However, Gadd was unwilling to tour with the band and risk his job as an in-demand session drummer. Return to Forever performing in 1974 at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, New York.ДЄfter the second album, Farrell, Purim and Moreira left the group to form their own band, and guitarist Bill Connors, drummer Steve Gadd and percussionist Mingo Lewis were added. L to R: Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola, Chick Corea (drummer Lenny White not visible). Their second album, Light as a Feather (1973), was released by Polydor and included the song вЂњ SpainвЂњ, which also became quite well known. Shortly afterwards, Corea, Airto, Clarke and Tony Williams formed the band for Stan GetzвЂs album Captain Marvel (1972), which featured CoreaвЂ™s compositions, including some from the first and second Return to Forever albums. This album featured CoreaвЂ™s now famous compositions вЂњCrystal SilenceвЂќ and вЂњLa FiestaвЂќ. Their first album, titled simply Return to Forever, was recorded for ECM Records in 1972, and was initially released only in Europe. Clarke himself became involved in Scientology through Corea, but eventually left the religion in the early 1980s. Lyrics were often written by CoreaвЂ™s friend Neville Potter, and were quite often Scientology-themed. The music was composed by Corea with the exception of the title track of the second album which was written by Stanley Clarke. While PurimвЂ™s vocals lent some commercial appeal to the music, many of their compositions were also instrumental and somewhat experimental in nature. Clarke and Farrell were given ample solo space themselves. CoreaвЂ™s Fender Rhodes electric piano formed the basis of this groupвЂ™s sound he had yet to discover synthesizers, his trademark sound in the groupвЂ™s later years. Within this first line-up in particular, Clarke played acoustic double bass in addition to electric bass. This initial band consisted of singer and percussionist Flora Purim, her husband Airto Moreira (both Brazilians) on drums and percussion, CoreaвЂ™s longtime musical co-worker Joe Farrell on saxophone and flute, and the young Stanley Clarke on bass. The first edition of Return to Forever performed primarily Latin-oriented music. This meant performing a more accessible style of music than avant-garde jazz. In 1972, after becoming a member of Scientology, Corea decided he wanted to communicate better with the audience. Several musicians, including Clarke, Flora Purim, Airto Moreira and Al Di Meola, came to prominence through their performances on Return to Forever albums.ДЄfter playing on Miles DavisвЂs 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. 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. The band has had many members, with the only consistent bandmate of CoreaвЂ™s being bassist Stanley Clarke. вЂњThis album and the upcoming world tour will also be something very special in our career.Return to Forever was an American jazz fusion band that was founded by pianist Chick Corea in 1971. вЂњThe prospect of rocking with my bandmates in front of hundreds of thousands of fans next year, and presenting them our new album, is already giving me goose bumps,вЂќ Schenker said. вЂњWe recorded the album as a band live in one room, like we did in the вЂ80s,' he noted. вЂњDuring the pandemic the band retreated to the studio in their German hometown in Hanover and started working on new songs,вЂќ a Scorpions statement said.В Singer Klaus Meine commented that the music contained вЂњScorpions DNAвЂќ in the form of compositions by himself and guitarist Rudolf Schenker. Rock Believer, their 19th album, will be the first to feature former Motorhead drummer Mikkey Dee, who joined in 2016 following his own groupвЂ™s demise.

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