Learn Furnish To Forever - 1973 [1998] Calorie-Free Equally A Plume (Deluxe Edition) [2 Cd]

The 1998 re-release of Return to Forever's Light As a Feather -- the second, final, as well as almost pop album of the band's foremost edition -- equally a two-CD fix had the final result of nearly doubling the band's released output. The foremost disc contains the master album equally sequenced, spell the mo contains over an hr of outtakes, including about novel titles as well as tracks that were reconstructed from a seat out of takes. The actual album equally originally released was a splendidly light, fluid, fleeting do inward electrical jazz amongst a potent whiff of Brazil, featuring Corea's lyrical, probing run on Rhodes electrical pianoforte as well as containing a seat out of Corea tunes -- peculiarly the Rodrigo-based "Spain" -- that became standards. Airto Moreira was a whirlwind on trap drums as well as overdubbed percussion, Flora Purim's vocals gave the band about commercial appeal; Stanley Clarke made his foremost astounding touching on on electrical as well as stand-up basses; Joe Farrell contributed superb air current solos. The outtakes are of uniformly high quality, all exactly 1 unmarked past times post-production, amongst fantabulous solos all around. The major surprise is 4 takes of a melody previously released on Corea's 1972 ECM album Return to Forever. "What Games Shall We Play Today?" is a non bad piffling Chick Corea boogaloo amongst a fragile wah-wah pedal applied to the Rhodes. It was heartening to encounter the jazz manufacture lastly starting to document its electrical music heritage amongst the same thoroughness 1 time reserved alone for acoustic jazz landmarks.

The expanded version of this recording includes many alternate takes of 4 of these selections, exactly equally good includes "Matrix," which was non on whatever RTF albums, as well as at that topographic point are 4 versions of "What Game Shall We Play Today?," which was alone available on the ECM release. From a historical perspective, this is the almost of import essay of Corea's career, quite unlike than his prior previous progressive or improvising efforts, as well as the pivotal outset of his career equally the almost pop contemporary jazz keyboardist inward history.

Light equally a Feather won the 1972 Playboy Jazz Album of the twelvemonth as well as has been selected past times many magazines as well as polls equally 1 of the greatest jazz albums e'er recorded. For many years this album has been listed on The Absolute Sound super disc listing as well as the Stereophile listing of "Records to Die For." It is equally good featured inward Tom Moon's 1,000 Albums to Hear Before You Die.

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Track listing:
All tracks written past times Chick Corea except where noted.

CD 1
1. "You're Everything" (Corea/Neville Potter) 5:11
2. "Light equally a Feather" (Clarke/Purim) 10:57
3. "Captain Marvel" 4:53
4. "500 Miles High" (Corea/Potter) 9:07
5. "Children's Song" 2:47
6. "Spain" (Corea/Joaquín Rodrigo) 9:51

CD 2
01 Matrix (Corea) 7:57
02 Light As Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Feather (Alternative Take) 10:42
03 500 Miles High (Alternative Take) 9:05
04 Children's Song (Alternative Take) 2:43
05 Spain (Composite Alternative Take) 5:28
06 Spain (Alternative Take) 8:57
07 What Games Shall We Play Today? (Corea/Neville Potter) 3:22
08 What Games Shall We Play Today? (Alternative Take) 4:00
09 What Games Shall We Play Today? (Alternative Take) 3:34
10 What Games Shall We Play Today? (Alternative Take) 3:47

Personnel:

Chick Corea – electrical piano
Stanley Clarke – double bass
Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone, flute
Airto Moreira – drums
Flora Purim – vocals, percussion