Return To Forever Summer 2008. Miss this and you will regret it.

Return To Forever Summer 2008. Miss this and you will regret it.
Posted by leith on 19 Dec, 2007 21:52
From Jambase:
LEGENDARY SUPERGROUP RETURN TO FOREVER WILL REUNITE IN SUMMER 2008
Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola and Lenny White
Planning Extensive North American and European Tour

Return to Forever
Return to Forever, one of the most influential groups of the 1970s, has long heard calls from their many fans for a reunion tour. Now those calls have been answered, with the classic lineup of keyboardist Chick Corea, bassist Stanley Clarke, guitarist Al Di Meola and drummer Lenny White planning a tour across the U.S. and Europe that will be their first performances together in more than 25 years.

The foursome is expected to play 40 to 50 dates across the U.S. and Europe, featuring the classic music from their four chart-topping albums. "It\'s been a long time coming," says founder Chick Corea, "and I think it\'s going to be a blast! We plan to take the songs from the albums we made in the \'70s and just play them like they\'ve never been played before."

"In retrospect, the \'70s were a very powerful time in instrumental music," Stanley Clarke adds. "We\'re going to go out and play our music as honestly as we did then, and it will be a great thing for all of us."

Return to Forever helped create and define fusion, a new genre that brought multitudes of rock \'n\' roll fans into the jazz world for the first time. Their influence is evident today in many musical genres, from the hip-hop samplings of Dr. Dre and Lupe Fiasco to a litany of jam bands to techno and prog bands.

A special Return to Forever anthology featuring remixed and remastered tracks from the classic albums Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy, Where Have I Known You Before, No Mystery and Romantic Warrior will be released to coincide with the tour.

Al Di Meola says, "This is something we\'ve talked about for close to 30 years... how\'s that? 30 years! We\'ve come close a few times, but finally the timing was right."

"We all felt the time was right to come back on a grand scale, raise the bar again and show people what serious music is really about," Lenny White concludes.

Hear a clip from 1975\'s No Mystery here.

Stay tuned for tour date announcements.

http://returntoforever.us

#1 Reply
Posted by Lexington on 19 Dec, 2007 22:02
holy mother fuckin ****!!!!! looks like i\'m not going on bfast tour after all...
now thats dick

#2 Reply
Posted by Gordo on 19 Dec, 2007 22:11
MAUI WOWIE!

I\'ll be there, like Gwen in her early days, yeah no doubt..... stay cool my babies.

BIG news.

#3 Reply
Posted by Rickey Roux on 19 Dec, 2007 22:45
Thanks Leith. I\'m all over this one. I have seen all of them in their own projects and saw the first RTF Reunion way back in 1983. Holy ****, that was a long time ago! Certainly one not to be missed.

#4 Reply
Posted by Gordo on 20 Dec, 2007 00:27
I\'ve always felt that Garaj Mahal wouldn\'t exist without Return To Forever. And Mahal has always been one of my favorite live bands. Soooooooo.... :thumbsup:

#5 Reply
Posted by jking on 20 Dec, 2007 08:37
this is gonna be a killer show!! i\'m a huge fan of lenny white\'s song \'mating drive\' so i\'m hoping that shows up on some of the setlists... doubt it, but hoping nonetheless!

#6 Reply
Posted by Todd on 20 Dec, 2007 09:06
:banflip::banflip: Aniiice!!

#7 Reply
Posted by jocelyn on 20 Dec, 2007 19:58
Hooray. Thanks for the heads up Leith.

#8 Reply
Posted by Klout on 20 Dec, 2007 20:59
so is chick taking a hiatus from Emeril Live?

#9 Reply
Posted by skalnbyc on 20 Dec, 2007 21:15
Wow, not a single post from Treychica yet?

#10 Reply
Posted by Mark on 25 Dec, 2007 13:17
Holy Wow!

#11 Reply
Posted by Igziabeher on 25 Dec, 2007 15:13
wait.who??

#12 Reply
Posted by kindm's on 13 Mar, 2008 18:00
Tour dates!!! http://www.return2forever.com/index.cfm/index.cfm?pk=viewall&cd=MAE&pid=400145

May
29-30 (Thu-Fri) Austin, TX - Paramount Theatre
31 (Sat) Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Center

June
1 (Sun) Dallas, TX - Nokia Theater at Grand Prairie
3 (Tue) Denver, CO - Paramount Theatre
4 (Wed) Salt Lake City, UT - Kingsbury Hall
6 (Fri) Portland, OR - Schnitzer Concert Hall
7 (Sat) Medford, OR - Britt Music Festival
8 (Sun) Seattle, WA - The Paramount
9 (Mon) Vancouver, BC - The Centre in Vancouver For Performing Arts
11-12 (Wed-Thu) San Francisco, CA - The Grand At The Regency Center (2 shows/night)
13 (Fri) Los Angeles, CA - Gibson Amphitheatre
14 (Sat) Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre
17 (Tue) St Louis, MO - Fox Theatre
18 (Wed) Omaha, NE - Holland Performing Arts Center
19 (Thu) Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre
20 (Fri) Chicago, IL - The Chicago Theatre
21 (Sat) Detroit, MI - Freedom Hill Amphitheatre
22 (Sun) Indianapolis, IN - Murat Theatre
24 (Tue) Cleveland, OH - The Plain Dealer Pavilion
25 (Wed) Toronto, Canada - Sony Centre
26 (Thu) Ottawa, Canada - Ottawa Jazz Festival/Confederation Park
27 (Fri) Montreal, Canada - Pelletier Hall/Place Des Arts
28 (Sat) Saratoga Springs, NY - Freihofer\'s Jazz Festival

July
2 (Wed) Vilnius, Lithuania - Utenos Arena
4 (Fri) Warsaw, Poland - Congress Hall
5 (Sat) Budapest, Hungary - Budapest Arena
6 (Sun) Belgrade, Serbia - Belgrade Arena
8 (Tue) Paris, France - Olympia Hall
9 (Wed) Vienne, France - Vienne Jazz Festival
10 (Thu) Madrid, Spain - Via Jazz Festival
11 (Fri) Girona, Spain - Cap Roig Festival
12 (Sat) Lorca, Spain
13 (Sun) Valencia, Spain
16 (Wed) Neuhardenberg, Germany
18 (Fri) Montreux, Switzerland - Montreux Jazz Festival
19 (Sat) Essen, Germany - Grugahalle
21 (Mon) London, England - Indigo2
23 (Wed) Nice, France - Nice Jazz Festival
25 (Fri) San Sebastian, Spain
30 (Wed) Miami, FL - The Fillmore Miami Beach
31 (Thu) Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall

August
1 (Fri) Orlando, FL - House Of Blues
2 (Sat) Atlanta, GA - Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
4 (Mon) Baltimore, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion
5 (Tue) Philadelphia, PA - Mann Center For The Performing Arts - w/ B?la Fleck and The Flecktones
6 (Wed) Boston, MA - Bank Of America Pavilion - w/ B?la Fleck and The Flecktones
7 (Thu) New York, NY - United Palace