Vinyl version of "Musicmagic" by Return to Forever, released in 1977, their 7th and final studio album

Return to forever musicmagic - rare 1977 UK cbs A1/B1 1st press w/ insert promo. Return to Forever - Musicmagic - Audio Fidelity Super Audio CD SACD SEALED. This album is something of a cruel let down after the heights of the previous incarnation of Return To Forever, which went out on a high with Romantic Warrior. Here Chick Corea and his main sidekick Stanley Clarke seemed to have decided to turn their backs on their rock audiences and tried to steer clearly in the direction of commercial jazz fusion that was paved by Weather Report. This drastic change made for a distinctly less interesting album, that has a few moments that measure up to the standards set by previous works like Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy and Romantic Warrior.

Biography by William Ruhlmann. One of the key fusion groups of the '70s, helmed by Chick Corea and featuring an impressive list of leading jazz musicians.

Live (Return to Forever album). Live is the final album by fusion band Return to Forever. It was recorded live at the Palladium in New York City on May 20 and 21 1977 as part of the Musicmagic tour to support the album of the same name.

Album · 1977 · 6 Songs. More By Return to Forever. See All. Romantic Warrior. The Best of Return to Forever.

Return to Forever's last album to date, Musicmagic, shows yet another major style swift and as a consequence it has received bad praise. In their inception, the band played a very exquisite mix of jazz and latin inspired music, they later moved to a completely instrumental and electric sound where their brains joining the jazz rock movement in the heights of Mahavishnu Orchestra.

Released January 1977. Musicmagic Tracklist.

Musicmagic is Return to Forever's seventh and final studio album and one of the best jazz recordings released in the fusion genre. The album contains the final line-up of the band with only founders Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke returning from the previous recordings. This 1977 release was the first Return to Forever album in five years to contain vocals, performed here by Corea's future wife Gayle Moran and the surprisingly enjoyable Stanley Clarke

Return to forever - musicmagic - super audio CD. Product details. Audio CD (October 21, 2016). After four highly successful albums of high powered fusion Return To Forever end up here without Lenny White and Al DiMeola,whose solo careers and session work made them too busy to work in the group context anymore. Of the original lineup on Stanley Clarke remained-the only member to be with the group from the very beginning to the very end. There is also a theory that RTF albums WERE essencialy Clarke/Corea albums with guest musicians but with people like Lenny,Al,Flora and the powerful contributions they made to the group over the years I find that hard to believe.