Returns (album)

Album by fusion band Return to Forever

Returns

Live album by

Return to Forever

Released| March 17, 2009
Recorded| July 18 & 31, 2008,
August 6, 2008
Venue| Stravinski Auditorium, Montreux Jazz Festival (July 18),
Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida (July 31),
Bank of America Pavilion, Boston, Massachusetts (August 6)
Genre| Jazz fusion
Label| Eagle
Producer| Terry Shand, Claude Nobs
Return to Forever chronology
| Return to Forever: The Anthology
(2008)  | Returns
(2009)  | Forever
(2011)

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Chick Corea chronology
| Duet
(2008)  | Returns
(2009)  | Five Peace Band Live
(2009)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
All About Jazz| (favorable) [1]
AllMusic|  [2]
Popmatters| (7/10)[3]

Returns is a live album by American fusion band Return to Forever. Released in 2009 by Eagle Records, 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 Montreux, Switzerland and (bonus material) Clearwater, Florida was released by Eagle Rock Entertainment as Returns: Live at Montreux 2008.

## CD track listing

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### Disc one

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1. "Opening Prayer" (Chick Corea) – 2:03
2. "Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy" (Corea) – 3:43
3. "Vulcan Worlds" (Stanley Clarke) – 13:45
4. "Sorceress" (Lenny White) – 11:22
5. "Song to the Pharaoh Kings" (Corea) – 27:13
6. 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)
* "Spain" (Corea, Joaquín Rodrigo) duet with Chick Corea
7. "No Mystery" (Corea) – 8:52

### Disc two

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1. "Friendship" (Corea) Chick's Solo, including "Solar" (Miles Davis) – 8:52
2. "Romantic Warrior" (Corea) – 7:19
3. "El Bayo de Negro" Stanley's Solo (Clarke) – 11:25
4. "Lineage" Lenny's Solo (White) – 7:39
5. "Romantic Warrior" (continued) (Corea) – 3:03
6. "Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant" (Corea) – 14:03

Bonus tracks

1.   2. "500 Miles High" (Corea) – 12:48
3. BBC Lifetime Achievement Award to RTF as presented by Sir George Martin, including a performance of "Romantic Warrior" – 8:20

Recorded at the:

* Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida, the U.S., July 31, 2008 (tracks 1.1–2.5)
* Bank of America Pavilion, Boston, Massachusetts, the U.S., August 6, 2008 (track 2.6)
* Stravinski Auditorium, Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland, July 18, 2008 (track 2.7)

Returns: Live at Montreux 2008

Video by

Return to Forever

Released| May 12, 2009
Recorded| July 18 & 31, 2008
Venue| Stravinski Auditorium, Montreux Jazz Festival (July 18),
Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida (July 31)
Genre| Jazz fusion
Length| 149 minutes
Label| Eagle Rock Entertainment

## DVD-Video track listing

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Main show – Stravinski Auditorium, Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland, 18 July 2008

1. Introduction
2. "Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy" (Chick Corea)
3. "Vulcan Worlds" (Stanley Clarke)
4. "Sorceress" (Lenny White)
5. "Song to the Pharaoh Kings" (Corea)
6. Al's solo
7. "No Mystery" (Corea)
8. "Chick's Solo
9. "Romantic Warrior" (Corea)
10. "El Bayo de Negro" (Stanley's solo)
11. "Lineage" (Lenny's solo)
12. "Romantic Warrior" (conclusion) (Corea)

Bonus tracks – Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida, 31 July 2008

1.   2. "Lineage" (Lenny's solo)
3. Al's solo
4. "Friendship" (Chick's solo)
5. "El Bayo de Negro" (Stanley's solo)
6. "Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant" (Corea)

## Personnel

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Return to Forever

* Chick Corea – Yamaha grand piano C3MP, Rhodes Midi Piano Mark V, synthesizers (Minimoog Voyager, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, Yamaha Motif)
* Al Di Meola – acoustic and electric guitar
* Stanley Clarke – electric and acoustic bass
* Lenny White – drums

CD production

* Return To Forever – producer
* Bernie Kirsh – engineer (recording, mixing)
* Buck Snow – engineer (mixing)
* Doug Sax – 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

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## Chart performance

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Year | Chart | Position

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2009  | Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz  | 2 [4]

## References

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1. ^ Kelman, John (June 8, 2009). "Return to Forever - Returns - Live at Montreux 2008 (2009) Blu-ray/DVD review". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
2. ^ Horowitz, Hal. "Return to Forever - Returns (2009) album review | AllMusic". allmusic.com.
3. ^ Layman, Will (March 30, 2009). "Return to Forever: Returns". popmatters.com. Popmatters.
4. ^ "Return to Forever - Returns (2009) | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved October 27, 2013.

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

## External links

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* Return to Forever - Returns (2009) album review by Hal Horowitz, credits & releases at AllMusic
* Return to Forever - Returns (2009) album releases & credits at Discogs
* Return to Forever - Returns (2009) album to be listened as stream on Spotify
* Return to Forever - Returns: Live at Montreux 2008 (2009) Blu-ray/DVD releases & credits at Discogs

* v
* t
* e

Return to Forever

* Chick Corea
* Stanley Clarke
* Lenny White
* Frank Gambale
* Jean-Luc Ponty

* Joe Farrell
* Airto Moreira
* Flora Purim
* Bill Connors
* Steve Gadd
* Mingo Lewis
* Earl Klugh
* Al Di Meola
* Gerry Brown
* Harold Garrett
* Gayle Moran
* James E. Pugh
* John Thomas
* James Tinsley
* Ron Moss

Studio albums|

* Return to Forever
* Light as a Feather
* Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy
* Where Have I Known You Before
* No Mystery
* Romantic Warrior
* Musicmagic

Live albums|

* Return to Forever Live / ...Live: The Complete Concert
* Returns
* The Mothership Returns

Compilations|

* The Best of Return to Forever (1980) Sony
* This is Jazz, Vol. 12 (1996) Sony
* Return to the Seventh Galaxy: The Anthology (1996) Verve
* Return to Forever: The Anthology (2008) Concord
* Return to Forever: The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (2011) Sony

Videos|

* Return to Forever: Returns - Live at Montreux (2009)

Related|

* Captain Marvel (1972) Verve
* Forever (Corea, Clarke & White) (2011) Concord

* v
* t
* e

Chick Corea

Chick Corea discography

As leader|

* Tones for Joan's Bones (1968)
* Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (1968)
* Circling In (1975)
* Is (1969)
* Sundance (1972)
* The Song of Singing (1970)
* A.R.C.  (1971) (with Dave Holland & Barry Altschul)
* The Leprechaun (1976)
* My Spanish Heart (1976)
* The Mad Hatter (1978)
* Secret Agent (1978)
* Friends (1978)
* Tap Step (1980)
* Three Quartets (1981)
* Trio Music (1982)
* Touchstone (1982)
* Again and Again (1983)
* Summer Night: Live (1987) (with Akoustic Band)
* Chick Corea Akoustic Band (1989) (with Akoustic Band)
* Alive (1991) (with Akoustic Band)
* Seabreeze (1993) (with Gayle Moran & Lionel Hampton)
* Time Warp (1995)
* Remembering Bud Powell (1996)
* Rendezvous in New York (2003)
* The Ultimate Adventure (2006)
* Super Trio - Live at the One World Theatre, April 3rd, 2005 (2006) (with Steve Gadd & Christian McBride)
* Five Peace Band Live (2009) (with John McLaughlin)
* Further Explorations (2012)
* The Continents: Concerto for Jazz Quintet & Chamber Orchestra (2012)
* The Vigil (2013)
* Trilogy (2013) (with Chick Corea Trio)
* The Musician: Live at The Blue Note Jazz Café (2016)
* Chinese Butterfly (2017) (with Steve Gadd)
* Trilogy 2 (2019)(with Chick Corea Trio)
* Antidote (2019)

Solo piano albums|

* Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 (1971)
* Piano Improvisations Vol. 2 (1972)
* Delphi I (1979)
* Delphi II & III (1980)
* Children's Songs (1984)
* Expressions (1994)
* Solo Piano: Originals (2000)
* Solo Piano: Standards (2000)
* Solo Piano – Portraits (2014)
* Plays (2020)

Duos|

* An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert (1978)
* CoreaHancock (1979)
* Chick Corea & Lionel Hampton in Concert (1980)
* Voyage (1984) [with Steve Kujala]
* Play (1992) (with Bobby McFerrin)
* The Enchantment (2007) (with Béla Fleck)
* Duet (2008) (with Hiromi Uehara)
* Orvieto (2010) (with Stefano Bollani)
* Two (2015) [with Béla Fleck]

with Gary Burton|

* Crystal Silence (1972)
* Duet (1979)
* In Concert, Zürich, October 28, 1979 (1980)
* Lyric Suite for Sextet (1982)
* Native Sense - The New Duets (1997)
* The New Crystal Silence (2008)
* Hot House (2012)

Circle|

* Circle 1: Live in Germany Concert (1970)
* Circle 2: Gathering (1971)
* Paris Concert (1972)
* Circling In (1975)
* Circulus (1978)

with Stanley Clarke|

* Children of Forever (1973)
* Journey to Love (1975)
* Rocks, Pebbles and Sand (1980)
* Up (2014)

with Miles Davis|

* Water Babies (1976)
* Filles de Kilimanjaro (1969)
* In a Silent Way (1969)
* Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (2013)
* Bitches Brew (1970)
* Bitches Brew Live (2011)
* Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West (1977)
* Miles Davis at Fillmore: Live at the Fillmore East (1970)
* Miles at the Fillmore – Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Vol. 3 (2014)
* Jack Johnson (a.k.a. A Tribute to Jack Johnson) (1971)
* Circle in the Round (1979)
* Live-Evil (1971)
* On the Corner (1972)
* Big Fun (1974)

with
Chick Corea Elektric Band|

* The Chick Corea Elektric Band (1986)
* Light Years (1987)
* Eye of the Beholder (1988)
* Inside Out (1990)
* Beneath the Mask (1991)
* Elektric Band II: Paint the World (1993)
* Live from Elario's (The First Gig) (1996)
* To the Stars (2004)
* Live in Tokyo 1987 (2017)

with Joe Farrell|

* Joe Farrell Quartet (1970)
* Outback (1971)
* Skate Board Park (1979)

with Stan Getz|

* Sweet Rain (1967)
* What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David (1968)
* Captain Marvel (1972)

with Joe Henderson|

* Relaxin' at Camarillo (1979)
* Mirror Mirror (1980)
* Joe Henderson: Big Band (1997)

with Hubert Laws|

* The Laws of Jazz (1964)
* Flute By-Laws (1966)
* Laws' Cause (1968)
* Wild Flower (1972)
* Family (1980)
* Blanchard: New Earth Sonata (1985)

with Herbie Mann|

* Herbie Mann Plays The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (1965)
* Monday Night at the Village Gate (1966)
* Latin Mann Afro to Bossa to Blues (1965)
* Standing Ovation at Newport (1965)

with Blue Mitchell|

* The Thing to Do (1964)
* Down with It! (1965)
* Boss Horn (1967)

with Origin|

* Live at the Blue Note (1998)
* A Week at The Blue Note (1998)
* Change (1999)
* corea.concerto: Spain for Sextet & Orchestra / Piano Concerto No. 1 (1999)

with Return to Forever|

* Return to Forever (1972)
* Light as a Feather (1973)
* Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (1973)
* Where Have I Known You Before (1974)
* No Mystery (1975)
* Romantic Warrior (1976)
* Musicmagic (1977)
* Live (1978)
* Returns (2009)
* Forever [as Corea, Clarke & White] (2011)
* The Mothership Returns (2012)

with Wayne Shorter|

* Super Nova (1969)
* Moto Grosso Feio (1974)

with others|

* Sonny Stitt: Stitt Goes Latin (1963)
* Dave Pike: Manhattan Latin (1964)
* Cal Tjader: Soul Burst (1966)
* Pete La Roca: Turkish Women at the Bath (1967)
* Donald Byrd: The Creeper (1981)
* Eric Kloss: To Hear Is to See! (1969)
* Eric Kloss: Consciousness! (1970)
* Larry Coryell: Spaces (1970)
* Sadao Watanabe: Round Trip (1970)
* Marion Brown: Afternoon of a Georgia Faun (1970)
* Richard Davis: The Philosophy of the Spiritual (1971)
* Rolf Kühn Jazzgroup: Going to the Rainbow (1971)
* John Surman: Conflagration (1971)
* Elvin Jones: Merry-Go-Round (1972)
* Airto Moreira: Free (1972)
* Anthony Braxton: The Complete Braxton (1973)
* Richard Davis: With Understanding (1975)
* Dee Dee Bridgewater: Just Family (1977)
* Ron Carter: Parade (1979)
* Gábor Szabó: Femme Fatale (1979)
* Tete Montoliu: Lunch in L.A. (1980)
* Chaka Khan et al.: Echoes of an Era (1982)
* Elektric Band II: Paint the World (1993)
* Like Minds (1998) (with Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, Dave Holland)
* Herbie Hancock: Gershwin's World (1998)
* Avishai Cohen: Lyla (2003)
* Miroslav Vitouš: Universal Syncopations (2003)
* Antonio Sánchez: Migration (2007)
* Hans Glawischnig: Panorama (2008)

Compilations|

* Inner Space (1973)
* The Complete "Is" Sessions (2002)

Soundtracks|

* Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown (1989)

* v
* t
* e

Al Di Meola

Studio albums|

* Land of the Midnight Sun
* Elegant Gypsy
* Casino
* Splendido Hotel
* Electric Rendezvous
* Scenario
* Cielo e Terra
* Soaring Through a Dream
* Tirami Su
* World Sinfonia
* Kiss My Axe
* World Sinfonia II – Heart of the Immigrants
* Orange and Blue
* Di Meola Plays Piazzolla
* The Infinite Desire
* Winter Nights
* World Sinfonía III – The Grande Passion
* Flesh on Flesh
* Consequence of Chaos
* Diabolic Inventions and Seduction for Solo Guitar
* Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody

Live albums|

* Tour De Force – Live

with Return to Forever|

* Where Have I Known You Before
* No Mystery
* Romantic Warrior
* Returns

with the Guitar Trio|

* Friday Night in San Francisco
* Passion, Grace and Fire
* The Guitar Trio
* Saturday Night in San Francisco

with Clarke and Ponty|

* The Rite of Strings

Guest appearances|

* Go Live from Paris
* Go
* Go Too
* Hearts and Bones
* Touchstone
* Dance of Fire
* Inspiration – Colors & Reflections
* Black Utopia
* Cosmopolitan Life

as producer|

* Magic Touch

Related articles|

* Discography

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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