Jazz Articles about Return to Forever

1974: King Crimson, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Billy Cobham and Miles Davis

by Len Davis
January 19, 2024

1974, fifty years ago with King Crimson, Isotope, Larry Coryell, Miles Davis, Billy Cobham, Weather Report, Herbie Hancock, Return To Forever, Joe Farrell, Jerry Goodman with Jan Hammer, the Mahavishnu Orchestra and Jaco Pastorius with Pat Metheny, Bruce Ditmas and Paul Bley. Playlist King Crimson “Red" from Red (Island Records) 00:00 Isotope “Rangoon Creeper" from Illusion (Gull) 06:47 Larry Coryell “Bird Fingers" from Eleventh House with Larry Coryell (Vanguard) 13:34 Miles Davis “Rated X" from Get Up with ...

Miles Davis, Return To Forever, Jeff Beck and Jan Hammer

by Len Davis
December 23, 2022

Today's show includes music from Miles Davis, Return To Forever, Jan Hammer, and Jeff Beck. Also, new and recent music from Antonio Quijano, Fractal Sextet with Stephan Thelen.PlaylistMiles Davis “Fat Time" from The Man With The Horn (CB) 00:00Return To Forever “Sorceress" from Romantic Warrior (CBS) 08:07Jeff Beck “You Never Know" from There And Beck (Epic) 16:05Jan Hammer “Bambu Forest" from Oh Yeah (Nemperorl) 24:15Antonio Quijano “Headlong" from Black Crow Move To NYC (Anderson Shelta) 32:11Antonio Quijano “Funk ...

John McLaughlin, Return To Forever, John Patittuci and Larry Coryell

by Len Davis
August 20, 2021

We open todays program with live music from Abstract Logix's New Universe Music Festival, Return to Forever Live, Third Rail Live Across Europe . Favourites with John Patitucci, Larry Coryell, Victor Bailey and Lenny White and from the Netherlands, Lale Larson, and Sebastiaan Cornelissen with Gary Willis. Playlist John McLaughlin “Recovery" from New Universe Music Festival (Abstract Logix) 00:00 John McLaughlin"Mother Tongues" from New Universe Music Festival (Abstract Logix) 09:05 Third Rail"Highway 86" from Live Across Europe (Aerohead) ...

Return to Forever: Back, Bold and Badass

by R.J. DeLuke
February 13, 2021

This article was first published at All About Jazz in June 2008. The word has long been out and the 2008 reunion tour of Return to Forever, one of the standard bearers of the jazz-rock fusion movement of the 1970s, is well on its way. Intricate, emotive and—yes—loud music that hasn't really been heard from the band in some 32 years, is being played and enjoyed live once again. With great vigor, to say the least. The tour ...

The Mothership Returns

by John Kelman
June 19, 2012

When keyboardist Chick Corea announced--following a successful world tour of his reunited 1970s-era fusion juggernaut Return to Forever, which, featuring guitarist Al Di Meola, bassist Stanley Clarke and drummer Lenny White, included a high octane 2008 performance that was one of the best-attended in the Ottawa International Jazz Festival's three-decade history--that he'd be reuniting the earlier incarnation of the group responsible for Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (Polydor, 1973), there was plenty of buzz. He ultimately became the ...

Return To Forever: Returns - Live at Montreux 2008

by John Kelman
June 8, 2009

Return to Forever Returns: Live at Montreux 2008 Eagle Eye Media 2009 With one of the most successful tours of 2008 behind it--and the two-CD set Returns (Eagle Records, 2009) released to document the event--the reunion of fusion powerhouse Return to Forever-- keyboardist Chick Corea, guitarist Al Di Meola, bassist Stanley Clarke and drummer Lenny White--appeared to be over. No surprise, however, that the group's triumphant performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival was also recorded, ...

Return to Forever: Returns

by Doug Collette
April 17, 2009

The reunion of jazz-rock fusion pioneer Return to Forever was a much-ballyhooed event before, during and after it took place in 2008. As captured on the double-CD Returns, it's easy to see why it attracted old school fusion fans plus prog music aficionados of all ages.

In purely technical terms it is a tour de force. Each man in this group--keyboardist Chick Corea, bassist Stanley Clarke, guitarist Al Di Meola and drummer Lenny White--is a master of his respective instrument, ...