Return To Forever
Romantic Warrior
The Story
At a time when jazz was undergoing an unprecedented charge of electricity, this edition of keyboardist-composer Chick Corea's Return To Forever produced some of the most crackling heat lightning. Having a young guitar wizard like Al DiMeola, who was 21 at the time of these recordings helped score the group with the Jeff Beck/Carlos Santana rock guitar fans. "Romantic Warrior", Return To Forever's first album for Columbia, featured sci-fi mini-epics like the title track, and the gently funky "The Magician" - here, the ensemble soared, and with this freshly remastered edition, never more so. With the seismic rhythm team of bassist Stanley Clarke and drummer Lenny White - this incarnation of RTF was an instant success.
The Music
| 05:14 | Medieval Overture | Instrumental |
| 07:34 | Sorceress | Instrumental |
| 10:52 | The Romantic Warrior | Instrumental |
| 05:01 | Majestic Dance | Instrumental |
| 05:29 | The Magician | Instrumental |
| 11:26 | Duel Of The Jester And The Tyrant (1&2) | Instrumental |
The Artists
| Al DiMeola | Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitar, Soprano Guitar, Hand Bell, Slide Whistle, Production Assistance |
| Chick Corea | Acoustic Piano, Fender Rhodes, Honer Clavinet, Mini Moog, Moog 15, Micro Mini Moog, ARP Odyssey, Yamaha Organ, Polymoog, Marimba, Percussion, Production |
| Stanley Clarke | Alembic Bass with Instant Flanger, Piccolo Bass, Acoustic Bass, Bell Tree, Hand Bells, Production Assistance |
| Lenny White | Drums, Timpani, Congas, Timbales, Hand Bells, Snare Drum, Suspended Cymbals, Alarm Clock, Production Assistance |
| Dennis Mackay | Engineering, Remixing |
| Tom Likes | Engineering Assistance |
| Bob Belden | Reissue Production |
| Seth Rothstein | Project Direction |
| Mark Wilder | Digital Remastering |
| Steve Berkowitz | Legacy A&R |
| Patti Matheny | A&R Coordination |
| Darren Salmieri | A&R Coordination |
| Wilson McLean | Original Cover Art |
| Gerard Huerta | Original Logo |
| Howard Fritzson | Reissue Art Direction |
| Randall Martin | Reissue Design |
| John Jackson | Production Assistance |
| Recorded February, 1976 at Caribou Ranch, Nederland, Colorado.
Remixed by Dennis MacKay at Trident Studios, London. Digitally remastered at Sony Music Studios, NYC. Liner photography by CRPS. |
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