At this phase Corea's approach to jazz fusion was rattling dissimilar compared to other early on fusion artists. Adventurous electrical pianoforte solos are backed amongst South American oriented rhythms of drummer Airto Moreira in addition to the vocals in addition to percussion of his married adult woman Flora Purim. Stanley Clarke is the bassist of the grouping (playing electrical bass on A-side in addition to double bass on B-side) in addition to Joe Farrell plays flute in addition to saxophone. This get-go line-up of Return to Forever consists of musicians (excluding Joe Farrell in addition to Flora Purim) that were likewise playing on Stan Getz's album Captain Marvel that was released inwards the same year.
The get-go rails tin live on divided into v parts. There are 3 brusk parts inwards which Corea plays simple, haunting melodies amongst Purim doubling them amongst her voice. Between these 3 parts at that spot are 2 longer parts inwards which the whole band plays. These primary parts are both based on their ain riffs. Farrell plays a flute solo over the get-go primary percentage in addition to Corea plays solo over the second. Moreira's drum designing gives the composition an airy feeling of its own. Purim sings along amongst riffs, screaming a fleck towards the end.
The 2nd track, "Crystal Silence", is Corea's song. The rails is played only past times Corea in addition to Farrell amongst unopen to soft percussion inwards the background. Farrell performs a long saxophone solo. Third track, "What Game Shall We Play Today?", is unopen to other of Corea's songs. It has a rattling affectionate tune in addition to Purim singing vocals. Farrell is at nowadays playing the flute. Corea in addition to Farrell give brusk solos betwixt the 2nd in addition to the tertiary verse. The band would furnish to this vocal during the Light equally a Feather sessions afterward inwards 1972, when they made 4 attempts amongst it; though the vocal did non larn inwards to the album, all the takes appeared on the expanded edition of Light equally a Feather.
The B-side of the album has alone ane rails which consists of 3 dissimilar pieces of music. Probably they cause got been recorded without breaks in addition to this is the primary argue why they are non separated on 3 private tracks; the bass lines skilfully link them together equally well. The get-go 7 minutes of the rails consist of an improvised introduction featuring Corea, Farrell in addition to Clarke, slow-paced in addition to feeling akin to a Chinese landscape painting. As this department closes the slice moves into "Sometime Ago". It is a Latin flavored vocal amongst Purim's vocals in addition to Farrell soloing on flute. After that vocal Farrell switches to soprano saxophone in addition to the band plays "La Fiesta", ane of Corea's jazz standards. Corea has written that most Castilian songs bargain amongst matters such equally misery or torture but "La Fiesta", however, is nigh celebration. The vocal is an instrumental slice that relies on flamenco modes.
Toward the terminate of 1971, Chick formed his get-go edition of Return to Forever amongst Stanley Clarke on acoustic bass, Joe Farrell on soprano sax in addition to flute, Airto Moreira on drums in addition to percussion in addition to Moreira’s married adult woman Flora Purim on vocals. On Feb 2 in addition to 3, 1972, they recorded their self-titled debut for ECM, which included the pop Corea composition "La Fiesta."
H5N1 calendar month later, on March 3, 1972, Chick, Stanley, Airto in addition to drummer Tony Williams teamed together equally the musical rhythm department for Stan Getz's Columbia recording Captain Marvel, which featured v Corea compositions, including "500 Miles High," "La Fiesta" in addition to the championship track.
By September of that year, Chick was dorsum inwards the studio amongst Return to Forever to tape the classic Light equally a Feather, a collection of melodic Brazilian-flavored jazz tunes including novel versions of "500 Miles High" in addition to "Captain Marvel" along amongst Chick's best-known composition, "Spain." In Nov of 1972, Chick likewise recorded the sublime Crystal Silence, his initial duet come across amongst vibraphonist in addition to kindred spirit Gary Burton.
By early on 1973, Return to Forever added electrical guitarist Bill Connors in addition to thunderous drummer Lenny White, in addition to the grouping was fully fortified to encompass the emerging fusion movement. In August 1973 Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy straightaway elevated them to the condition of other fiery fusion bands of the twenty-four hr menstruation similar John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra in addition to the Joe Zawinul-Wayne Shorter-led juggernaut, Weather Report.
By the summertime of 1974, amongst the 19-year-old speed demon guitarist Al Di Meola replacing Connors inwards the RTF lineup, the transformation to a bona fide high-energy jazz-rock concert attraction was complete. Hordes of stone fans embraced the grouping in addition to were able to come inwards the earth of jazz through such of import albums equally 1974's Where Have I Known You Before, 1975's Grammy® Award-winning No Mystery in addition to 1976's Romantic Warrior, which became the best-selling of the RTF studio albums.
Track listing
All tracks are composed past times Corea except where noted.
1. "Return to Forever" – 12:06
2. "Crystal Silence" – 6:59
3. "What Game Shall We Play Today" (Corea, Neville Potter) – 4:30
4. "Sometime Ago - La Fiesta" (Corea, Potter, Stanley Clarke, Joe Farrell) – 23:13
Personnel
Flora Purim – vocals, percussion
Joe Farrell – soprano saxophone, flute
Chick Corea – electrical piano, Fender Rhodes
Stanley Clarke – acoustic bass, electrical bass
Airto Moreira – drums, percussion
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