Musicmagic

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Musicmagic
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Studio album by
Return to Forever
Released1977
RecordedJanuary–February 1977
Studio Caribou Ranch (Nederland, Colorado)
Genre Jazz-rock
Length41:51
Label Columbia
Producer Return to Forever
Return to Forever chronology
Romantic Warrior
(1976)		Musicmagic
(1977)		 Live
(1977)
Chick Corea chronology
My Spanish Heart
(1976)		Musicmagic
(1977)		 Live
(1977)
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Musicmagic is the final studio album by the American jazz fusion band Return to Forever, released in 1977.

Contents

This album contains the final line-up of the band from the 1970s, with only founders Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke returning from the previous album. [3] This is the first album since Light as a Feather (1973) to contain vocals, featuring Stanley Clarke and Corea's wife Gayle Moran. This album also marks the return of original member Joe Farrell on saxophone and flute, along with several new members making up a five-piece horn section.

In addition to the conventional two channel stereo version the album was also released by Columbia in a four channel quadraphonic version in 1977 as one of the last quadraphonic albums released by the label. In 2016 the album was re-issued in stereo on hybrid Super Audio CD by Audio Fidelity. It was re-issued again on SACD by Dutton Vocalion in 2017 containing both the quadraphonic and stereo mixes.

With the addition of trombonist Ron Moss, this lineup toured and recorded the live album Live (1977) which was re-issued in 1978 as a 4-LP set called Return to Forever Live: The Complete Concert.

Track listing

  1. "The Musician" (Chick Corea) – 7:12
  2. "Hello Again" (Stanley Clarke) – 3:49
  3. "Musicmagic" (Corea, Gayle Moran) – 11:00
  4. "So Long Mickey Mouse" (Clarke) – 6:09
  5. "Do You Ever" (Moran) – 3:59
  6. "The Endless Night" (Corea, Moran) – 9:41

Personnel

Chart performance

YearChartPosition
1977 Billboard 200 [4] 38
1977Billboard Jazz Albums [4] 4

References

  1. ↑ Elias, Jason. "Return to Forever - Musicmagic (1977) album review | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
  2. ↑ Bradman, Tony (April 30, 1977). "Albums: Return to Forever – Musicmagic" (PDF). Record Mirror . London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 22. ISSN   0144-5804. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 23, 2023. Retrieved December 7, 2023– via World Radio History.
  3. ↑ Burger, David (May 29, 2008). "Jazz: Sounds like they've been together forever". The Salt LakeTribune.
  4. 1 2 "Return to Forever - Musicmagic (1977) | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
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