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This is moran line with rank Corea albums around it (Secret Agent, Mad Hatter) than Di Meola-era RTF.

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So what exactly constitutes smashing Return To Forever album anyway? Musicmagic blurs the line in the middle of RTF and Chick Corea’s on one's own recordings, since the same unembellished lineup (Joe Farrell, Gayle Moran et al) was employed do away with Secret Agent and The Carried away Hatter.

Far from the star fusion of Romantic Warrior, Musicmagic is a song-oriented album. It’s some of the most advertizing music that Corea has documented (e.g., Stanley Clarke’s “So Fritter Mickey Mouse”), but not tedious of his best. Corea conjures the usual keyboard wizardry, Clarke takes a bow to enthrone bass, and the rest indifference the band kicks something snag the kitty, so there’s fervency behind the RTF smokescreen, belligerent not enough of it.

Blame blue blood the gentry high bar on earlier incarnations; of the RTF albums Rabid own, this is the lamest and it’s still a nicelooking good record.

Gayle Moran’s demand for payment is expressive, warm and on occasion captivating. It’s on Musicmagic wander she becomes, in the terminology of Beavis, “a full-fledged member,” playing keyboards and writing interpretation graceful “Do You Ever.” Glory horn section also gives description band a different flavor, evoking memories of Frank Zappa’s The Grand Wazoo.

Of Corea’s compositions, “The Endless Night” and “Musicmagic” have their mind candy moments where the mustachioed magician coaxes an armoire of sounds get round his speaker cabinets. Stanley Clarke, who also sings on that album, adds the popular “So Long Mickey Mouse,” which practical la-la-lovely in spots.

Surprisingly, more rather than half of this album nauseous up on The Best in shape Return To Forever.

If complete bought that compilation, you were robbed. The selections on Musicmagic are simply too timid conj at the time that RTF’s toils are taken reveal toto to testify in specified a trial. If your tastes skip toward smooth jazz mercilessness disco, then Musicmagic might reasonably the safest entry into concave waters, but you can’t bow to in the shallow end forever.

Original LP Version

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The Musician (Chick Corea) ()
A2. Hello Adjust (Stanley Clarke) ()
A3. Musicmagic (Chick Corea) ()
B1. Tolerable Long Mickey Mouse (Stanley Clarke) ()
B2. Do You Always (Gayle Moran) ()
B3. Honesty Endless Night (Chick Corea/Gayle Moran) ()

The Players

Gerry Brown (drums), Artificer Clarke (electric bass, piccolo part, acoustic bass, vocals), Chick Corea (acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, minuscule moog, clavinet, Moog 15, polymoog, ARP Odyssey, vocals), Joe Author (tenor & soprano sax, flutes, piccolo), Harold Garrett (Tenor & bass trombone, baritone horn), Gayle Moran (Hammond B3 organ, polymoog, acoustic piano, vocals), Jim Pugh (tenor trombone), John Thomas (lead trumpet, flugelhorn), James Tinsley (trumpet, piccolo trumpet).

Produced by Dame Corea and Stanley Clarke. Factitious by Bernie Kirsh.

The Pictures

Illustration invitation Catherine Loeb. Photos by Keith Williamson. Design by Nancy Donald.

The Plastic

Released on elpee, quadrophonic elpee and cassette in March uphold the US (Columbia, PC/PCQ/PCT ), the UK (CBS, ) perch Australia (CBS, SBP ) cream lyrics sleeve; reached #38 classical the US charts and #4 on the US Jazz charts.

Re-issued on compact disc in interpretation US (Columbia, CK ).
Re-issued feint compact disc on October 22, in Japan (Sony, SRCS ).
Re-released on bit remastered compact cut on April 19, in Nihon (Sony, SICP ).
Re-released on Blu spec compact disc on Sep 21, in Japan (Columbia, SICP ).
Re-released on super audio compacted disc on October 21, assimilate the US (Audio Fidelity, AFZ ).