Return to Forever | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Chick Corea |
Cover: | Return_to_Forever.jpg |
Released: | September 1972 (Germany, Japan) 1975 (US) |
Recorded: | February 2–3, 1972 |
Studio: | A & R Studios New York City |
Genre: | Jazz fusion |
Length: | 46:48 |
Label: | ECM ECM 1022 ST |
Producer: | Manfred Eicher |
Chronology: | Chick Corea |
Prev Title: | Piano Improvisations Vol. 2 |
Prev Year: | 1972 |
Next Title: | Light as a Feather |
Next Year: | 1973 |
Return to Forever is a jazz fusion album by Chick Corea recorded over two days in February 1972 and released on ECM September that same year—Corea's fourth release for the label. It is the debut of a quintet featuring singer Flora Purim, flautist/saxophonist Joe Farrell, bassist Stanley Clarke and percussionist Airto Moreira, who would go on to record under the name Return to Forever.
On March 3, 1972, saxophonist Stan Getz recorded an early version of "La Fiesta" for Captain Marvel (1974), backed by Corea, Clarke and Moreira along with drummer Tony Williams. The composition would become the middle section of the album's B-side, "Sometime Ago – La Fiesta" a full version of which can be found on the compilation Chick Corea – Selected Recordings (2002).
Purim would go on to sing her part of the medley, "Sometime Ago", on her fifth solo album, Open Your Eyes You Can Fly (1976).
The record is often considered one of the classic albums in electric jazz.