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Return to Forever
Return to Forever in Rochester, New York, 1976. Left to right: White, Clarke, Corea, Di Meola
Background information
Origin
New York City, United States
Genres
Jazz fusion[1]
big band[1]
Years active
1972–1977, 1983, 2008, 2010–2021
Labels
ECM, Columbia, Polydor
Past members
Chick Corea Stanley Clarke Joe Farrell Airto Moreira Flora Purim Lenny White Bill Connors Steve Gadd Mingo Lewis Earl Klugh Al Di Meola Gerry Brown Harold Garrett Gayle Moran James E. Pugh John Thomas James Tinsley Ron Moss Frank Gambale Jean-Luc Ponty
Website
return2forever.com
Return to Forever was an American jazz fusion band that was founded by pianist Chick Corea in 1972.[2] The band has had many members, with the only consistent bandmate of Corea's being bassist Stanley Clarke. Along with Weather Report, The Headhunters, and Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever is often cited as one of the core groups of the jazz-fusion movement of the 1970s. Several musicians, including Clarke, Flora Purim, Airto Moreira and Al Di Meola, came to prominence through their performances on Return to Forever albums.
After playing on Miles Davis's jazz-fusion albums In a Silent Way (1969) and Bitches Brew (1970), Corea formed an avant-garde jazz band called Circle with Dave Holland, Anthony Braxton and Barry Altschul. In 1972, after converting to Scientology, Corea decided he wanted to communicate better with his audience. This meant performing a more accessible style of music than avant-garde jazz.
Return to Forever first disbanded in 1977 after five years and seven studio albums. The band never released another studio album, but occasionally reunited for live performances until Corea's death in 2021.
^ abRuhlmann, William. "Return to Forever Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
^Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. pp. 1007/8. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.
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