Return to Forever: "Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy," Live at Montreux, 2008

[vincentballou]

God gives gifts, and let's just leave it at that.

[jamesedwardtheobald]

musicians need to develop their '(average) listener's ear' and hear music from a non-musician's perspective. this can be done, it is a facility i acquired in the last ten years, and it will change the way you relate to music. not everybody anazlyses and dissects music the way geek musicians do, so the effect received is often not the effect intended. this particular cut sounds great to my 'listener's ears'. too often fusion devolves into egotism, and only other egoists can relate to it...

[zscheuch]

This recording ' Hymn Of The 7th Galaxy', and The Mahavishnu Orchestra's 'Inner Mounting Flame', changed my life musically forever. The explosion of 'Jazz/Rock/Fusion' in the early seventies was incredible. It rivaled the beginnings of the BeBop era. I have to ask..."What's next" in greatness in music?

[Chromatype]

@zscheuch We have the Beiber generation of course! Oh wait...you said GREAT....sorry.

[Luciano7930]

Non ci sono aggettivi appropriati. Sublimi! E' tutto quello che so dire.

[billytheweasel]

Fender Rhodes... feckingjayziz that sounds good!

I used to have to put the records on SLOW to figure out what Lenny White was doing.

[LaVadoRos1]

Giants of Forever! )))

[VertigoHarvest]

Ma perché gruppi di narcisi come i DREAM THEATER non si ascoltano questi Grandi Maestri; che hanno solo da imparare su come si bilancia la Tecnica con l'Espressività Compositiva?!

Stanno suonando "Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy" 35 anni dopo con la disinvoltura di chi sta partecipando a un barbecue tra amici di "vecchia data", e io sono qui che sto sbrodolando come un colapasta!! %-)_...

[ocean4315]

I think Lenny White is/was having some problems with his hands...carpel tunnel?

He certainly seems to be lacking something. Maybe they could have asked Billy Cobham, Narada, to sit in till Lenny got better?

[sebkw96]

the true fusion masters...............

[Musiclogic]

and I have only seen them once back in the 70's....I don't think music can get any better.

[TheIrishlad12]

as Stanley Clarke said Corea's songs have so many notes it hurts to remember them all

[bjornhelge97]

Where can i get the dvd?

[thisissilly30]

Diddly widdly wiggly woo... Wiggle wiggle wanky wank woo! I wish I had their melodic prowess? Hang on I've got it? Wiggle wiggle wiggle diddly diddly! Nice!!

Thankfully Switzerland has legal assisted suicide if any of you taste dodgers are interested?

[Chromatype]

 the ending sounds better rushed to me...more energy...but it's RTF!!!!..they can play it any way they choose.

[lovemydrums2002]

chick Corea Is my all time favorite!!!!

[serenopiovoso]

Chick I love Your music. I am a drummer and Your compositions are a big ispiration for me!!!

[wendileona]

One of the most musically satisfying concerts I have ever attended/witnessed, center stage just rows from the stage at the Gibson, seats away from Kareem Abdul Jabar, what a night!

[ArtVandalay666]

Everybody talking about their looseness on this tune...check out the rest of the DVD. The is the first song and it's noticeably loose but after this they really warm up and hit it for the rest of the set.

[IcamolEdgar]

impresionante favorito

[IcamolEdgar]

impresionante

[HaydenFromHell]

A very loose performance, but I think that's what you gotta expect from these guys for not playing together i so many years. 

[AtanasovPeter]

AL wasn't on his best chops that night...lot of clams done by him.Then again the guy is getting old and everyone can have a bad night you can't play always on your best

[VintageGuy1]

I'll never forget when I first saw them in '74 at Painters Mill venue in Owings Mills, MD. They all played their 'fool heads-off' and did so flawlessly note for note. Besides the great artistry I witnessed that night, was how humorous & professional they were as each member was introduced individually, and as they came down from separate audience aisles mimicking boxer-champ movements. Once they were all on stage, they went from an absolute dead silence to FULL BURN within a split second.

[exhainca]

is this not lenny white?

[ronaldmcdonald333]

i dont know what you all are talking about, this was one of their best performances i've ever seen

[FablesOfFaubus]

I don't know. i love this song, but the drumming just doesn't seem solid to me for some reason...

[r3ck0rd]

@FablesOfFaubus he's just playing loose...

[FablesOfFaubus]

@r3ck0rd Maybe I'm just too used to the album version...but I just feel the need to voice discontent with this performance. Chick and Al are usually so clean on stage, but they same out of sync here. As do all the players. It's something I just can't put my finger on.

[r3ck0rd]

@FablesOfFaubus try to tap your fingers to the tempo, and don't change your tempo.

[FablesOfFaubus]

@r3ck0rd Oh, I'm not insinuating that I'm anywhere near the level of these performers, and I'm certainly not talking shit. I've just come to expect a really high level from these musicians...I mean, Lenny White was the original drummer on this song, and there is no topping him...

[bassistdc]

@FablesOfFaubus I read somewhere that Lenny was dealing with an illness during this tour. That can through everyone off.

[FablesOfFaubus]

@bassistdc That might be it. That's exactly what sounds like is happening.

[NickSayle]

@FablesOfFaubus I have to agree with you, this particular performance is just not as tight as it could be

[Se3minator]

ho is the guitarist?

[annihilationtool]

@Se3minator Al Dimeola , one of the most influential guitar players of all times

[Steevlan1]

@annihilationtool He definitely influenced me. I had been playing for several years and was into blues and rock but when I heard RTF for the first time it opened a whole new world up to me. Al Di Meola changed the way I approached the guitar.

[Coltranized]

Sweet.

[zaferinn]

saw this the other night..... speechless.

[youngbloodstudios]

i've seen the bluray, wow! what beautiful sound and crystal picture!

[MindpoolLive]

@youngbloodstudios

Thanks. We produced this with Christine Strand. What a talented director.

Mindpool Live

[scoutali]

supi

[plangentmusic]

They seem a little too cautious here. I liked it better when they were young, rambunctious and rushed everything.

[KURENZUGOGO]

I think, it is they are too care full because this is recorded on VTR.

I went the concert in Salt Lake city.

This was opner of the night.

It sounded just like how it used to be.

[jglaser333]

I was at that show too and it was just like they were..believe me

I played with Lenny and Chick...lucky me

thanks

Jamie

jamieglaser-com

[Drivethebeat]

Slightly sloppy as well. But who cares. They probably didn't have that many rehearsals.

[Modes9]

I prefer Bill Connors as well...

[TheTimananda]

@plangentmusic

I saw this with Bill Connor in '74 and I find little lacking in their enthusiasm; in fact, I like DiMeola holding back a touch.

The playing here is as good as any they've given us in all those years.

[Drycastlerecords]

@plangentmusic Are you kidding? They are great !!!

[JonP1961]

@plangentmusic

When I get to their age, I hope I'm just able to remember what it is I'm supposed to do next after waking up ;)

On they're absolute worst possible night, they still blow away 99% of what's passing itself off as music these days.

I'll take anything they have to offer up to me as a gift. 

[feverlead]

@plangentmusic its called their older now.

take what you can, and just enjoy the  memories

[Konfolino]

@plangentmusic I must agree with you, this is too tight.

[Cutedervish]

they ....jazz-rock!

[thines01a]

WOW

[rafaghb]

Fascinante!!!

[bigyouth72]

Very Very Very niçe

[contrapunteado]

wuauuuu!!!!Maestros

[djmikenewman]

AWESOME , CCEB2 STUFFS PLS!!!