Musicmagic
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| Musicmagic | ||||
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| Released | 1977 | |||
| Recorded | January–February 1977 | |||
| Studio | Caribou Ranch (Nederland, Colorado) | |||
| Genre | Jazz-rock | |||
| Length | 41:51 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Return to Forever | |||
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| Chick Corea chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Record Mirror | [2] |
Musicmagic is a studio album by fusion band Return to Forever, their final work until 2008.
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[edit]
- "The Musician" (Chick Corea) – 7:12
- "Hello Again" (Stanley Clarke) – 3:49
- "Musicmagic" (Corea, Gayle Moran) – 11:00
- "So Long Mickey Mouse" (Clarke) – 6:09
- "Do You Ever" (Moran) – 3:59
- "The Endless Night" (Corea, Moran) – 9:41
Personnel[edit]
- Chick Corea – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hohner clavinet, synthesizers (ARP Odyssey, Minimoog, Polymoog, Moog 15 modular), vocals
- Gayle Moran – acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ, Polymoog, vocals
- Joe Farrell – piccolo flute, flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
- James Tinsley – piccolo trumpet, trumpet
- John Thomas – trumpet, flugelhorn
- James E. Pugh – tenor trombone
- Harold Garret – tenor trombone, bass trombone, baritone horn
- Stanley Clarke – electric bass, acoustic bass, vocals
- Gerry Brown – drums
Chart performance[edit]
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1977 | Billboard 200[4] | 38 |
| 1977 | Billboard Jazz Albums[4] | 4 |
References[edit]
- ^ Elias, Jason. "Return to Forever - Musicmagic (1977) album review | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
- ^ Bradman, Tony (30 April 1977). "Albums: Return to Forever – Musicmagic" (PDF). Record Mirror. London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 22. ISSN 0144-5804. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023 – via World Radio History.
- ^ Burger, David (29 May 2008). "Jazz: Sounds like they've been together forever". The Salt LakeTribune.
- ^ a b "Return to Forever - Musicmagic (1977) | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
