Artist:Corea, Clarke & White
Song:After the Cosmic Rain
Album:Forever
Most jazz fusion fans should be familiar with pianist Chick Corea and his various bands. But the one that stands out is Return to Forever (RTF). Light as a Feather was the first Return to Forever album in 1972. But it's the 1973 album Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy that really established them. Musicians were Bill Connors on guitar, Stanley Clarke on bass and Lenny White on drums. Corea wrote all the songs except Clarke wrote After the Cosmic Rain. RTF recorded seven albums on Polydor and Columbia in the 70s. Al DiMeola replaced Connors and the band expanded on the 1976 album Romantic Warrior after DiMeola left. But since then Corea has reunited RTF a few times. The first time was a brief tour of the US and Japan in 1983. Then they toured the US and Europe in 2008. Return to Forever minus DiMeola toured in 2009. So this 2011 album is billed as Corea, Clarke & White released on Concord. The first CD is live mostly recorded at Yoshi's in Oakland. The second CD was mostly recorded in the studio with special guests Jean-Luc Ponty, Chaka Khan and Bill Connors. Connors appears on After the Cosmic Rain. This album won the 2012 Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album. Corea, Clarke & White toured to support this album with Ponty and guitarist Frank Gambale of the Chick Corea Elektrik Band. RTF fans should check it out. Here's Corea, Clarke & White with Jean-Luc Ponty and Frank Gambale performing After the Cosmic Rain in Austin, TX 2012.
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