccoy tyner and keith jarrett, he. Corea had worked with mclaughlin in daviss late 1960s bands, including the. Chick corea return to forever pubblicazioni discogs. Return to forever chick corea, return to forever songs. With standard notation and introductory text does not include words to the songs. The legendary first lineup of chick corea s fusion band return to forever debuted on this classic album titled after the group but credited to corea, featuring joe farrell on soprano sax and flute, the brazilian team of vocalist flora purim and drummerpercussionist airto moreira, and electric bass whiz stanley clarke. The band has had many members, with the only consistent bandmate of coreas being bassist stanley clarke.
The first is return to forever, chick corea s original record with his groundbreaking fusion band and a musthave album that is essential listening for any respectable jazz lover. Chick coreas most popular book is the chick corea collection. Forever by chick corea, stanley clarke, lenny white. Return to forever really is a stunning disk chick corea s selfconscious attempt to write more accessible compositions after more experimental pieces of the late 1960s early 1970s, with a band that spanned the acoustic and emerging electronic frontiers of jazz. Talented pianist who has a wide palette of influences but was highly important in early fusion and jazzrock. Antidote album trailer chick corea, return to forever. A usbased band led by keyboardist chick corea, return to forever were formed in new york in 1972. The legendary first lineup of chick coreas fusion band return to forever debuted on this classic album titled after the group but credited to corea, featuring joe farrell on soprano sax and flute, the brazilian team of vocalist flora purim and drummerpercussionist airto moreira, and electric bass whiz stanley clarke. Corea and bassist stanley clarke fly through the proceedings. Chick corea, as told to alex hoyt read past first drafts from wilco, will shortz, stephen king, christo, and others.
With weather report, the headhunters, and mahavishnu orchestra, return to forever is often cited as one of the core groups of the jazzfusion movement of the 1970s. Some were good, some were soso, but none seemed as good to my ears as the chick corea of old. Mar 06, 20 chick corea, return to forever licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of grp. The legendary first lineup of chick coreas fusion band return to forever debuted on this classic album titled after the group but credited to corea, featuring joe farrell on soprano sax and flute, the brazilian team of vocalist flora purim and drummerpercussionist airto moreira. Return to forever is a jazz fusion album by chick corea, simultaneously functioning as the debut album by the band of the same name. Return to forever really is a stunning disk chick coreas selfconscious attempt to write more accessible compositions after more experimental pieces of the late 1960s early 1970s, with a band that spanned the acoustic and emerging electronic frontiers of jazz. The new real book, egalement en trois volumes, publie chez sher music, et est plus lisible. Get all the lyrics to songs on return to forever and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics.
He rapidly transitioned from the hard bop of tones for joans bones december 1966, also released as inner space, with the lengthy litha and straight up and down woody shaw on trumpet, joe farrell on flute and tenor saxophone, steve swallow on bass, joe chambers on drums. While the music was rockoriented, it still retained the improvisations of jazz, and corea remained quite recognizable, even under the barrage of electronics. With lyrics by neville potter, including crystal silence, 500 miles high, what game shall we play today, and many others. Manufactured and distributed by polydor incorporated, 810 7th avenue, new york, n. Many of his compositions are considered jazz standards.
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