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  • I concur on everything KCrutchf said. I'm only 35 and that damn piano riff has been in my head for two weeks now. I would love to see Return to Forever make a new album with new compositions just to get an ideal of where they are thinking in 2012. This may have been their best song!

  • phenomenal drumming. lenny is my favorite on this track

  • THIS COULD BE MY ANTHEM cuz it speaks to my soul!!!

  • To me, this is the best album ever recorded.. I love each artist part, this blows me away no matter how many times I hear it. I was also very fortunate to hear it played on quality equipment. Nothing compares.

  • Chick will be remebered LONG after we are all dead and gone. He was born to be a pianist and thankfully for us, he didn't waste his gift. Oh yeah, He is 1/2 Sicilian....GO ITALY!

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  • Chics playing sounds like he has extra digits on his hand. Its so fluid, his playing.

  • Refreshing, brings back sweet memories.

  • this album is sick

  • i think of Spain as CC tribute to the country and people, but Romantic Warrior as the universal time piece which can fit all genres and cultures. peace always to RTF

  • I would love to hear a full orchestra version of this.

  • hey guys, this is not chick music,that's not a judgement,just a statement of fact. and please don't be a bozo, and tell me your sister was into fusion,no shit,of course there are exceptions,but by and large,chicks are just not into this stuff.

  • @brainsareus If you don't know, you do not have to speak. Chick Corea is the name.

  • @flowerchild58 i was talking about "chicks", as in women/girls/muchachas/dames,ge­t it. i know his name is chick,that's not what i was reffering to. my point, was, that women[by and large], are not huge fusion music freaks. you completely missed, what i was saying.

  • @brainsareus Sorry.Misunderstood. I should not speak myself.

  • @flowerchild58 no problem,it's cool.

  • Well, yea, but that's what makes it amazing. I mean if you find a girl who actually likes jazz/fusion, she'll probably be very sophisticated, which is relatively rare. Same goes for boys, too. This is mature and sophisticated music and so are most of the fans. You want naive, inane and shallow girls, popular/mainstream fanatics are everywhere these days.

  • @heero7yui mind you,i'm not preaching,i'm just more or less documenting a reality. i don't think it's so much about sophistication,though. straight ahead mainstream jazz,is sophisticated,and a lot more women are into it,than fusion. let's also not forget, that fusion encompasses a pretty broad[no pun intended],range of musical expression,from "light" jazz; to, tour de force, mahavishnu orchestra,sonic wall blasting.

  • Was so honored to see them do this live in 76. I almost wet my pants. 4 masters at work. Must have listened to this 500 times or more. Still get chills. This listen it was Lenny White OH MY GOD Lenny please.

  • Is there any other piano player out there except for myself (who learned the entire song by ear and transcribed his solo (but I still play my own)) who took the time to learn and perform this masterpiece? In my opinion, it is Chick's greatest piece. From the surreal intro, to the effectively simple melody and blistering rhythmic improvisations, and ending with the most magnificent coda ever created for a jazz piece, it should be required for graduate performances in universities. I rest my case.

  • @treblemakerful finally a real musician im just a kid and im a bass player and i pick this stuff out by ear on bass vids people are like where did you get the tabs and i reply listen to it by ear to figure it out your ear will never lie and you will get the most accurate results on tabs its hard to read because you dont know if its a quarter note, half note or whatever and you dont know where the rests are also when you do it by ear you can get the right dynamics on certain notes

  • @treblemakerful I like that, cute. Isn't this one the most awesome pieces ever? I bought this album when I was just 16, I'm now 52, and I love it just as much today as I loved it then. It is a master piece how Stanley with that base just draw you in with that haunting sound. Every artist just did the damn thing. How can wordless music says just want I needed to hear!! WOW

  • @treblemakerful excellent comment, but what do you expect? Chick Corea was an expert pianist from the age of 4. Truly God's gift to the piano.

  • Fuck. Yes.

  • Still one of the GREAT albums. 

  • ...another great 8-Track that I listened to cruising around in my 1971 Plymouth Duster. I was the balls!

  • back in the day rtf was so avante garde the were unheard of. only the cool kids were that hip. not to say that you were not.but it wass like not knowing who led zepplin was

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  • ...the incredible fusion of man and machine.

  • The ULTIMATE piece. My GAWD! The precision with which this piece is executed is IN-FRICKING-SANE! Masters AT WORK! PROCEED WITH EXTREME CAUTION!

  • de no mamar la rolita y todo el disco

  • Every piece on this album (I had two vinyls bought during original release periods) is a masterpiece in it's own right. Performance mastery by some of the real musical magicians of our time.

  • Wow.......................just speechless.  Always loved Stanley Clarke. Return to Forever is what every musician need to listen to to open their mind and strengthen their skills.

  • I was 13 years old when I first heard RTF, After hearing these guys, I never went back to the kiddy stuff (J5, Osmonds etc) again. This IS REAL, that stuff is like comparing rock salt to diamonds!

  • @Patlynn167 I know me too. Ever notice how just about everybody get into fusion like between 12-13 years old and all their friends are listening nonsense...LOL!

  • @out42c Me too, I'm 16 now. It's about the time that we are introduced to Ganja, lol.

  • 無人島に何か一つだけ持っていくとしたら、この曲を持っていく

  • Long after we are gone this stuff will still be treasured by most musicians.

  • THAT IS SICK!!!!

  • I had this record in the 80's Stanley Clarke, AL Dimeola, Jaco Pastorius, Chic Corea and Lenny White were the musicians on it. Jazz dudes whom I didnt know shit about because I was a headbanger in those days...

  • The is a live performance out on youtube.

  • Musical geniuses in sync...how awesome is this recording. I first heard it in 1976, and went out and purchased it the next day!

  • 05:18-05:32 is like a fucking trip thorugh the universe.. thats just stupid, i can't descripe it with words..

  • questa musica è la linfa vitale della vita...meravigliosa

  • This flow has has given my mind and heart food for decades and continues to this day...

  • Pick up the Magician listen too "Good bye Mickey Mouse" Nice

    

  • I don't believe I was born with the ability to full comprehend how awesome this album is.

  • What a line-up on this album! Clarke on bass, Dimeola on guitar, and, of course, Chic doing his thing makes for a great album.

  • Ahh yes...Lupe Fiasco sample for American Terrorists. Prolyfic killed this sample.

  • the mildy stoned kasperkat, approves..

  • Brillaint saw em years ago in London, real musicians!

  • best ever

    

  • this is pure love

  • Back in 1979 HBO, YES HBO had this Album live on a concert and I saw it. I wish I can find it!!! Help anyone???

  • man oh man oh MAN how I wish I could travel back in time just to see them recording this in studio!!!!!!THIS IS EPICALLY OUT OF THIS WORLD!!!!

  • lupe fiasco americo terrorist

  • 1:28 to 1:40 reminds me of a cowboy stepping into town on a dusty day in mexican town on a hot late after noon classic!

  • 1:20 to 1:40 reminds me of a cowboy stepping into town on a dusty day in mexican town on a hot late after noon classic!

  • this is a cool light it up kick back and let your mind roam . real smooth jazz.

  • i cant believe ive never heard this. my ears are leaking salty clear liquid. superb sounds!!

  • just kick back cause this is a SERIOUS ride baby!

  • Stanley Clarke - my all time favourite bassist and probably the best of his generation

  • interesting music

  • Who was the one idiot that put a thumbs down to this? Tin ears like that have no appreciation for music.

    Off with his head!!

  • so fucking good

  • i bought this album in 1976 when it was fresh and sounded great. now i can hear the effects of prog rock, more is more etc.

    lesson: just because its possible doesnt mean it will enhance the piece.

  • The one person who does not like this must be into rap or country music. DiMeola's and Clarke's work outside of Return To Forever also kicks ass.

  • @sumrexdiscus4u i listen to rap and that doesn't have anything to do with knowing good music when u hear it. my dad used to play this and the jester one,that was in the like 84-85 ish and im 30 now and i didn't forget to get this album when i had a chance oh yeah if it matters im black and from the hood but i still can't get with the country too much tho!

  • theyre better live

  • 3.50 onwards, ....very reminiscent of When The Eagle Flies album by Traffic

  • rappers sample good music but they never buy the product cause the sample was too rich for their taste.

  • I think this is as much classical/jazz fusion as jazz/rock fusion. It really doesn't have much to do with rock really except for a few repetitions which occur in many types of popular music including vocal jazz.

  • Just awsome! Chick, Stanley, Al, and Lenny!

  • My favorite album for over 30 years. Not sure why they catagorize this as "fusion" as it's all acoustic. The best jazz ever recorded. STILL waiting on thier next album.

  • @bill75229 the 'fusion' of the best of jazz and rock? Just enough structure to keep some 'rock' hooks and such, whilst being open enough to let the musicianship speak for itself? Unless you were being rhetorical..

  • @bill75229 Still amazes me after all these years still got the original vinyl but also have the CD version this album was YEARS ahead of its time!

  • @bill75229 Fusion did not mean "electric" only! It was/is the mixture (fusion) of jazz and rock elements.

  • @flatchest32 to me fusion means mixture of anything

  • Some years ago, this album was voted here no. 1 as far as the quality of drumming is concerned. The experts said "unprecedented, and not exceeded since".

  • lol i voted for the highest rated comment not in spite of, but because it wasn't english and i didnt understand

  • One of the finest jazz albums ever recorded,.....was selected jazz album of the year in 1975-76 if not mistaken. It's a shame that there are no longer bands like these guys around anymore. I have to say that I was fortunate enough to see them 3-4 times back in the 70's. I'm still in awe of their musicianship,...something that is sorely lacking in todays music, unfortunately!

  • @jaylo66 I agree with you word for word

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  • No Mystery" was Jazz album of the Year......this album came right after it. I drove to Amsterdam from Stuttgart in April of 1976 listening to "No Mystery"......the incredible violins and cello were amazing...this album carried me through all of the Europe the next several years.......I especially find "Sorceress" to be a song of unusual significance. Listening to "Sorceress" as I drove along the Mediteranean coastline from Genoa into Nice was something else.....fond memories....

  • @pacnwcomre I envy you!!!

  • facking piano solo!

  • RTF, Masters of their craft!!!

  • Carambaaaa!!!!!!

  • This is so crap, why dont you listen to REAL music like Lil Wayne and Lady Gaga..

    I kid, I kid.

  • @soulmman Damm right your joking this is what real music is all about

  • This is Real Fusion!

  • MEchibi i AGREE 100% with you, NO ONE could touch RTF Chicke,Lenny ,Al ,Stanley

  • Al and stanley are awesome!!!

  • lupe fiasco sample this sog listen to american terrorist and you will hear the same beat!.

  • i've listened to Return To Forever since the 70's and there is still NO match for the technique or pure artistry within this group

  • @MEchibi They are great but Miles, Mahavishnu, Weather Report, Metheny, Herbie, Ahmad Jamal, Jack DeJohnette, Zappa... They all are important. The 70's were fantastic. Today, we have Snuff Dog and Gangsta Something. Swell...

  • patfish, you're right : this is MUSIC !

  • this is music!!!!!

  • No distortion allowed to cover up any technical shortcomings ;)

    ~6:19 is still, to this day, blows me away at how immaculate a scale run DiMeola executes there. He doesn't miss a note, he doesn't buzz a string. Not sure if that's staccatissimo there, but it's sure as heck tight!

  • Technicality is a science, not an art.

  • @odin2358

    i suppose there's a point that's trying to be made here. care to share it with the rest of the class that isn't as tuned in?

  • music is and never will be a science my friend

  • music is not and will never be a science

  • @odin2358, science is the search of knowledge using a method. technique is a manner of doing things, which is much more related to art

  • while shadow of lo is still my favorite return to forever song, this one climbs the ranks every time i hear it....also, it was sampled for lupe fiasco's "american terrorist" for any hip hop heads out there

  • 最後のチック・コリアのピアノの番になる頃、決まって私は鉄の馬­に跨り、颯爽と夜の荒川土手に現われた、二十代の御手洗潔を思い­出す。

  • 懐かしいですね!あの小説をきっかけにジャズに興味を持ちました­

  • @1231MIYU A second time last Chick Corea's piano, I decided not astride a horse of iron, appeared on the bank of the Arakawa gallantly night, I remember my twenties Kiyoshi Mitarai.

  • @1231MIYU : TOTALLY AGREE !

  • @1231MIYU english please?

  • @1231MIYU c'est exactement ça!!!

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  • @1231MIYU word!

  • fantastic

  • in my youth, i pictured myself in that armor....

  • wow, thanks for uploading this, brings back alot of memories

  • 5 stars!

  • Lenny White on drums, your'e right , so tight but then again all these musicians are....YEAHHH, good post, Gracias

  • i went to school with lenny whites son he used to give me demo tapes all the time they only live 2 towns away

  • some of the tightest drumming ever

  • I know this album since it came out !Am glad to hear it again!

    Chick, whatever happened to "Looking at the World"?

    PLEASE POST THIS SONG! GREAT MUSIC AND LYRICS.

    I SANG THIS SONG AT MY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION AND WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ITT AGAIN!

  • Didn't Flora Purim sing that? It's such a beautiful song!

  • いやーかっこいいわ

  • This album deserved its five-star rating, and its Grammy award nomination. They never outdid it, unfortunately, and just like Mahavishnu did, internal pressure and Columbia record executives busted this band up good. Too bad.

  • This is good shit.

  • One of the finest fusion songs ever written, definitely in my top ten.

  • 5 stars again.simple as that

  • could somebody please post celebration suite from no mystery album, its a dynamite drum track, i have the album at home but im 12000km from home in Prague and havent heard it in years, you would be doing the world a favour..... and ill buy you a lovely big glass of czech beer next time your in town...or ten...

  • i often have this song stuck in my head because of the mellow tempo, but fast subdivisions there in, wow al dimiolas solo is so clear, note for note, its all there....never tire of this one.

  • Amazing

  • uno de los temas que más me llegan de corea, la melo es terrible!

  • Wow I just listened to the album front to back and now i need to go and find the one song that stood out the most (they were all amazing).

  • clarke, and white!!! really felt the drum and bass connect in that song, have not heard this song in a while.......beautiful!!

  • Very sad how many people there are that have never heard this album! One of the finest of all time. These guy's were the Beatles of Progressive Jazz to me. And this album is Sargent Pepper as far as I'm concerned!

  • Haven't heard this in 20 years... still mindboggling.. Thanks!

  • Holy shit!!!!

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