Chick Corea, Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White Return To Forever -full live-

mythical group of the 70s and 80s Complete concert

[@ronh.5558]

How blessed am I to have bought that album in 76 . One of the best bands of all time. You will forever be loved and missed Bro. Chick

[@joe800096]

I must have worn the grooves off of this one

[@usaroman]

Still in rotation since 1986. Such a treasure to have the entire album performed here on you tube. Thanks for uploading the complete concert. 🎉🎉🎉

[@yarga6]

Chick has returned to forever.

[@tazaguthrie9927]

Touché. I've been listening to Where Have I Known You Before a lot over the past few days. Epic lp.

[@thomasandersen2764]

Didn't notice until today So I looked for a recording similar to the performance in -Stockholm 1972( or sometime beween genesis and forever) This was similar program, But unforgetable were the long brilliant accoustic parts that each musician performed - longer than on this performance) So we all go to forever.

[@randyd.1524]

And he has returned again it is rumored.

[@johnunderwood3132]

Good one. I totally agree with that!! I just got this on vinyl. Friggin love it

[@randyd.1524]

@@johnunderwood3132 You have it on Vinyl! So much more sound with vinyl.

[@SaltySicilian]

As a young person, there aren’t many people I meet who listen to these guys… Yes, Gino Vannelli, Al Di Meola, Jeff Beck… music was just so much MORE back then.

[@daryalspencer4675]

The first time I saw RTF was 78, they opened up for Santana, I never hear anything like that. I was Hypnotized, I was hooked, then witnessed something I never seen before, Al De meola came back on stage and closed the show out with Santana on his last song. Awesome 👌

[@raymocopo7340]

Consider yourself one extremely fortuntate soul.

[@waynefoote3781]

WOW!@

[@Ron-nd1yu]

Dude your blessed, I was rocking to rtf also they set the bar so high that no one has hit sense !?#&^#& look at the line up chic , Stanley Clark , AL demeola ,ect!!! The good old days? Better living through chemistry$

[@waynefoote3781]

@@Ron-nd1yu I also like the Jon Luc Ponty version also.

[@dannylgriffin]

@@raymocopo7340 true! Santana and RTF together? What a show that must have been! I have an original Chic Corea autographed piece of sheet music framed above my piano.

[@robertdaniels4966]

Lenny White is very underrated...He is driving the sound the way a drummer should.

[@tacman1974]

I love Lenny White. I also love Alex Acuna of Weather Report. Because both of them have THE SOUND if you know what I mean. This electric jazz - fusion sound. They are not as "metronomic" as Billy Cobham and not as "jazzy" as other great jazz drummers. They are just spot on for this sort of music if you know what I mean...

[@johnnyzendo1271]

He & Billy Cobham were the best fusion drummers.

[@zachjohnson637]

Johnny Zendo Tony Williams

[@kickdrum09]

Robert Daniels he's my absolute favorite. he's unorthodox in that he plays kind ambidextrous if you will.

[@aeropilot4419]

Robert Daniels Seen him recently, still jamming hard 👍🏻

[@geraldlewis4879]

This is awesome. Return to Forever deserve to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The music is legendary

[@dakine575756]

If Emerson lake and Palmer aren't considered rock, then I guess RTF isn't either. Lenny white alone is better than half the r & r hof

[@ztemyn]

Why insult them with the hall of fraud

[@CAPepin]

R.I.P. Chick Corea. Thanks for the music.

[@dashriprock5720]

What I find fascinating about Lenny White's playing is it is truly ambidextrous. No apparent dominant hand. So incredibly fluid.

[@cuffedpans]

Bro it doesnt even look like hes trying 💀💀💀 so talented my god !!!

[@Henry-vo8kp]

@@cuffedpans The only guy that comes close to being so fluid and neither-handed is Matt Abbs of Govt Mule.

[@bungeechord1]

Billy Cobham also. Lenny is a talented guy in many artistic ways.

[@dakine575756]

Both Cobham and Lenny white are left handed

[@Joeymoey-h1q]

Lenny is left-handed. He's said so. If you're a left-handed drummer, as I am, you can play a righty set with the ride cymbal placed so your left hand can work it.

[@imaseeker100]

Epic. This will be played by master musicians 500 years from now.

[@richtomlinson7090]

Space Aliens of the distant future will find this in a Nitrogen sealed vault, figure out how to play it, and smile and nod to each other. Some music is timeless.

[@denisearment3282]

I've always said I sure can't wait to see all the greats jamming in heaven, well I guess it's going to happen sooner now, it's been 50yrs since I said it.

[@cmrdeaconblues]

The Romantic Warrior. The Magnum Opus of the Return to Forever albums. This album literally changed my musical life back in the late 70's, and when I turned my friends on to it, it changed their's too! One of the rare albums that some 45 years later, it's still just as amazing as when I first heard it! Chick Corea and the band created a true masterpiece!

[@chukesart]

ME TOO!

[@michaelbirke6050]

The album is magical, mystical, deeply engaging with its listener. It’s so rare that nothing has been or ever will be recorded like it ever again. Like you, for me it changed the literal meaning of music and where it could take you if you would open your mind and imagination.

[@coolguitarchannel]

You're right. The album is a cosmic masterpiece. It goes in crazy directions, exploring the unknown, but it somehow never loses the listener. Each song, each melody, and every solo tells a story. The compositions were truly great. I am of the opinion that this lineup of RTF were the tightest band of all time. The four of them were so in sync with each other, it's almost like they were one person playing all the instruments, but at the same time each of them brings such a unique identity to the music.

[@Darrylizer1]

I didn't really "get" it when it came out. Now however, wow! I managed to find a really good copy on vinyl and I consider it one of the finest albums in both fusion and progressive rock.

[@kevinkhoy7171]

"The Romantic Warrior" Live can't believe this is 1976 When Disco was dominating the charts! Return to Forever

[@ericnelson9111]

This is what you get when you put four badass musicians together.

[@craigbart7086]

Als guitar playing just incredible before Eddie Van Halen,we never heard playing so fast ,Al being from NJ got to meet him and went to movies with him saw Marathon Man in nyc

[@jacobheaney3836]

When I started to really absorb music around 13 years old, I started out as a Heavy Metal & a Hard Rock kid with bands like Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Thin Lizzy. Then I moved towards more obscure bands like Steely Dan, Yes, Focus, Frank Zappa & The Mothers. Then when I was 17 years old I discover a genre called Jazz Fusion which completely changed my life and the bands from that genre that really helped define my taste. But the band that blew me away when I heard that first note from them was Return To Forever. They are my favourite band of all time. I have only allowed myself to have one favourite RTF album, I could have easily just filled it up with all of their albums. The Romantic Warrior is my all time favourite album & if I could only have one album on a desert island it would be that one. I took a good long think about this question & I love the whole discography. I like the first couple Latin albums with Flora Purim. I adore the rawness & the variety of the early heavy Fusion albums. Their last studio album Musicmagic not so much but the live albums that they recorded just before they disbanded in 1978 are great. I also really like the Bill Connors era with RTF in 1973, I adore all the albums with Al Di Meola. Where Have I Known You Before is fantastic, No Mystery just a little bit lower in my ranking but side two of that album is beautiful. Of course Romantic Warrior is their masterpiece. Also all of their bootleg live recordings in 1976 are just amazing, I would have loved if they made an official live album during the Romantic Warrior tour, & even their reunion album Returns from 2008 is still really enjoyable. Overall when I looked at this entire catalog, not a very long one but with a lot of variety and live albums and recordings out there with all the jams and solos the musicians in the band created, I love the mellow music they do and the heavy music they do. I adore to death everything about it, I love Al’s phrasing & the dangerous nature of his shredding. Chick Corea is such an awesome composer and can really tell a story through a composition. Lenny White’s incredible monster drumming is so powerful, fiery & explosive, with Stanley being such a tight and direct bass player. Those two work really well as a rhythm section. I love Coreas Keyboard playing and like the whole fantasy/medieval world he makes with the tunes. Return To Forever never ceases to blow me away. The main reason I think they’re in here is because I have no problem with any of their albums and pretty much all of those records, I would listen to one on any given day and think yeah that’s got to be in my top list of favourite albums of all time.

[@Bobo-zz2pd]

The best musicians in the world

[@DwayneETowns]

Discovered "Return to Forever" in 1975 from then on they matured my musical ear.

[@francofrogg]

Still mind-bendingly intense even after all these years.

[@raybrown7362]

You pinned it just right...mind bending and intense ..for sure.....ahead on its time

[@nordland2235]

I remember riding around in my friend Larry's 67 camaro listening to Romantic warrior until the sun come up....the 70s ..what a time it was.

[@adampoll4977]

Stumbled across "Romantic Warrior" when I was looking through some guy's record collection when I was about 10 years old (cos the cover looked cool). I dubbed it to cassette and played myself to sleep with it for at least a decade. Quirky, experimental, awesome musicianship. Just found an old mint LP yesterday at a record market - pure gold.

[@colinbrown2316]

These men really are gods.

[@solomonfaber8026]

The Romantic Warrior Album is one of my favorite albums of all time. Incredible!

[@jondubb35]

Absolutely! Underrated on every level!! Simply a stunning masterpiece.

[@kmaher4980]

Romantic Warrior is a must listen for any person looking into the jazz fusion genre. There isn't a weak cut on the album. It may be the best jazz fusion album ever when looked at in that regard.

[@blackbrownbeige55]

I saw The Romantic Warrior TOUR. Brings back memories of GENIUS

[@outoper]

Totally agree. Romantic Warrior is the most creative fusion jazz piece ever written. No Mistery comes second.

[@zefonk]

Yeah :)

[@wdsavage]

Saw this GREAT band in Des Moines, IA in 197? Was the BEST concert I have ever been too. Think there were only about 200 of us in the crowd, and we all sat on the floor VERY close to the band. All 4 musicians are tremendous on their own, but together it was unbelievable. So blessed that I was there. Listen to the Romantic Warrior CD often. The fantastic music will never die !!!

[@markfriedmann1670]

What a band!!! Miss you Chick 😢

[@camtron]

RIP Chick. You shaped my musical tastes when I was a young lad.

[@patriciawilliams5187]

Saw them at the Hollywood Bowl! It was incredible. They're each very, VERY talented! I was blown away. Best show ever!

[@alandownes8914]

I actually watched this concert . it was broadcast on tuesday 16th marrch 1976 on the bbc 2 channel at about 6pm. i was mesmerised by the compositions and the virtuosity of the players. Watching stanley clarke led to me buying a bass guitar and onto an electric upright bass. i will always remember this concert . It changed my musical tastes forever. Thanks for posting. brilliant!

[@winchester92stevebrook44]

Yeah Stanley Clark is one of the outstanding bass guitar players, also love Tal Wilkenfeld.

[@punypoppy9147]

The era when musicians still could do all the things live that was on records. Awesome live!

[@Cr8Tron]

Except Majestic Dance?

[@chriscarpenter5160]

Dark Side of the Moon?

[@kranmaster]

@@chriscarpenter5160 It was played in its entirety live.

[@woodstocker696]

Saw RTF in Detroit when I lived there briefly. Pretty sure Flora Purim was with them. Sweet, angelic voice! Went to quite a few shows in the Motor City, and Chick and company definitely ranks among the best. Consider myself very fortunate. Now, seems like another life, on another planet. Ha! Man, there was so much great music coming out during those times. Grew up with rock and some classical. And then, to discover jazz fusion; it opened up a whole new world! Seemed like an endless stream of talent. So many fabulous, innovative artists. I'll reserve comment about today's "music", most of it anyway. "Those were the days, my friend; we thought they'd never end......."

[@billcolangelo5852]

Was blessed to see the band many times in SoCal, including the amazing 20 year reunion concert. No words express the talent & presence of this group!

[@iggy9955]

The name jazz-rock was invented by journalists to explain jazz that also attracts a younger rock audience. The best electro jazz band of the 70s and 80s and now and forever. Today we return to forever.❤🎉

[@sommstuff3071]

Most underrated group of all decades, at Chick Corea's direction. Do yourself a favor and give this masterpiece a listen to. They never seemed to be commercially oriented toward massive FM-airplay, yet all have had successful individual careers following its latter 70's days. This is what Jazz Rock Fusion is essentially all about.

[@_j_a_z_z_9892]

underrated muaaaaaah...... dont cry for argentina

[@Ron-nd1yu]

I've been trying to come up with some smart line or adage to say about these cats? It only been 45 years still stuck! Only thing I can say is I can't put into notes on a chart, I'm just now learning that it's a return to forever at 70?

[@redline2115]

I got to play Lenny White’s kit in Milwaukee Washington Park when I was fifteen at a drum clinic. Yes, that’s a BRAG. Great drummer, super nice guy too.

[@thebandthatisDAVE]

My childhood right there! One of the main bands that made me the professional musician I am today!

[@machineoftheabsurd]

Lenny White is a genius!

[@johnnyzendo1271]

All four of them are geniuses.

[@oaklandtobangkok]

So true man.

[@Ron-nd1yu]

Still after all these years, what a line up!!!!!!!! It took me 40 years to understand the funk jazz thing those cats were into it's like moms apple pie can't get enough?

[@waynefoote3781]

I taught myself to play drums to the Romantic Warrior Album back in the 70's...High School.....Now THAT ............was an unbelievable experience..................very empowering! This is even better than the album.

[@michaelromeo4601]

My favorite band ❤️ along with Brand X.I grew up with all this great music, and don't forget John Mclaughlin and Shakti

[@johnlane2010]

I love how they introduced each other (after the first song). This is a real gem of a video. Love this album, and I love seeing video of them playing it from BACK THEN. Awesome.

[@jdecker9834]

Man, that pocket with Lenny and Stanley is just sublime.

[@johnnyrodriguez8358]

I was lucky enought to attend a RTF show and hear all these great tunes live. RiP chick.

[@rogerweafer2179]

saw them live and couldn't believe the stuff that Al Di was reading off the charts at 90 miles an hour...just super musicianship from the entire group, thank you for this!

[@billger5710]

Saw these guys in the basement of a church in Urbana IL at U of I in the 70s - AMAZING then still amazing now.

[@HalHolden-q2d]

Yeah I was really sad when I heard Chick Corea passed. One of my many favorites.

[@keikibeachbungalows]

Awesome band..Awesome Album..Never got to see them in concert all together but I did see Al in Denver around 77-78 opening for Weather Report. I was probably one of about 10 white people in the crowd. Rolled about 4 fat purple seedless from Northern Cal for the concert. The people I was sitting around were so jazzed about seeing Weather Report and I told them I was there for Al. They all looked at me like I was nuts. Anyway, about 3 joints in and Al started playing and I looked down the row and all the guys (and girls) were just staring at the stage with their mouths wide open. Blown away.

[@meanamichele]

I grew up on this music in St Louis, MO. thanks to my big brother. I was only 12 or 13. I'm 59! and I still love it. Four of the BEST that ever did it!!

[@christerhedman2121]

I saw this concert in Stockholm, I think it was 1977. I've seen a lot of concerts but nothing like this one. The hair stands up in my neck when I think of it. I wish I could put on replay and visit and see it again.

[@adamcor7500]

just one of the best ensembles ever to play together. Stunningly wonderful music. Been listening since I was a baby. This, mahavishnu, metheny, and other Fusion artists of the time were my intro to music and shaped my musical taste and started my deep appreciation for true virtuosos.

[@coolguitarchannel]

I really love RTF. And Romantic Warrior is just a cosmic masterpiece. It goes in crazy directions, exploring the unknown, but it somehow never loses the listener. Each song, each melody, and every solo tells a story. The compositions were truly great. I am of the opinion that this lineup of RTF were the tightest band of all time. The four of them were so in sync with each other, it's almost like they were one person playing all the instruments, but at the same time each of them brings such a unique identity to the music.

[@Bobo-zz2pd]

The best musicians in the world 👍😊

[@HalHolden-q2d]

This a masterpiece! Best track on the disc

[@6855mike]

Thank you Miles Davis, without him, we probably don't have jazz fusion. No Return to Forever, no Mahavishnu Orchestra.

[@dakine575756]

Or no weather report

[@igot1i]

These guys are from another galaxy in a different dimension

[@jeffreywelch1662]

All souls from Sirius B definitely out of this world.

[@paulhunt4690]

Sitting at Mikes place, hitting the bong and listening to fusion jazz in the mid to late 70’s. Those were the days!

[@michaeldooley4090]

These four are just so f ing amazing. This never gets old. Romantic Warrior and Where Have I Known You Before are 2 of the best albums ever made. I bought each one on vinyl for my brother on his birthday when I was a kid. He hated them. Oops...well SOMEONE had to listen to them.

[@user-qg2uf8jp3h]

RTF : The Best Progressive Jazz Band EVER. CHICK COREA : One of the "Three Best Jazz Piano Players of All Times"... along with Duke Ellington and Art Tatum... a True-Real Piano Legend. Player, Composer, Band Leader... like the Duke.

[@manb4war]

+Julio Jesus Jimenez You forgot Herbie Hancock

[@rook3065]

+Julio Jesus Jimenez Herbie is Chick's idol....

[@bayonne02]

+ROOK30 , and vice versa.

[@angelagittings1385]

Thelonius Monk

[@darrenyoung5172]

You have to include Herbie Hancock!

[@pacoprior1412]

I was the chief music critic at my college paper at University of Vermont. The band did a small press conference which I covered. My best friend was visiting from NJ and was tripping. Yup, it was '76. He asked Stanley if the pre-show KFC fried chicken meal was to lube up his fingers for his bass playing later....

[@tonylessismore]

Of the many concerts I have seen over the past 5 decades, "Return to Forever" along with "John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra" were far and away the best two performances. Two bands with extraordinarily and otherworldly talented performers, and two exceptional mind-blowing drummers.

[@tfla10]

Four super musician playing a well written album / program ❗❤

[@timalan5376]

Magnificent musicianship, brilliant compositions, need I say more? I saw them at The Dorothy Chandler Pavillion in Los Angeles after the release of this recording, and still today, was the best concert I have ever experienced. Now shortly thereafter, I met Chick at a Scientology center, and a few years later, met Lenny White with his band after performing at The Old Waldorf in San Francisco. Both Chick and Lenny were very polite and gracious. RIP Chick you are still missed.

[@NancyinNYC]

I saw them OPEN for a now-forgotten band called "Renaissance" at the Philadelphia Spectrum on this tour. They were FIRE.

[@bfish89ryuhayabusa]

Now-forgotten? I'd say both bands are pretty equally remembered: very niche, most people would have never heard of them, but there's definitely a lot of people loving the music.

[@nordland2235]

They were doing this back in the 70s....musically ahead of their time........My friend Lee Worden turned me onto them....and Bill Laswell turned Lee onto them.....they are awesome.

[@zabbott51]

The journey of these marvelous musicians is absolutely incredible. I was a 3 chord guitar player with a great voice. Practicing in a basement in 79' for a highschool talent show. When a friend walks in with Elegant Gypsy. I had to backtrack to RTF. To this amazing band. WTF!

[@JazzRockFusionSynthesizerMusic]

These songs from *Romantic Warrior* are the very best things this 3rd version of Chick’s fusion band ever released. IMHO as a longtime fusion promoter.

[@further_up4875]

i saw them play this music in 1977 in Berkeley, ca in 1977 (i think). in the top 3 moments of my life. there was nothing like this in the day. ... and i am proud to say i heard this amazing tune coming over the AM radio on KRE AM/FM, same year ... a tune called 'Fred' ... Alan Holdsworth ... the golden age of jazz fusion ... i also saw billy cobham w/ john scofield about the same time, and the mahavishnu band (john McLaughlin) ... i did see Led Zepplin on the day on the green in those days, but that wasnt very good ... saw tommy bolin and robin trower at winterland, that was good, esp TB (rip) ... my friend invited me to see the Who in those days, but i said i wasnt interested, he never understood why ... but looking back, maybe i should have gone

[@antoinepaine8097]

further_up oh my god 😍😍 (18 y/o) what an insane line up! Would have a loved to see at least 1 of those :o

[@godbluffvdgg]

...Ahh, 1977 at Berkeley must have been sublime! We were all getting along, calling each other brother, awesome era with the female persuasion... A lot of love and the music represented it well..The greek coliseum (on Berkeley campus) is a killer place to see a concert...Saw Crimso there in 83 while in the service...

[@DaryllHurst]

Just saw Al in Milwaukee. inspiring to say the least. He told the story about he was asked to join RTF. He's such a joy to watch and bless his history with this band. Such positivity in this live performance. I'm always amazed what was presented on TV in regards to bands during this era. Bravo.

[@MRJIMIHNDRX]

THIS WAS MY FAVORITE ALBUM FOR 10 YEARS WHEN IT CAME OUT. I'VE STILL NEVER HEARD 4 GUYS PLAY SUCH 'MAGICAL MUSIC'. IT'S NOT ROCK, IT'S NOT JAZZ-IT'S JUST AMAZING MUSIC. CHICK WAS THE MASTERMIND BEHIND IT AND THEY ALL WENT ON TO HAVE GREAT MUSICAL CAREERS BUT THEY HAVE TO LOVE CHICK.. GREAT STUFF... STILL ONE OF MY TOP 5 ALBUMS EVER. "THE ROMANTIC WARRIOR"..

[@ChiIeboy]

FYI, I think your Caps Lock is stuck.

[@jameswebb9659]

It's fusion, man😎✌️ What a long, strange trip it's been Keep on truckin'

[@playsblueswolf]

Lenny White is a great drummer and singer

[@godbluffvdgg]

Jezus! They're so young here...:)... it's amazing to think Of all the things to come...

[@johnsegelke7885]

Lenny White: pioneering jazz fusion drummer and creator of the tuxedo shirt.

[@paulbaily3164]

Saw this on OGWT and I went out next day and purchased the album.......just blew me away...must have heard this album a 1000 times since..thank heaven for cd...poor old vinyl wrecked after so much playing

[@samuelbrown2147]

The sound of Lenny’s drum’s is what every drummer should want. That fucking snare sound my god

[@rdiazca]

They came Berkeley for 2 nights and purchase scalper tickets for both nights, flip a coin and I won, 4 rows back from stage the 1st night and ran into Whoopi Goldberg. 2nd night I was in the back but just closing your eyes it felt like I was dreaming. The most mermerized concert I ever been to and I seen Jimi Hendrix, Eagles, Sly Stone, Santana and many more. I went to the Kaboki Club in San Francisco and saw Stanley Clarke with another Bass player from Sacramento eating my dinner before the torn it down.

[@erasmusomnius]

Heard/saw them at UCSD gym around this time. Eye-opening, thrilling. Seems like Flora Purim sang also. But that was a very long time ago. Will never forget Stanley Clarke's playing.

[@DragonTVSJC]

This is SO tight. I can't believe how under appreciated this is.

[@dakine575756]

Underappreciated by who?

[@theo9952]

Ιt is great to be able to see watch this amazing band playing this amazing music.** I just wish there was better quality footage of them than this, which leaves a lot to be desired. **Romantic Warrior : The ultimate Jazz-Rock-Prog fusion album.

[@danmylecraine3796]

I saw them at the Kennedy Center around that time. The energy in the air was palpable. If there's other lives, Chick, this one would be a hard act to follow!

[@AMaj7Sharp5]

This was my intro to Jazz. Haha. Nevertheless, is anyone else hearing this as...mindbending still to this day? I dig Lenny White. My goodness this is off the charts. Who knew Lenny composed the Sorceress? lol hahaha. I used to jam this on my way to surf La Jolla.

[@ANTHZEIT]

One of the greatest-if not the greatest-Jazz Fusion Band ever and Romantic Warrior, simply a "Perfect Album". 4 Super Virtuosos. Before Return to Forever and after them, there was and there not exist nothing even similar..I really hope, that they soon "Return again to Forever" Anthör Zeît Geîst

[@doodlebug4339]

Still one of the best concerts I ever attended dating back to the 70's.

[@JonKern]

So glad I grew up listening to these guys in high school -- on a great local radio station and my LPs. Just drank coffee out of a Return to Forever mug (from the 2008 tour)

[@mntnman627]

Some of the greatest music ever written or played.........ever.

[@mntnman627]

But I have to wonder why DiMeola decided to just wear an undershirt. C'mon man....

[@godbluffvdgg]

One of the greatest bands nobody's heard of...Sick jams...Chick Is brilliant...Glad he is still alive and kicking...:) Thanks for the upload. "Medieval Overture" (Corea) - 0:00 "Sorceress" (White) - 5:55 "The Magician" (Clarke) - 13:40 "The Romantic Warrior" (Corea) - 20:15 "Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant" (Part I & Part II) (Corea) - 31:14 "Majestic Dance" (Di Meola) -

[@arthurmee]

Chick is now a living legend. This band were incredible. Musicianship, composition beyond compare. The most beautiful progressive jazz/rock , fusion or jazz - - whatever you want to call it.

[@godbluffvdgg]

Few people achieve living legend...Chick deserves every bit of his accolades! :)

[@Sancho_Retablez]

I miss Majestic dance.

[@erikbaran7197]

Nobody's heard of? Oooookay.

[@tonyschwartz1223]

@@erikbaran7197 my thought, exactly!

[@godbluffvdgg]

I was a teen in the 70's, I wish I had gotten into more fusion like this then...I was more a prog head with Genesis, Yes, Giant, Crimso et al. That was a full time thing...Of course I knew about all of them except Lenny...But RTF didn't make it onto my radar until I was in my 50's...Like finding 5 grand in a pair of pants you had in the closet..:)...

[@victormontielmusic]

I would have loved to be a teen in the 70s... What a great time for music it was, so many good and talented bands and artists. I am a classical pianist but in my journey of musical discovery I started with prog rock, then prog metal and I am getting into jazz fusion now. Amazing music!

[@godbluffvdgg]

@@victormontielmusic Prog and Fusion lack the complexities of classical like Mahler or Rachmaninov, but, it's fun to listen to...Lyrics, drums and Bass add a different dimension that you don't find in classical...Jazz, Classical and the other genres are lifelong pursuits...I figured I have more than 200000 hours of music listening and I barely scratched the surface....:)...Thanks for the comment.

[@Unibabble]

I saw them on this original tour. They had big mirrors hung up over Lenny's kit and Chick's keyboard rig, so you could see them from above as they played - pretty amazing. They started with "Medieval Overture", and it was mind-blowing to me to hear that tune played live, it was so intense. This album changed my life, and for me at least has not aged at all, it still is incredible and sounds great too. I think the synth solo on "Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant" is one of the best synth solos I have ever heard by anyone anywhere - just amazing! Chick's command of keyboards, of the piano especially, was absolute and complete. Not to take away from Lenny, Stanley and Al, they were and are all fantastic musicians. I remember Lenny White did a drum solo during that show, and at the end he stood up to thunderous applause and held up a little handmade sign that said "Thank You!" - he seemed like such a cool guy. RIP Chick!

[@Ross-kd2fw]

Talk about precision!!! Good grief! Incredible!

[@francisbradley1027]

Oh my gosh,you and Carlos Santnna get together. YEAH

[@johnmartinussen1911]

They are all genius🙂

[@chosen_ones777]

Times and taste is/are certainly changing. This used to be popular music in the 70's.

[@blayneb7290]

Such great memories! Saw them at least 3 times, the 1st with Earl Klugh, (just after Bill Connor left, though wish I could have seen him, great player), at Soldiers and Sailors Hall in Pgh, then several times later with Al Di Meola (Stanley Theater if I recall). Everyone filled with incredible musicianship. Took several friends who were stoned hard-rockers and they were BLOWN AWAY! Became instant fans for life!

[@jonnyross6796]

God bless the 70's

[@francisbradley1027]

OMG ,i love this music. I haven’t listened to Return to Forever for years. I have the LP Romantic Warrior. I want to revisit it. Yeah

[@jimmetesky6019]

Saw this band in 1975, 1976, and 2008. Stunning every time. Met Stanley Clarke after the last show. We were marveling that we were both much younger back in 1975.

[@jeffdawson2786]

Chick + Al + Stanley + Lenny = AMAZING.

[@dealsbetweenfriends]

Crazy...............lots of vitamin C for Lenny! we grew up with this stuff......couldnt play it but hey???!

[@lewiskeyes9683]

I remember seeing this on a some uhf station in New York back in the 80's. Thought I died and went to heaven.

[@MrGTO-ze7vb]

WOW.. Lenny got all dressed up..!! LOL.. This is the masterful RTF in the early Fresh Days. These guys could jam so well together.!!! even with Chicks moog screwing up with some nasty notes...... Love this video..! Thanks

[@thetriumphofthethrill2457]

Thanks for sharing this, it's quite the thrill to see this supergroup in action during their prime. Mahavishnu Orchestra were better songwriters, but Return to Forever were better musicians and rocked a little harder too. White is one of the fastest and most skilled drummers, and Di Meola was on fire, a real shredder even before the term was used.

[@samkimble6359]

I don’t think you need to say one is better than the other. They’re both great

[@Ron-nd1yu]

Ever see Stanley Clark? He could hold court in any classroom? Also but what a group of musicians that put egos aside an made history!

[@blacjazzz]

Special time.. special musicians... music had a different sense of spirit and adventure in those days. Some of it worked and some of it didn't. But, and maybe I'm biased cuz I came of age musically at that time, there was a different kind of honesty searching for new sounds and approaches that were relevant. Cats still seemed to want to play for beauty and craft and uplift, not just for money. Maybe I'm being romantic but... "Romantic Warrior," in that live rendition, is a jazz/musical classic. Its just as relevant as Miles' "So What," or many of the other straight ahead jazz classics that are considered canon for today.

[@lynnturman8157]

There's just as many great players now. The reason they're not as prominent is cause the suits in charge nowadays are nothing but corporate bean counters who ARE only interested in $$$. Back in the day, the suits (perhaps the majority) were music lovers. That's my theory anyway.

[@ulfingvar1]

How true. This stuff, the best of prog rock, all that and more was GENUINE, and in search of aural EXPERIENCE. Today..I dunno where to look for this kind of stuff..

[@Dubailand1555]

Lynn Turman On the money Lynn, its all about the almighty dollar!! Or should I say its not that mighty anymore, its just paper!!

[@tresojos]

ulfingvar1 The Mars Volta in my opinion definitely did a great job especially between 2003 and 2007, you might want to check it out.

[@ulfingvar1]

tresojos I will. Thanks!

[@baldy555]

What a cute unique way of introducing the bad members..... Geniuses all of them.

[@joelsierra2422]

I saw the Return to Forever on this tour 1976 in Chicago when I see this I know how lucky in life I've been!! Thank you God!!

[@kitwalker520]

Have the vinyl - fantastic