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Seasons of My Soul -- CD

Rumer

2012 Atlantic Records

Like the seventies never ended, November 9, 2010
By Nse Ette (Lagos, Nigeria) - See all my reviews
(TOP 500 REVIEWER)

Newcomer Rumer has been compared to Karen Carpenter and earned effusive praise from Burt Bacharach. One listen to her debut "Seasons Of My Soul" shows you why. Rumer's clear vocals do recall Karen Carpenters, and the melodic harmony-laden Pop pieces are remniscent of another era. She even sings of "Listening to the radio playing Superstar" (the Carpenters hit, I'm guessing) on the classy piano ballad "Thankful".

Everything stands out really, from the slightly perky "Am I Forgiven?", the smouldering Jazzy "Come To Me High", the enchanting and aptly titled "Slow", the retro Soul "Aretha" (about a lonesome child who finds solace listening to Aretha), to the sunny ballad "Goodbye Girl". Like a lost classic from the Seventies.

1. Am I Forgiven
2. Come To Me High
3. Slow
4. Take Me As I Am
5. Aretha
6. Saving Grace
7. Thankful
8. Healer
9. Blackbird
10. On My Way Home
11. Goodbye Girl
 
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Best of WAR and More -- CD

WAR

1991 Avenue Records

Amazon.com

War peppers their music with Latin rhythms and instrumentations, mixing in elements of funk with oldies rock & roll to create a nonstop summer-block-party sound. Hits like "The Cisco Kid" and "Why Can't We Be Friends?" are characterized by the band's lower-register vocals and beg for a singalong. "Spill the Wine, " a hit during Eric Burden's tenure with War, lacks the freer, good-time feel of the later material, but "Low Rider, " a bottom-heavy salsa driven by a raunchy harmonica, remains one of the band's most popular songs. The Best of War ... and More goes beyond retro appeal, displaying a timeless quality. --Steve Gdula

1. Livin' In The Red
2. Low Rider
3. The Cisco Kid
4. Slippin' Into Darkness
5. Me and Baby Brother
6. Galaxy
7. Spill The Wine
8. All Day Music
9. Why Can't We Be Friends?
10. Summer
11. City Country City
12. Whose Cadillac Is That?
13. Low Rider (Remix)
 
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Rural Renewal -- CD

The Crusaders

2003 Verve Records

Everyone should own this record, May 8, 2003
By Jan P. Dennis "Longboard jazzer" (Monument, CO USA) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Rural Renewal (Audio CD)

I know virtually nothing about the Crusaders. Their kind of music--ultra-sophisticated, roots-based jazz-funk--has fallen outside my musical experience.

My loss.

Let me come straight out and say it. This is one of the most accomplished and satisfying discs I have ever encountered. There's this deep groove coming from some authentic place--Texas, I learned, since I became interested in this group. This is not the kind of music that can be mass produced, predicted, or even successfully copied. It has its own inherent, uncompromising authenticity and authority.

How can it be so precise without being slick? So soulful without being cliché? So sophisticated yet completely natural? I'll tell you. A lifetime of commitment combined with pure genius and musical telepathy set loose, UNLEASHED, given free rein.

Fundamentally, a project like this gains nothing by heavy-duty analysis, so I'm going to quit while I'm ahead. Trust me on this: Just buy it.

Track Listing
1. Rural Renewal
2. Creepin'
3. Heartland
4. Healing Coming On, A
5. Sing the Song
6. Shotgun House Groove
7. Territory, The
8. Greasy Spoon
9. Viva de Funk
10. Lazy Sundays
11. Goin' Home
 
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(a 2008 TELARC International release)

1. Ran So Hard the Sun Went Down
2. Prophet's Mission
3. Absinthe
4. Live Your Life
5. Walk Right In
6. Bow-legged Charlie
7. Hey Joe
8. Little Liza Jane
9. Five Hundred Roses
10. Les Ognons
11. Deep Blue Sea
12. Simple Mind
13. Ten Million Slaves
14. The Way It Goes

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Brother Ray -- CD

The Eric Byrd Trio + 4

2008 Eric Byrd

Although it's an album in tribute of Ray Charles, pianist/vocalist Eric Byrd here takes the approach of choosing lesser-known recordings to cover, for fear of mishandling the truly classic performances. It's a good approach in this case. While Byrd and his band have some excellent chops (and in particular, the addition of the "+4 Horns"), Byrd's voice is casual, built for a quiet nightclub. The fire of Charles' songs is missing. The back-and-forth of "Baby It's Cold Outside" (here with Lea Gilmore) becomes a casual conversation rather than the hesitation and pleading that it was under Charles and Betty Carter. Excellent solos throughout the album from Paul Carr (who once played with Charles) on tenor sax and Brad Clements on trumpet, and an extremely solid rhythm section made of Byrd himself, Al Young, Jr., and Bhagwan Khalsa make for a nice listen instrumentally, though fans of Charles' music probably shouldn't be looking here. Shoot for a collection or two of Charles' work in preference to this one -- there's honest admiration, but the covers fall short of really being an homage to the genius himself. ~ Adam Greenberg

Track Listing
1. Let the Good Times Roll
2. Them That Got
3. Come Rain or Come Shine
4. I've Got News for You
5. Get on the Right Track Baby
6. Baby It's Cold Outside
7. Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying
8. I Want a Little Girl
9. Watch Them Dogs
10. Baby Won't You Please Come Home
11. You Don't Know Me
 
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Return of The Composer -- CD

Saltman Knowles

2009 Pacific Coast Jazz

There are jazz groups and performers that strive to balance artistic integrity with accessibility, trying to reach as many listeners as possible. Saltzman Knowles is such a band--while the lineup is a classic horns/piano/bass/drums configuration, they employ a vocalist, Lori Williams-Chisholm, who uses her voice primarily as an instrument (singing wordlessly). They play straight-ahead jazz with direct, infectious rhythms (along with some sweet-spicy Latin and Caribbean overtones), economical soloing, tight and accomplished ensemble playing, and buoyant melodies. With an all-original program, Saltzman Knowles specialize in easygoing sounds while not skimping on creativity.

Track Listing
1. Homeland
2. Bellport
3. Study in Purple, A
4. Shalom and Salaam
5. Disfavor
6. Seeds and Deeds
7. It's Been a Mad Spring
8. Creepin' Up
9. Pillar of Saltman, A
10. Pain Management
 
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Journey In Satchidananda -- Remastered CD

Alice Coltrane featuring Pharoah Sanders

1970/1997 Impulse/MCA GRP Records

(lots of reviews on Amazon, just like this one...)
The Light has NOT gone out!,
January 15, 2007
By Louis Alemayehu "mr. jones"
This review is from: Journey in Satchidananda (Audio CD)

Alice Coltrane, made her transition a few days ago... My son, an emerging jazz singer/musician, on the cusp of a career, called from NYC feeling down. I must admit that I hadn't taken time to sit with this news really until now as I listen to Journey to Satchidananda, the title song of the CD along with Something About John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders blowing and breathing vivid rivers of sound through his soprano saxophone. Yes, fervent prayers on saxophone, harp, piano, bass, bells, drum, oud and tambourine!

Memories rush back to being my son's age when this came out. This was the music that kept me engaged in life during a cruel and turbulent time: The decline of the civil rights movement, the murders of Malcolm, Martin, Bobby, the Viet Nam War, Kent and Jackson State etc, etc... our High Tech Dark Age. Today we live with much more of the same with real psychopaths in high places. During that time this was some of the music that kept the lights on for me.

It was Albert Ayer who articulated, "Music is the Healing Force of the Universe." Alice knew this and lived this and touched millions of lives and will touch millions more yet to be born. Through her expansive all embracing sound, she showed us a way to be in the world. Her sound was the sound of LOVE. She wed blues, jazz, spirituals and classical musics with the Vedic traditions. There are ways that she saw the universal truths within many religious & spiritual traditions and could channel that back to us as unified whole in a shimmering sound-scape. India, Africa, Asia, Europe, Jerusalem, Mecca, Harlem-NYC, California... "Be the change you want to see in the world." Journey to Satchidananda was an exquisite example of channeling wisdom & healing through those sacred sounds we call music, pure music. This spirit never dies. This music will always be in my ears. Thank you dear Alice for music as perfect as the center point of silence.

Track listing

1. Journey in Satchidananda
2. Shiva-Loka
3. Stopover Bombay
4. Something About John Coltrane
5. Isis and Osiris
 
I just heard on the NEWS that Robin Gibb is in the Hospital, in a coma.

I'll keep him and his family in my Prayers... :eusa-pray:


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The Record - Their Greatest Hits -- 2 HDCD Set

The Bee Gees

2001 Universal Music

Amazon.com

Don't look for a richly illustrated, critical essay-packed hagiography with this 40-track, double-disc overview of the Bee Gees recording career. In typical, telling fashion, the Brothers Gibb have eschewed such exercises in ego inflation and simply let the best of their remarkable body of music speak for itself. Through it all, their familiar voices lock together in the sort of transcendent, seemingly genetic harmony that few singers since the Everly Brothers (early Gibb inspirations) have managed. Beginning with the plaintive 1966 hit "New York Mining Disaster 1941," this set traces the Gibbs' journey from successful Beatles-era balladeers to '70s white R&B gods and the undisputed kings of disco (we're reminded here that their shrewd metamorphosis began with "Nights on Broadway" and "Jive Talkin'"--long before the mega-success of "Saturday Night Fever"). But even as that dance craze faded, again threatening to turn the Bee Gees into pop anachronisms, the Gibbs simply stepped out of the limelight for a while, turning their talents to MOR hit-making for the likes of Samantha Sang, Dolly Parton, Barbra Streisand, and Dionne Warwick. Those hits ("Emotion," "Heartbreaker," "Islands in the Stream") are featured here in modern rerecordings by the band, along with the Streisand-Barry Gibb duet, "Guilty." And if the Gibbs haven't had much of an American chart presence in recent years, they remain superstars throughout the rest of the world, a richly crafted pop music presence that simply won't be denied. --Jerry McCulley

Disc One:

1. New York Mining Disaster
2. To Love Somebody
3. Holiday
4. Massachusetts
5. World
6. Words
7. I've Gotta Get A Message To You
8. I Started A Joke
9. First of May
10. Saved By The Bell
11. Don't Forget To Remember
12. Lonely Days
13. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
14. Run To Me
15. Jive Talkin'
16. Nights On Broadway
17. Fanny Be Tender
18. Love So Right
19. If I Can't Have You
20. Love Me
21. You Should Be Dancing

Disc Two:
1. Stayin' Alive
2. How Deep Is Your Love
3. Night Fever
4. More Than A Woman
5. Emotion
6. Too Much Heaven
7. Tragedy
8. Love You Inside Out
9. Guilty
10. Heartbreaker
11. Islands In The Stream
12. You Win Again
13. One
14. Secret Love
15. For Whom The Bell Tolls
16. Alone
17. Immortality
18. This Is Where I Came In
19. Spicks and Specks
 
Zing said:
Since we seem to be on the subject of outstanding tribute CDs, I would be remiss by not mentioning...


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1. The Word (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
2. No Time To Live (James Capaldi/Stephen Winwood)
3. Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood (Bennie Benjamin/Gloria Caldwell/Sol Marcus)
4. All My Love (John Baldwin/Robert Plant)
5. Isn’t It A Pity (George Harrison)
6. Wish You Were Here (David Gilmour/Roger Waters)
7. It Don’t Come Easy (Richard Starkey)
8. Maybe I’m Amazed (Paul McCartney)
9. Salt Of The Earth (Michael Jagger/Keith Richards)
10. Nights In White Satin (David Hayward)
11. Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad (Eric Clapton/Bobby Whitlock)
12. Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me (Elton John/Bernard Taupin)
13. Love Reign O’er Me (Peter Townshend) [BONUS TRACK]


Additional Info
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Samples @ Amazon
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Find this for a penny, you cheap ass bastards! :eek:bscene-birdiedoublered:

I DO love her!!!
 
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*Funk Beyond The Call of Duty* -- CD

Johnny Guitar Watson

1977/1994 Collectables Records

Funking above and beyond the call of duty, October 5, 2000
By aL (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Funk Beyond the Call of Duty (Audio CD)

Hot on the heels of the success of his previous two albums (they both went gold), Johnny 'Guitar' Watson dropped another 70's funk classic. I'd heard this wasn't as good as the previous two but I'd say its my favourite Johnny 'Guitar' Watson cd so far, there are more grooves on this one and less ballads. Watson wrote , preformed, and produced, this and played all the instruments except for drums and horns. For fans of 70's funk music that want an introduction to one of the genre's lesser known master's, 'Funk Beyond the Call of Duty' is the perfect introduction. After all, this is: FUNK BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY.

Track Listing
1. Funk Beyond the Call of Duty
2. It's About the Dollar Bill
3. Give Me My Love
4. It's a *** Shame
5. I'm Gonna Get You Baby
6. Barn Door
7. Love That Will Not Die
 
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Jailbreak -- CD

Thin Lizzy

1976/1990 Vertigo Records

Amazon.com

Jailbreak is surely Thin Lizzy's most exciting, tough, and touching album. Simultaneously barbarous and balletic, the 1976 set boasts the totally irresistible "The Boys Are Back in Town." But the rest of Jailbreak lives up to that highlight, especially the riotous title track ("Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak, somewhere in this town"--yeah well, the jail seems a likely place). If Phil Lynott's poetic pretensions sometimes get the better of things, most of the album shows off his effortless power and economy; if heavy rock has a tendency to wrestle each song to the ground, Lynott and company were uniquely capable of delivering the knockout punch, graceful as a boxer or bullfighter. Jailbreak is testament to such skills. --Taylor Parkes

Side one

1. "Jailbreak" – 4:01
2. "Angel from the Coast" (Lynott, Brian Robertson) – 3:03
3. "Running Back" – 3:13
4. "Romeo and the Lonely Girl" – 3:55
5. "Warriors" (Lynott, Scott Gorham) – 4:09

Side two

1. "The Boys Are Back in Town" – 4:27
2. "Fight or Fall" – 3:45
3. "Cowboy Song" (Lynott, Brian Downey)– 5:16
4. "Emerald" (Gorham, Downey, Robertson, Lynott) – 4:03
 
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The Blues Brothers - Soundtrack -- CD

The Blues Brothers

1980 Atlantic Records

A fun way to popularize the blues
February 23, 2004
By therosen VINE™ VOICE
Format:Audio CD
Take two comedians with an interest in the blues, give them a backup band, a movie, and some creative license, and look at what comes out...

The songs go from the campy (Peter Gunn & Rawhide) to the dancable (Shake Your Tail Feathers) to the standard (Sweet Home Chicago & Minnie the Moocher). With a phenomenal backup band (The old Saturday Night Live orchestra) and some classic guest vocalists (Chaka Khan, James Brown and Ray Charles to name a few) it's a treat for the ears. Eleven songs pack both a variety and depth of fun music.

The only downside on the album is two missing songs. Some might expect Soul Man, which was perhaps Belushi & Akroyd's most famous tune. I personally missed John Lee Hooker's Boom Boom Boom Boom, my favorite song and artist from the movie.

That said, the CD is great for those looking for a smiling memory of the movie or a wide pop introduction to the blues. I'm generally not one to review too many CDs, but this one warrants a good plug!

"She Caught the Katy" (Taj Mahal, Rachell) – The Blues Brothers with lead vocals by Jake Blues - 4:10
"Peter Gunn Theme" (Mancini) – The Blues Brothers Band - 3:46
"Gimme Some Lovin'" (S. Winwood, M. Winwood, Davis) – The Blues Brothers with Jake Blues, lead vocals - 3:06
"Shake a Tail Feather" (Otis Hayes, Andre Williams, Verlie Rice) – Ray Charles with the Blues Brothers (Jake and Elwood, backing vocals) - 2:48
"Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" (Wexler, Berns, Burke) – The Blues Brothers (Jake Blues, lead vocals; Elwood Blues, harmonica and vocals) - 3:21
"The Old Landmark" (Brunner) – James Brown and the Rev. James Cleveland Choir (additional choir vocals by Chaka Khan credited in the film) - 2:56
"Think" (White, Franklin) – Aretha Franklin and the Blues Brothers with backing vocals by Brenda Corbett, Margaret Branch and Carolyn Franklin (real-life sister of Aretha) and Jake and Elwood - 3:13
"Theme from Rawhide" (Tiomkin) – Elwood and Jake and the Blues Brothers Band - 2:37
"Minnie the Moocher" (Calloway, Mills) – Cab Calloway with the Blues Brothers Band - 3:23
"Sweet Home Chicago" (Johnson) – Dedicated to the musician Magic Sam - 7:48
"Jailhouse Rock" (Leiber, Stoller) Jake Blues and the Blues Brothers (Over the closing credits in the film, verses are sung by James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and "crew".) - 3:19
 
My last one for the evening.....


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Straight Shooter -- CD

Bad Company

1974 Swan Song Records

Another Hot One From Bad Co., September 11, 2002
By A Customer
This review is from: Straight Shooter (Audio CD)

Bad Co.'s second album is as good as the first. "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" could be about any relationship, romantic or otherwise, on the rocks, "Deal With The Preacher" and "Wild Fire Woman" express pure lust, and "Shooting Star" warns against overindulgence, while "Feel Like Makin' Love" shows feeling of genuine devotion. This is an album of incredible intensity from the most straightforward English rockers of the 70s.

Side one

1. "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" (Mick Ralphs) – 3:35
2. "Feel Like Makin' Love" (Paul Rodgers, Ralphs) – 5:12
3. "Weep No More" (Simon Kirke) – 3:59
4. "Shooting Star" (Rodgers) – 6:16

Side two

1. "Deal With the Preacher" (Rodgers, Ralphs) – 5:01
2. "Wild Fire Woman" (Rodgers, Ralphs) – 4:32
3. "Anna" (Kirke) – 3:41
4. "Call on Me" (Rodgers) – 6:03
 
In light of my new job, the wife wanted to take me out for a celebration of sorts. She planned a day of fun for me. She looked up a few car audio stores in Indianapolis, IN (~1 hr away) and a music store and gave me $150. Went to the two stores then to the music store. I found a few things.... sorry for the crappy pics...

These are the 2 albums I've been listening to for the past week.
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and enjoying this group A LOT
5 finger death punch.
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Found these as well. I'm very hesitant to open them.

PANTERA's Far Beyond Driven alternate cover.

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And the 20 yr anniversary of their Cowboys From Hell demo album.

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Time Out -- CD

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

1959/1997 Columbia Legacy Records

Amazon.com essential recording

Boasting the first jazz instrumental to sell a million copies, the Paul Desmond-penned "Take Five," Time Out captures the celebrated jazz quartet at the height of both its popularity and its powers. Recorded in 1959, the album combines superb performances by pianist Brubeck, alto saxophonist Desmond, drummer Joe Morrello and bassist Gene Wright. Along with "Take Five," the album features another one of the group's signature compositions, "Blue Rondo a la Turk." Though influenced by the West Coast-cool school, Brubeck's greatest interest and contribution to jazz was the use of irregular meters in composition, which he did with great flair. Much of the band's appeal is due to Desmond, whose airy tone and fluid attack often carried the band's already strong performances to another level. Together, he and Brubeck proved one of the most potent pairings of the era. --Fred Goodman

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Blue Rondo à la Turk" Dave Brubeck 6:44
2. "Strange Meadow Lark" Dave Brubeck 7:22
3. "Take Five" Paul Desmond 5:24

Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Three to Get Ready" Dave Brubeck 5:24
2. "Kathy's Waltz" Dave Brubeck 4:48
3. "Everybody's Jumpin'" Dave Brubeck 4:48
4. "Pick Up Sticks" Dave Brubeck 4:16

Dave Brubeck — piano
Paul Desmond — alto saxophone
Eugene Wright — bass
Joe Morello — drums
 
One of my favorite Sunday Morning albums...... :music-listening:


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Downright Upright -- CD

Brian Bromberg

2007 Artistry Records

Amazon.com

Long before the coining of "smooth jazz," catchy numbers like Herbie Hancock's "Cantaloupe Island," Joe Zawinul's "Mercy Mercy Mercy," and the Les McCann-Eddie Harris tune "Cold Duck Soup" enticed pop fans to cross over, however casually or tentatively, into jazz. Now, on veteran bassist Brian Bromberg's Downright Upright, those three songs are vehicles for name-brand smooth jazz players including saxophonists Kirk Whalum, Boney James and Gary Meek, keyboardists George Duke and Jeff Lorber, guitarist Lee Ritenour and trumpeter Rick Braun to do a little crossing back of sorts to show off their mainstream chops. Nobody will confuse the facility of their straightahead solos with real depth, however much emotion they pour into them. But it's an agreeable excursion for all concerned, with Bromberg making the most of his opportunities to lay down melodic lines. Even after the cover versions give way to originals in the same vein, the music stays lively. --Lloyd Sachs

Track listing

1. Cantaloupe Island
2. Mercy Mercy Mercy
3. Cold Duck Time
4. Sunday Mornin'
5. Hacha Cha Cha, The
6. Chameleon
7. Serengeti Walk
8. Leisure Suit
9. Slow Burn
10. Shag Carpet
 
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Forever -- 2 CD Set

Corea, Clarke & White

2011 Concord Records

Editorial Reviews

Pianist Chick Corea, bassist Stanley Clarke and drummer Lenny White - each a powerful force of nature in his own right - have done more in recent decades to redefine jazz-rock fusion and push the limits of its potential than any other musicians today. Together they formed the core of the classic, most popular and successful lineup of Return to Forever, the legendary seminal electric jazz fusion band. After reclaiming the jazz-rock world in 2008 with the triumphant return of Return to Forever, Corea, Clarke and White decided to revisit where it all began, to get back to basics and the soul of their relationship.

The result is Forever, a two-CD set of 18 quintessential tunes. Recorded live, disc one of Forever is a best-of sampler from Corea, Clarke and White's "RTF-Unplugged" world tour in 2009. Highlights include jazz standards "On Green Dolphin Street," "Waltz for Debby" and "Hackensack," exquisite Corea-classics "Bud Powell" and "Windows," Clarke's beautiful new "La Canción de Sofia" and even RTF pieces "Señor Mouse" and "No Mystery." Disc two is a bonus CD with its own story.

"The sets we played were basically jam sessions of the standards we knew from the songbooks of Monk, Bill Evans, Miles and others," says Corea, an NEA Jazz Master, 17-time GRAMMY® winner, prolific composer and undisputed keyboard virtuoso. "Also included are some pieces from the Return to Forever songbook reworked in this acoustic setting." "This acoustic trio had not been documented up to this point," explains White, an innovative and versatile drummer/producer/composer. "It was important to document this because that's how we started. On the last day of our Keystone Korner gig in 1973 in San Francisco, we had two guitarists sit in, and it became electric. But we come from playing in the jazz tradition. RTF had a real jazz rhythm section, and I think that's what distinguishes RTF from all the other groups."

Forever is clearly an extension of the long-term relationships that were established in the 1970s with Return to Forever. According to Clarke, another electric RTF tour is in the works, featuring Corea, Clarke, White, Connors and Ponty. "This is actually the fourth version of Return to Forever," Clarke says. "It's come full circle with Bill coming back and the addition of Jean-Luc. After release, we're doing an RTF IV tour to go out and support the new CD. It's a total update, and it's going to be a lot of fun."

Disc 1/2

1 On Green Dolphin Street 8:41
2 Waltz For Debby 9:55
3 Bud Powell 7:10
4 La Cancion de Sofia 7:38
5 Windows 8:55
6 Hackensack 7:30
7 No Mystery 10:55
8 Senor Mouse 12:06

Disc 2/2

1 Captain Marvel 4:13
2 Senor Mouse 10:06
3 Crescent 1:45
4 Armando's Rhumba 5:12
5 Renaissance 6:29
6 High Wire - The Aerialist 3:41
7 I Love You Porgy 5:13
8 After The Cosmic Rain 10:38
9 Space Circus 6:07
10 500 Miles High 12:45
 
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