Light as a Feather is the second studio album of fusion band Return to Forever, led by keyboardist Chick Corea. The second and last album by the first line-up of Return to Forever was recorded in the same year eight months later. The style of the music remains mostly the same though vocal tracks have now a bit larger role than on the first album. This album has equal classic status among the listeners of electric jazz music as the first album.
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- Light as a Feather is the second studio album of fusion band Return to Forever, led by keyboardist Chick Corea. The second and last album by the first line-up of Return to Forever was recorded in the same year eight months later. The style of the music remains mostly the same though vocal tracks have now a bit larger role than on the first album. This album has equal classic status among the listeners of electric jazz music as the first album. This time the recording company is Polydor (under which most of later Return to Forever albums are released) and Corea himself has produced the album - though this has not led in any essential change in sound. To point out some minor changes, it is notable that this time Stanley Clarke plays only an acoustic bass. Since the debut album was not released in the USA before 1975, this was the first Return to Forever album for many listeners. First track is Corea's song, "You're Everything". Corea has claimed that this is his favorite among the vocal songs he has written. The track begins with Purim singing verses slowly, the rest of the band joining in later to create a light groove. The short solo is played by Joe Farrell on flute. The second track is the title track. It is Stanley Clarke's first major composition and the only track of the album not written by Corea. Purim sings during the theme of the track and in the end, but most of the time is taken by long solos performed by Corea, Farrell and Clarke. Farrell plays flute during the theme but switches to saxophone during his solo. The next track is "Captain Marvel", a fast Latin piece, that provided the name for Stan Getz's album released in the same year. Corea and Farrell play melodical solos throughout the song and it may be hard to see which parts are improvised and which parts are composed. Purim plays percussion and sings without words during the song's main riff. Both DC Comics and Marvel Comics have a superhero called "Captain Marvel". B-side begins with a song called "500 Miles High". Like the title track, it is a vocal song that has long solos. This time Farrell plays his sax throughout the track. Corea has claimed that the title of the song does not refer to drug experience but to a "spirit flying high". The second last track of the album is "Children's Song". It is one of many "Children's Songs" Corea has written. They are all short haunting pieces with quite minimalistic melody. Percussion plays tick-tock pattern that resembles a clock's sound. The albums ends with Corea's famous jazz standard, Spain. The song has been recorded many times, but this is probably its most famous appearance. Corea, Farrell and Clarke have each a long solo and Purim doubles melody with wordless singing during the theme.
- Light as a Feather (1972) è il secondo album registrato in studio della Fusion band Return to Forever, capitanata dal pianista e tastierista Chick Corea. Light as a Feather, seconda registrazione della band, seguiva di otto mesi il loro primo album, Return to Forever. Lo stile musicale rimane pressoché inalterato, sebbene in questo album le tracce vocali abbiano una maggiore importanza rispetto al primo. Stavolta l’etichetta è la Polydor, non più la ECM, e lo stesso Chick Corea si vide nella parte di produttore, sebbene questo non abbia portato ad alcun cambiamento sensibile nel suono. Siccome l'album Return to Forever venne pubblicato negli Stati Uniti solo nel 1975, Light as a Feather rappresentò per molti ascoltatori il primo approccio con la nuova band di Chick Corea. La prima traccia, You're Everything è una canzone di Chick Corea, che in seguito rivelò di preferire questa canzone a tutte le altre che compose. La traccia esordisce con un lento canto di Purim, a cui si aggiunge a mano a mano il resto della band creando una sensazione di lenta crescita. Il corto assolo è suonato da Joe Farrel al flauto. La seconda traccia, Light as a Feather, è la composizione principale di Stanley Clarke, e l'unica dell'album a non essere stata scritta da Corea. Sebbene vi siano alcuni interventi vocali di Purim, la maggior parte della canzone è formata dai lunghi assolo di Corea, Farrell e Clarke. Farrell inizialmente suona il flauto, ma durante il suo assolo suona il sassofono. La traccia seguente è Captain Marvel, un veloce pezzo latino, che prende nome dall'album di Stan Getz rilasciato lo stesso anno. Corea e Farrell eseguono assolo melodici durante tutta la durata della canzone, ed è molto difficile distinguere le parti improvvisate da quelle composte in precedenza. Sia la DC Comics che la Marvel Comics hanno un supereroe chiamato Captain Marvel.. Il lato B inizia con la canzone 500 Miles High. Come la traccia iniziale, si tratta di un pezzo vocale con lunghi assolo. Questa volta Farrell suona il sassofono per l'intera durata della traccia. Corea ha affermato in seguito che questa canzone non fa riferimento a una esperienza causata dalla droga, ma a uno spirito che vola in alto. La traccia seguente è una canzone per bambini, o Children's Song. Si tratta di una delle numerose Children's Songs composte da Corea, un pezzo breve, dalla melodia minimalista e accompagnata dalle percussioni secondo una figura volta a ricordare il tic-tac dell'orologio. L'album termina con uno degli standard jazz più famosi di Corea, Spain. Questo pezzo è stato registrato molte volte, ma probabilmente questa è la sua interpretazione più nota. Corea, Farrell e Clarke si esibiscono in lunghi assolo e Purim ricalca la melodia principale cantando senza parole.
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- Light as a Feather (1972) è il secondo album registrato in studio della Fusion band Return to Forever, capitanata dal pianista e tastierista Chick Corea. Light as a Feather, seconda registrazione della band, seguiva di otto mesi il loro primo album, Return to Forever. Lo stile musicale rimane pressoché inalterato, sebbene in questo album le tracce vocali abbiano una maggiore importanza rispetto al primo.
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