Returns (album)

Returns is a live album by the 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 Return to Forever – Returns: Live at Montreux 2008.

Returns
Live album by
Return to Forever
Released17 March 2009
Recorded18 July 2008 (Stravinski Auditorium, Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland)
31 July 2008 (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida, US)
6 August 2008 (Bank of America Pavilion, Boston, Massachusetts, US)
GenreJazz fusion
LabelEagle Records
ProducerTerry Shand, Claude Nobs
Return to Forever chronology
Live
(1977)		 Returns
(2009)		 Forever
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz(favorable) [1]
AllMusic [2]
Return to Forever - Returns: Live at Montreux 2008
Video by
Return to Forever
Released12 May 2009
Recorded18 July 2008 (Stravinski Auditorium, Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland)
31 July 2008 (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida, US)
GenreJazz fusion
Length149 minutes
LabelEagle Rock Entertainment

CD track listing

Disc one
  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" (Corea)
    • "Mediterranean Sundance" (Corea)
    • "Café 1930"(Astor Piazzolla)
    • "Spain"(Corea, Joaquín Rodrigo) duet with Chick Corea
  7. "No Mystery" (Corea) – 8:52

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

Recorded at the:

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

Personnel

CD recording credits
  • Artist coordination: Julie Rooney
  • Consultant: Bob Belden
  • Cover design: Marc Bessant
  • Drum technician: Gary Grimm
  • Engineer: Bernie Kirsh
  • Executive producer: Terry Shand, Claude Nobs
  • Guitar technician: Andy Brauer
  • Keyboard technician: Brian Alexander
  • Liner notes: Russell Davis
  • Management: Bill Rooney
  • Poetry: Neville Potter
  • Production coordination: Terry Cooley
  • Wardrobe design: Claudio Lugli

Chart performance
YearChartPosition
2009 Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz 2 [3]

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