''Returns'' is a live album by American fusion band

Return to Forever Return to Forever was an American jazz fusion band that was founded by pianist Chick Corea in 1972. The band has had many members, with the only consistent bandmate of Corea's being bassist Stanley Clarke. Along with Weather Report, The Headhun ...

. Released in 2009 by

Eagle Records Eagle Records is a British record label, a division of Eagle Rock Entertainment, itself a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. In the United Kingdom, the label's managing director is Lindsay Brown, former manager of Van Halen, while in the ...

, 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

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, Switzerland and (bonus material)

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was released by

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as ''Returns: Live at Montreux 2008''.

CD track listing

Disc one

#"Opening Prayer" (

Chick Corea Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain (instrumental), Spain", "500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba" ...

) – 2:03 #"Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy" (Corea) – 3:43 #"Vulcan Worlds" (

Stanley Clarke Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American bassist, composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz-related music. He is the first jazz-fus ...

) – 13:45 #"Sorceress" (

Lenny White Leonard White III (born December 19, 1949) is an American jazz fusion drummer who was a member of the band Return to Forever led by Chick Corea in the 1970s. White has been called "one of the founding fathers of jazz fusion". White has won thre ...

) – 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 Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla (, ; March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger. His works revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed '' nuevo tango'', incorporating elements fr ...

) #*"

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

" (Corea,

Joaquín Rodrigo Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre, 1st Marquess of the Gardens of Aranjuez (; 22 November 1901 – 6 July 1999), was a Spanish composer and a virtuoso pianist. He is best known for composing the '' Concierto de Aranjuez'', a cornerstone of the classical g ...

) duet with Chick Corea #"No Mystery" (Corea) – 8:52

Disc two

#"Friendship" (Corea) Chick's Solo, including "Solar" (

Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th century music, 20th-century music. Davis ado ...

) – 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 Sir George Henry Martin (3 January 1926 – 8 March 2016) was an English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, and musician. He was commonly referred to as the "fifth Beatle" because of his extensive involvement in each of the Beatle ...

, including a performance of "Romantic Warrior" – 8:20 Recorded at the: *

Ruth Eckerd Hall Ruth Eckerd Hall is a performing arts venue, located in Clearwater, Florida, in the Tampa Bay area and is part of the Richard B. Baumgardner Center for the Performing Arts. The concert hall is named after Ruth Eckerd, the wife of businessman ...

, the U.S., July 31, 2008 (tracks 1.1–2.5) *

Bank of America Pavilion The Leader Bank Pavilion is an outdoor amphitheater located in Boston, Massachusetts, used for concerts. It seats 5,000. Its season runs from May until October. The venue originally opened in August 1994 near Fan Pier. Due to land rights, it cl ...

, Boston, Massachusetts, the U.S., August 6, 2008 (track 2.6) * Stravinski Auditorium,

Montreux Jazz Festival The Montreux Jazz Festival (formerly Festival de Jazz Montreux and Festival International de Jazz Montreux) is a music festival in Switzerland, held annually in early July in Montreux on the Lake Geneva shoreline. It is the second-largest annu ...

, Switzerland, July 18, 2008 (track 2.7)

DVD-Video track listing

;Main show – Stravinski Auditorium,

, Switzerland, 18 July 2008 #Introduction #"Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy" (

) #"Vulcan Worlds" (

) #"Sorceress" (

) #"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 –

, 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

Return to Forever *

– Yamaha grand piano C3MP, Rhodes Midi Piano Mark V,

synthesizer A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis a ...

s (

Minimoog Voyager The Minimoog Voyager or Voyager is a monophonic analog synthesizer, designed by Robert Moog and released in 2002 by Moog Music. The Voyager was modeled after the classic Minimoog synthesizer that was popular in the 1970s, and is meant to be a su ...

Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 The Prophet-5 is an analog synthesizer manufactured by the American company Sequential. It was designed by Dave Smith and John Bowen in 1977. It was the first polyphonic synthesizer with fully programmable memory. Before the Prophet-5, synt ...

Yamaha Motif The Yamaha Motif (stylized in all-uppercase MOTIF) is a series of music workstation synthesizers, first released by Yamaha Corporation in August 2001. The Motif replaced the EX series in Yamaha's line-up and was also based on the early Yamaha S s ...

) *

Al Di Meola Albert Laurence Di Meola (born July 22, 1954) is an American guitarist. Known for his work in jazz fusion and world music, his breakthrough came after joining Chick Corea's Return to Forever group in 1974. He launched, from 1976 afterwards, a s ...

– acoustic and electric guitar *

– electric and acoustic bass *

– drums CD production * Return To Forever – producer * Bernie Kirsh – engineer (recording, mixing) * Buck Snow – engineer (mixing) *

Doug Sax Doug Sax (April 26, 1936 – April 2, 2015) was an American mastering engineer from Los Angeles, California. He mastered three The Doors' albums, including their 1967 debut; six Pink Floyd's albums, including '' The Wall''; Ray Charles' multiple ...

– engineer (mastering) * Marc Bessant – artwork, cover DVD-Video production * Return To Forever – producer, engineer (mixing) * Christine Strand – producer (video), director * Josh Adams – producer (video) * Buck Snow – engineer (mixing) * E. Churchod – photography * Georges A. Braunschweig – photography

Chart performance

References

* Review of video a
Jazztimes.com
by Meredith, Bill

External links

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