2012 live album by Return to Forever
The Mothership Returns Released 18 June 2012 Recorded 2011 Genre Jazz fusion Length 112 :30 Label Eagle Producer Tim Cavanaugh, Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, Geoff Kempin, Adam Mason, Bill Rooney, Terry Shand, Lenny White
Forever (2009)
The Mothership Returns (2012)
The Mothership Returns is a live two CD set and one DVD by the fusion band Return to Forever . Released 18 June 2012 by Eagle Rock Entertainment , the double CD set documents the music performed during the 2011 tour. Return to Forever was expanded for this tour to quintet and featured keyboardist Chick Corea , bassist Stanley Clarke , drummer Lenny White , guitarist Frank Gambale and violinist Jean-Luc Ponty . The album peaked #6 in the 2012 and 2013 Jazz Album charts.[3]
CD track listing [ ]
Disc one [ ]
"Medieval Overture" (Chick Corea ) – 6:03
"Senor Mouse" (Corea) – 12:10
"Shadow of Love/Sorceress" (Lenny White ) – 16:05
"Renaissance" (Jean-Luc Ponty ) – 19:40
Disc two [ ]
"After the Cosmic Rain" (Stanley Clarke ) – 16:52
"The Romantic Warrior / Señor Blues" (Corea, Horace Silver ) – 18:20
"Concierto de Aranjuez / Spain" (Corea, Joaquín Rodrigo ) – 8:12
"School Days" (Clarke) – 11:24
"Beyond the Seventh Galaxy" (Corea) – 3:44
DVD [ ]
Inside the Music (film, documentary)
"After the Cosmic Rain" (Live, Austin, Texas)
"The Romantic Warrior" (Live, Montreux, Switzerland)
The Story of Return to Forever (sneak peek movie trailer)
Personnel [ ]
Recording credits [ ]
Devin Villery – audio systems technician
Bernie Kirsch – monitor engineer
Travis Rogers – sound engineer
Tim Cavanaugh – producer
Stanley Clarke – co- & executive producer
Chick Corea – co- & executive producer
Geoff Kempin – executive producer
Terry Shand – executive producer
Lenny White – producer, executive producer
Terry Cooley – production manager
Rob Griffin – tour manager
Mick Guzauski – mixing
Buck Snow – mixing
Greg Calbi – mastering
Adam Mason – editing, producer
Kris Campbell – tour manager
Paul May – tour manager
James "McGoo" McGregor – stage technician
Brian Alexander – keyboard technician
Eric "Stretch" Hanson – bass technician
Jim Moran – drum technician
Matt Druzbik – lighting director
Evelyn Brechtlein – production coordination
Anna Robertson – production assistant
Librado Barocio – director
Dan Muse – liner note coordination
Liner notes by Chick Corea, Jean-Luc Ponty, Frank Gambale, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White, Robert Trujillo
Graphic design by Marc Bessant, Julie Rooney
Photography by Matt Bizer, Andrew Elliott, Martin Philby, Arne B. Rostad
Chart performance [ ]
Year
Chart
Position
2012
Billboard Jazz Albums
6 [3]
References [ ]
External links [ ]
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Captain Marvel (1972) Verve
Forever (Corea, Clarke & White) (2011) Concord
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