Returns (album) explained

Returns
Type:	live
Artist:	Return to Forever
Cover:	RTF_Returns.jpg
Released:	March 17, 2009
Recorded:	July 18 & 31, 2008, August 6, 2008
Venue:	Stravinski Auditorium, Montreux Jazz Festival (July 18), Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida (July 31), Bank of America Pavilion, Boston, Massachusetts (August 6)
Genre:	Jazz fusion
Label:	Eagle
Producer:	Terry Shand, Claude Nobs
Prev Year:	2008
Next Title:	Forever
Next Year:	2011

Returns is a live album by American 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 Returns: Live at Montreux 2008.

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" (di Meola)
   • "Mediterranean Sundance" (di Meola)
   • "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

7. "500 Miles High" (Corea) – 12:48
8. BBC Lifetime Achievement Award to RTF as presented by Sir George Martin, including a performance of "Romantic Warrior" – 8:20

Recorded at the:

• Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida, the U.S., July 31, 2008 (tracks 1.1–2.5)
• Bank of America Pavilion, Boston, Massachusetts, the U.S., August 6, 2008 (track 2.6)
• Stravinski Auditorium, Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland, July 18, 2008 (track 2.7)

Returns: Live at Montreux 2008
Type:	video
Artist:	Return to Forever
Cover:	RTF_Returns_DVD.jpg
Released:	May 12, 2009
Recorded:	July 18 & 31, 2008
Venue:	Stravinski Auditorium, Montreux Jazz Festival (July 18), Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida (July 31)
Genre:	Jazz fusion
Length:	149 minutes
Label:	Eagle Rock Entertainment

DVD-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

13. "Lineage" (Lenny's solo)
14. Al's solo
15. "Friendship" (Chick's solo)
16. "El Bayo de Negro" (Stanley's solo)
17. "Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant" (Corea)

Personnel

Return to Forever

• Chick Corea – Yamaha grand piano C3MP, Rhodes Midi Piano Mark V, synthesizers (Minimoog Voyager, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, Yamaha Motif)
• Al Di Meola – acoustic and electric guitar
• Stanley Clarke – electric and acoustic bass
• Lenny White – drums

CD production

• Return To Forever – producer
• Bernie Kirsh – engineer (recording, mixing)
• Buck Snow – engineer (mixing)
• Doug Sax – engineer (mastering)
• Marc Bessant – artwork, cover

DVD-Video production

• Return To Forever – producer, engineer (mixing)
• Christine Strand – producer (video), director
• Josh Adams – producer (video)
• Buck Snow – engineer (mixing)
• E. Churchod – photography
• Georges A. Braunschweig – photography

References

• Review of video at Jazztimes.com by Meredith, Bill

External links

• Return to Forever - Returns (2009) album review by Hal Horowitz, credits & releases at AllMusic
• Return to Forever - Returns (2009) album releases & credits at Discogs
• Return to Forever - Returns (2009) album to be listened as stream on Spotify
• Return to Forever - Returns: Live at Montreux 2008 (2009) Blu-ray/DVD releases & credits at Discogs

Notes and References

1. Web site: Return to Forever - Returns (2009) | Awards | AllMusic . allmusic.com . 27 October 2013.