Return To Forever - Medieval Overture 1976

Better quality I believe than the other versions here on youtube.
Opening song for their 1976 performance on the BBC Old Grey Whistle Test.
Return To Forever, with
Chick Corea - keys
Al Di Meola - g
Stanley Clarke - b
Lenny White - dr

[@WilliamJames48]

Al Di Meola was born a 35 year old man who grew to the age of 50 and just stayed there.

[@marijanspasenovski362]

Exactly what I was thinking...

[@avisoncino8665]

So accurate. Funny enough he was only around 22 years old in this performance, the youngest member of the band of im correct.

[@wantsomecoffee]

That’s really funny

[@srobbins1973]

So true and his skills haven't deteriorated at all, sounds great

[@kachebeeabdullah4297]

Hahaha Nice One! 🤣🤣🤣

[@damon1717]

A sad day for music, Chick has returned to forever.😢

[@GjaP_242]

1:23

[@carlbowles1808]

Oh happy day! He is leader of god's jazz house band. ✝️🙏😇💃🎵👏👍🇺🇸

[@arkteosss]

The question is where. Forever in heaven or hell?

[@manuelguariguata535]

Romantic Warrior is perhaps if not the best, jazz fusion album ever recorded.

[@mymoonjujumymen]

alors déjà 1 / le jazz fusion ça n'existe pas et 2 / tous les albums de weather report sont bien meilleurs ..... espèce d'américain ...

[@andyfariss]

You bet, it was a shock wave when this one came out

[@mikeloomis687]

One word.....YES.

[@colinthorn]

Yes, quite possibly

[@guillermokunzel5171]

MusicMagic, SchoolDays, Apocalipse, All Mahavishnu O.,Blow by Blow, Wired, Moroccan Roll, Enigmátic Ocean, Secrets, all Weather Report, jajajaja 😸

[@gravityalwayswins1434]

drummer lenny non stop killin it.

[@chass1771]

Such an underrated drummer.

[@mirror1001]

He’s my favorite drummer personally

[@TheEleatic]

If that’s your thing.

[@burgermind802]

@TheEleatic wow good point

[@davebartholome2924]

@@chass1771 Yes, underrated, and versatile. He can do straight-ahead jazz, rock, funk, whatever you need.

[@torus6083]

This is still so original even today. Nobody is doing music as accomplished or creative as this in the mainstream. The 70s were great for that.

[@scottknicely1466]

Fare thee well Chick.....truly a legend of the highest order.

[@loicfereol5209]

The maestro, one of the greatest composers, pianists, keyboardist that ever lived on this planet

[@jopo6388]

correction..... PLANE

[@johncopeland3826]

I give you Mr Garth Hudson! A guy who can play 3melodies at once emerging from deep sleep!

[@jayclarke5466]

Bach fugues have 4 n 5 simultaneous Melodie’s…Chick s bad ass! RIP

[@zeuhltube]

R.I.P. Chick Corea! I still enjoy every minute of RETURN TO FOREVER!!!

[@michaellanders4311]

Every minute. I M 62 this is my sweet spot Stanley C Al Di Chick Lenny just tearing thru that shit out ahead w chick

[@crescentfreshbret]

Awesome! The perfect fusion of jazz and progressive rock! Romantic Warrior is an amazing album.

[@jopestv1063]

great tour. Jean-Luc Ponty opened 4 RTF when I saw them

[@davebartholome2924]

Yeah, at the time I didn’t really see the connection between progressive rock and jazz fusion, but it seems obvious now, and this song-and album-is the classic example.

[@crescentfreshbret]

@@jopestv1063 What a great combination!

[@smitskee]

@@davebartholome2924 When I was a senior in high school 73-74, in the NYC area, the top rock radio station in the US, WNEW Fm 102.7, had already been playing music by the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and all my Prog head friends into ELP, Yes, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Soft Machine, you name it, were freaking out. Soon, Chick Corea released “Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy,” and they went nuts for that. Point being, the Jazz Rock Fusion scene was attracting the Progressive Rock audience. I saw Return to Forever, as a warm-up for Renaissance.

[@davebartholome2924]

@@smitskee At that time, I was living in Helena, MT, where radio stations were definitely not playing the Mahavishnu Orchestra! I only found out about Return to Forever because they appeared on Don Kirshner’s show (remember him?). Progressive rock was definitely more a thing than jazz fusion in Montana-a few prog rock groups actually played the Pacific Northwest! Jazz fusion groups played Seattle, but nowhere else.

[@mattiasvejdegren1255]

The level of musicianship here is just so over the hills...astonishing 😃😃

[@marceibel1131]

This is a musical poem....This is jazz fusion from the highest level. R.i.P. Chick Corea.

[@docsavage8640]

Great stuff. Hard to believe there was a time when really creative music played by serious musicians actually sold and had an audiene.

[@Frisbieinstein]

The WTO had it banned as a mind-expanding influence.

[@DimitriPelletierYoutube]

I’m sure there’s stuff being made today like this and you just haven’t found it yet, think about it, we look back on this band as great because it’s been 40 years and we know it’s great, the stuff that will become classic is still underground

[@Frisbieinstein]

@@DimitriPelletierKZbin But it wasn't underground. Fusion was modestly popular. They could fill an arena. Today all you get is "tribute" bands.

[@frankreynolds4249]

but the market for actually respecting, talkimg and caring about the music nothing more than a subz-genre of the overall music regurgitation machine. good music may atil be made, but the masses are now the lowest common denominator. 50 years ago that market only could afford radio, people buying the records were intellectually superior, as cruel as that may seem.

[@Frisbieinstein]

@@frankreynolds4249 That was my era and I can tell you that most popular music back then was trash, just like now. The bad stuff has been forgotten. It is true that today new "good" music is completely excluded from mass media and has disappeared in the USA. For them/us things are much worse now. There are a very few bright spots, such as Cory Wong. Great music lives in Tokyo. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZ_aZnmai9-Gb8k

[@enkita8234]

What a genius, the music world will deeply miss him

[@lomarli]

Yes!❤️🙏❤️

[@khayamayub7673]

Tommaso, you happen to be the one that told me this sad news. I didn't know until I clicked on this video

[@p.j.mendes]

Some Zappa/ Gentle Giant moments....That was a true supergroup...RIP Mr. Corea.

[@yggdrasil9039]

Amazing this extremely complicated composition was played live like this, and so precisely. Incredible.

[@uubuuh]

yeah Chick and Al catching those hits 2:52 or so while Stanley solos... talent + preparation

[@Rushyesgenesis]

I saw them do this live like 10 years ago when Ponty was in the group. Blew me away.

[@bigswingface5847]

@@Rushyesgenesis "Like" 10 years ago. Why use the word like? It's completely unnecessary. It seems to be a habit with a lot of people, and it's most annoying, as it is not proper grammar in any way.

[@robertsherrick4081]

@@bigswingface5847 Eat my Shorts!

[@tlk2ty]

@@bigswingface5847 would you prefer if they have used the word "around" instead of "like"

[@ShakenStirred]

These guys and ELP were all I needed to hear! So incredible!

[@donaldmoore4412]

I grew up in this era. Chick was taken away from us, way too soon, Iconic musicians all around.

[@sonnet189]

All four musicians are amazing! Such incredible precision. Live and still note for note perfect. How do they do it? Rest In Peace Chick. You were a visionary.

[@lmp9726]

This is magnificent. Hitting all cylinders here. Lenny is flam master.

[@ChrisTuckerPhotography]

RIP Chick. Thanks for everything!

[@trx3264]

I saw them live on this tour... I have never forgotten it! Al DiMeola, Lenny White, Stanley Clarke, and Chic Corea - all awesome!

[@jefferyroy2566]

You lucky devil! What a lineup of all-time All-Stars who are just wailing! I hate sounding like a bitter boomer, but what passes for prog or fusion these days just can't compete with the originators of the genre. It's not the fault of today's musicians, it's just that what they're doing has to go up against my memories of the music and players such as this. Is it just nostalgia or is there a qualitative difference? The question is strictly rhetorical and the difference personal. Can you recommend anything obscure but interesting from this period?

[@carlosverde360]

Untouchable.. Fusion, Symphonic Jazz Masters...BEYOND THE TIME!!!!

[@demonicsweaters]

RTF's music was not only amazing in this era, but man just look at these guys. What ragtag mix of amazing individuals. Stanley Clark's bass sound is so freaking awesome too.

[@thecuttlekid2758]

this’ll always be my favorite Corea piece...2021 can blow me

[@mikehirsh1896]

And 2023 and 2024 and where is the tape for this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@souldavidthompson4854]

I remember getting ready for school in the '70s and playing this song to charge up my day 😊 💕 Supremely unique brilliance!

[@jopo6388]

RIP brother. This album helped guide me in my musical education and endeavor since I was a kid growing up with like minded musician friends...turns out my wife cut both Stanley and Chicks hair when she was young and this is most likely her work on their heads...lol Chick you are not gone forever.... you have RETURNED TO FOREVER!

[@bretstraughn753]

This was from the Romantic Warrior album, released on Columbia Records. The vinyl copy was so rich. I wore out two copies and am on my third. It was voted the best jazz record of that year. No wonder. To this day, the best quartet ever assembled. Period!

[@koracebonner3197]

Over original headhunters?!?!? Stop it

[@flame-sky7148]

Not over Weather Report 1979 album Eight-Thirty Album

[@pittdave]

@@flame-sky7148 Thats the ultimate fusion fight...RTF or Weather Report

[@flame-sky7148]

@@pittdave or Mahavishnu Orchestra

[@MuzixMaker]

I still have the original vinyl.

[@richardshansky3040]

RTF and Weather Report have been my 2 favorite bands since high school, 1974.

[@blainenodes8182]

100%w/your comment/observation.👍🎉🎼🎶

[@bungeechord1]

Brings back so many great memories! At one concert Headhunters music was bleeding through the PA from a radio show. During the stops of the song Chick would dance to Herbie's music bleeding through, then continue with their song without missing a beat. Great big smile! Miss you my man!

[@NitroModelsAndComics]

Lenny White, the 747 of percussion...

[@danburnes722]

These guys were so awesome here. Nothing comes close to this today.

[@mastorey1]

I'll be incredible musicianship and technique aside, look how much fun they are having together. This was their glory days

[@davebartholome2924]

Yeah, that’s one of the things that drew me to this music-the fun they were having playing together. Rock guys seemed to be on their own individual ego trips when they were playing-with these guys, it was about the music and the fun they were having making it together.

[@shoishred]

Cannot believe Chick is gone 🥲 RIP maestro.

[@spank2424]

It’s like they came from another planet when I first heard RTF!

[@erwinwoodedge4885]

RIP Chick - one of the very greatest!

[@louiscalabrese9945]

True story: I had a good musician friend who grew up with S.C., and that Christmas week in 1987 we all had dinner at Stanley's house in Bel Air. He was very cool.

[@centralvtvegans4650]

Oh the sound of the old analog synths!

[@FawleyJude]

Those old synths produced a lot of goofy sounds and it took a lot of talent and patience to mess with them to get good musical colors that fit with the music and didn't sound gimmicky. I think that Joe Zawinul and Herbie Hancock managed to do it, not many others. I think Chick is a piano virtuoso but I don't think he ever got the hang of using synthesizers.

[@smitskee]

@@FawleyJude I’d throw Jan Hammer in there.

[@FawleyJude]

@@smitskee I used to really like the way Hammer bent the notes on his synth, it gave it an exotic feel that fit in with Mahavishnu's allusions to Indian music.

[@JetEarlewood]

Roger Powell was a Master of the System 15 Moog! Who is Roger Powell? Todd Rundgren’s Utopia!!

[@jamesjackson1268]

I caught this tour in Cincinnati, OH that year. Changed my life.

[@aler8343]

Music for body builders, for warriors...so much energy

[@Hedgehogsinthemist123]

Wow, the UK was very privileged and honoured to have these guys performing on British TV. RIP CC.

[@dabcorn]

I was fortunate enough to see this version of the band live many times!

[@ChristopherSong777]

Lenny White is outta control! Wow...

[@normanmacfarlane6724]

Ro.atic Warrior led me to School Days and that led me to The Land of the Midnight Sun . . . So much astounding music in my teens in the 70s. Saw Chic Corea playing at the Perth Concert Hall in Western Australia .in the 70s. Again , what an incredible time.

[@bigvrocks2480]

Saw RTF for an extended set (on his white drum set) in early 70's at Art Park, in Lewiston, NY outside of Buffalo, when Larry Coryell canceled. Just Amazing. Warm night, just perfect sound and Lenny was amazing (as was the entire band). Once I heard 'Earth Juice' I became a Lenny White fan immediately!

[@dwightsills8785]

Lenny White is killin’ it!

[@azlaroc12]

RIP Chick Corea. You'll be missed sorely. 💔

[@chickenbeek]

oh wow. look at Al so young. one of the greatest to ever do it. this is glorious footage.

[@bandicoot5412]

Music that saved the 70's, and what a relief it was, thank you plus time!

[@organjoe]

Saw RTF 3 times, just nothing else like it! RIP Chick - you are amazing and unique.

[@fallbangskid8304]

4 of the best! Amazing band. RIP Chick :-(

[@CJ_theMusiclover]

Heard the news earlier today. RIP Chick

[@robbrie]

My favorite incarnation of RTF. This fab four played together on their 2008 reunion tour, which I got to see and was beyond awesome.

[@proggydan8257]

Wore this LP out back in the day. RIP Chick Corea

[@tunjilardner5784]

I am weighing in all the way from Lagos Nigeria. RTF was key sound track to my teenage years. Still love them to death. The best FUSION band ever! My one life regret is that I missed their show in NYC about 5 years ago... Perhaps one day!

[@MichaelVLang]

They had some serious ESP going on. Love to see all the smiles, effortlessly playing through those intense changes. Thank you Chick!

[@Xman8184]

RIP Chick Corea - Thank You for my youthful intro into Jazz/Fusion/Rock with Return To Forever. Brother you shall be missed but never forgotten!

[@carlbowles1808]

Me and my brothers put our money together to by this album especially to hear this song. This purchase was and is still totally worth it in 2021. The stock market ain't got shit on this. Everytime I listen the dividends are paid with compound interest. 💰💰💵💵🏆🌞🎇🎵😆

[@gregm6894]

That was the most talented group of musicians to ever play together.

[@RedArrow73]

And Chick remains in awe of Stanley's playing.

[@thegroovinatorsbandal521]

RIP Chick, your music will live on forever

[@johngreen6385]

Stanley Clark. Godamn what a bass player😎🤘👏👏

[@robertmcdougall3166]

For once I find it hard to express just what a superb band RTF were, this for me was their best line up. Was always a big Corea admirer from his work with Miles. Just the other day listened again, after many years, to some of the early tracks when Flora Purim sang with the band, I can't believe she is 80 now. Happy memories.

[@bluetv6386]

The day when Pat Metheny was wondering "where the hell is my sweater?"

[@ufafgd]

Nowadays, the (so called) performers (not really any sort of musician) who wear clothes covering about 2% of their bodies ( as displayed on the recent awards shows) are not real musicians. They are paid by the companies promoting their agenda. Think not? Check out these people's history in the entertainment world. At least the young musicians playing the music as done here is something worthwhile and as a 65 year old drummer myself, I applaud these guys !

[@bluetv6386]

@@jmartin1774 No I don’t mean Al Di Meola.

[@radio.m.i.x]

@@jmartin1774 he refers chick’s stripe shirt.

[@oiramsq73]

YES!!!!!

[@mobiuspaw494]

The 70s Romantic Warrior on the turntable, Headphones on with long lead amp turned up . Laying out in the sunshine with a cold beer. 'Heaven' ! 💖

[@Avatar7x7]

The man was real musical Genius !

[@craigezell4261]

The awesome Chick Corea.What a master musician.We lost a great one.🎼🎹🎶🎵

[@bananabread6148]

This song is the absolute best for riding a bike. It makes me want to peddle as fast as humanly possible lol

[@tomtrana3449]

Light as a feather in heaven now.

[@paxwallacejazz]

A lot of what Chick came up with was over the heads of his young overly virtuosic technique driven band. I don't think they'd deny it for a minute.

[@jaycrossbow193]

Still have this record, and it's still in pretty good shape since I always took care of my records. Still sounds pretty good on my Bang & Olufsen(B & O) turntable. I believe it won the Grammy that year for best Jazz Fusion album.

[@StumbleMuse]

Rest in peace, Mr. Corea... One of the great ones...

[@vanjohnson9837]

This is priceless music for those that appreciate good music.july2022.

[@NealeOBrien]

The most amazing band in the world....ever! Lenny White must be the most under-rated drummer ever? I remember buying this album as soon as it was released! Just brilliant stuff and it still sounds brilliant today!

[@MsDiego200]

Chick, Rest In Peace master. 😭🎹

[@fivebyfivesound]

RTF reminded me how much FUN music can be to play...even when it’s really hard to play. I imagine Chick’s attitude was a big part of setting that tone with the group. Thanks for everything 🙏🏽

[@beekay5914]

ridiculously talented band

[@orgue2999]

What a setup : Mini-Moog, Clavinet D6, Rhodes, Yamaha YC45D, Arp Odyssey!

[@yourname7608]

Ok, this one really hurt, RIP Chick.

[@KenSmith-bv4si]

Back in1976 while stationed @ Kadens AFB, a friend turned me on to some really good Thai stick and Return to Forever. I still love them both.

[@bella201288]

Lenny White...a "beast" on the drums...admired him very much for his work on these kind of RTF stuff and later his Nemperor Solo LP's...:-)

[@Boonem1224]

RIP Chick Saw them in 80's And 2nd gig of Reunion in Austin TX

[@IsiahTomas]

1976 was a hell of a year.

[@blackbrownbeige55]

REST IN POWER- Chick Corea.....I was HERE. I saw the 1976 Magical Mystery Lp TOUR. I was 21 years old. THIS was such an amazing time for MUSIC: Chick Corea-Return to Forever, Weather Report, George Duke, Mahavishnu Orchestra+ Earth Wind and Fire. 1973-79 FOREVER!!

[@richardshansky3040]

You mean the No Mystery tour, lol.

[@blackbrownbeige55]

@@richardshansky3040 YES I was there at The Santa Monica Civic-Santa Monica,California...SOLD OUT and Landmark! The entire Return to Forever Band was off the charts... What a BAND OF LEGENDARY MUSICIANS this was

[@TheButtons60]

RIP Sir 🙏🏽.

[@marvinkmooneyoz]

Such great compositions and arrangements, and Lenny and Chick are such sick players

[@ikkenhisatsu7170]

Still amazing after over 40 years. RIP, Chick.

[@oldschooldrumcorps]

This was the first Return to Forever album (remember those?) I bought way back in 70’s, it blew my mind, opened up my musical tastes and experience to this new type of jazz virtuosity. I didn’t know a bass could be played like that until I heard Stanley Clark, I met Lenny White through a pro drummer friend, I was freaked out how good he was on this recording. I first heard Al Dimeola on a cut called “Race with the devil”, jazz/rock sound made me wonder where did he come from? And Chic Corea was my gateway drug to electric keyboards and synths and the worlds he could create within the music...this was fantastic music to listen to under herbal influence if you catch my drift.....I wish we return to this level of musicianship and performance in popular music, this is thinking persons music...you hear new nuances and technique of each player every time you listen. RIP Chic, thanks for the great compositions and performances that influenced my life in music.p

[@ericcampbell6370]

Just imagine, a guy could actually play a synth instead of letting it play itself! If only the kids could see this and learn what it means to be a real musician. The loss of Chick cuts in so many ways. We're not going to get another one like him. Thank heavens for recordings!

[@MeAndTheBoys_]

0:00 The drummer is showing his working man's smile. I did not know that i needed that. Welcome to the 70's 👍

[@glenkepic3208]

Amazing !! Rest In Peace, Chick Corea.

[@dmlevitt]

I have been whistling this all day. : )

[@danmyers9372]

RIP Chick. You will be missed.

[@gwensciora8516]

I am deeply saddened to be hearing of Chick Corea's passing...wusb.fm NY

[@wilsonpickett6317]

i saw them when romantic warrior came out. i was 14, it was the first show i went to with my friends (as opposed to with my older sister) and to this day, it's probably the best friggin' show ever. maybe seeing queen when night at the opera might be close, but a distant 2nd.

[@joeblow7407]

Four giants of music.......Pretty much....incredible!

[@chumpymcchump5024]

It's amazing how our collective musical journeys transform over time. In 1976 at the time of this show, I was 14 and listening to Boston, and other pop rock of the day, J. Geils et.al. One day I walked to the store to check out a Yes album (yep, real vinyl in those days, glad to see it is somewhat coming back....ah, but I digresss;;;), Close To The Edge. I didn't recognize one song listed on the back of the album cover, but what the hell, I heard a lot about this band Yes. WOW! what an eye-opening day that was....been a prog fan ever since. Now, almost 40 years later, I once again discover a prog/jjazz fusion behemoth, Return To Forever. Awesome music, Thanks KZbin and the original poster for sharing this.

[@adrianfundescu5407]

Boston.think we were listening the same one.4 sure.;-)))

[@segkhoonthod]

Never thought to see this song played live ! Thanks so much for the post

[@angelprincess4414]

It is hard to imagine that he played with 'cool jazz Miles'. This is so much better in so many ways. When I want to relax, I listen to Light as a Feather, but when I need a boost I listen to Romantic Warrior. So good.

[@dancha1593]

Rest in peace CC, what a blessing you gave to the World with your presence, spirit, and smile.

[@jediknight2350]

this tune is enough to drive you completely insane. great torture music.

[@joekurtz8303]

Overflow drivers ed class had us sequestered in a separate classroom for a month The teacher forced us to listen to this studio album everyday !,& other progressive Jazz albums instead of rock or Disco at this time in 78. It took a couple of listens, but I was into J Beck (Wired) so it was pleasant aural experience.