Musicmagic

Studio album by Return to Forever

Released

January 1977

Genre

Jazz-rock

Length

41:51

Return to Forever chronology

Romantic Warrior
(1976)

Musicmagic
(1977)

Live
(1977)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Musicmagic is the seventh and final studio album of fusion band Return to Forever.

This album contains the final line-up of the band, with only founders Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke returning from the previous album. This is the first album since Light as a Feather (1972) to contain vocals, featuring Stanley Clarke and Corea's wife Gayle Moran. This album also marks the return of original member Joe Farrell on saxophone and flute, along with several new members making up a five-piece horn section.

With the addition of trombonist Ron Moss, this lineup toured and recorded the live album Live (1977) which was re-issued in 1978 as a 4-LP set called Return to Forever Live: The Complete Concert.

Track listing

"The Musician" (Corea) – 7:12
"Hello Again" (Clarke) – 3:49
"Musicmagic" (Corea, Moran) – 11:00
"So Long Mickey Mouse" (Clarke) – 6:09
"Do You Ever" (Moran) – 3:59
"The Endless Night" (Corea, Moran) – 9:41

Personnel

Gayle Moran - vocals, piano, organ
Joe Farrell - saxophone, flute
James Tinsley - trumpet, piccolo
John Thomas - trumpet, flugelhorn
Harold Garret - trombone
James E. Pugh - trombone
Chick Corea - keyboards
Stanley Clarke - electric bass, acoustic bass, vocals
Gerry Brown - drums

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
1977	Billboard 200	38^[2]
1977	Billboard Jazz Albums	4^[2]

References

↑ Elias, Jason. "Musicmagic - Return to Forever | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
1 2 "Musicmagic - Return to Forever | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.

Return to Forever

Chick Corea Stanley Clarke Lenny White Frank Gambale Jean-Luc Ponty Joe Farrell Airto Moreira Flora Purim Bill Connors Steve Gadd Mingo Lewis Earl Klugh Al Di Meola Gerry Brown Harold Garrett Gayle Moran James E. Pugh John Thomas James Tinsley Ron Moss

Studio albums	Return to Forever Light as a Feather Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy Where Have I Known You Before No Mystery Romantic Warrior Musicmagic

Live albums	Return to Forever Live / ...Live: The Complete Concert Returns The Mothership Returns

Compilations	The Best of Return to Forever (1980) Sony This is Jazz, Vol. 12 (1996) Sony Return to the Seventh Galaxy: The Anthology (1996) Verve Return to Forever: The Anthology (2008) Concord Return to Forever: The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (2011) Sony

Videos	Return to Forever: Returns - Live at Montreux (2009)

Related	Captain Marvel (1972) Verve Forever (Corea, Clarke & White) (2011) Concord

Chick Corea (discography)

As leader	Tones for Joan's Bones Now He Sings, Now He Sobs Is Sundance The Song of Singing A.R.C. The Leprechaun My Spanish Heart The Mad Hatter Secret Agent Friends Tap Step Three Quartets Trio Music Touchstone Again and Again Summer Night: Live Chick Corea Akoustic Band Alive Time Warp Rendezvous in New York The Ultimate Adventure Super Trio Five Peace Band Live The Vigil Trilogy

Solo albums	Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 Piano Improvisations Vol. 2 Delphi I Delphi II & III Expressions Children's Songs Solo Piano - Originals Solo Piano - Standards

Collaborations	Super Nova An Evening With Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert CoreaHancock Chick Corea & Lionel Hampton in Concert Voyage Play The Mozart Sessions The Enchantment Duet

with Gary Burton	Crystal Silence Duet In Concert, Zürich, October 28, 1979 Lyric Suite for Sextet Native Sense - The New Duets Like Minds The New Crystal Silence Hot House

with Circle	Circling In Circulus Circle 1: Live in Germany Concert Paris Concert Circle 2: Gathering

with Miles Davis	Water Babies Filles de Kilimanjaro In a Silent Way Bitches Brew Jack Johnson Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West Miles Davis at Fillmore: Live at the Fillmore East Circle in the Round Live-Evil On the Corner Big Fun Bitches Brew Live

with Elektric Band	The Chick Corea Elektric Band Light Years Eye of the Beholder Inside Out Beneath the Mask Live From Elario's (First Gig) To the Stars

with Joe Farrell	Joe Farrell Quartet Outback Skate Board Park

with Stan Getz	Sweet Rain Captain Marvel

with Herbie Mann	Latin Mann Afro to Bossa to Blues Standing Ovation at Newport The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd Monday Night at the Village Gate

with Blue Mitchell	The Thing to Do Down with It! Boss Horn

with Origin	Live at the Blue Note A Week at The Blue Note Change corea.concerto – Spain For Sextet & Orchestra – Piano Concerto No.1

with Return to Forever	Return to Forever Light as a Feather Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy Where Have I Known You Before No Mystery Romantic Warrior Musicmagic Live Returns Forever [as Corea, Clarke & White] The Mothership Returns

with others	The Laws of Jazz Flute By-Laws Moto Grosso Feio Turkish Women at the Bath The Creeper Merry-Go-Round Going to the Rainbow Round Trip Echoes of an Era Big Band Elektric Band II: Paint the World

Compilations	Inner Space The Complete "Is" Sessions

Soundtracks	Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown

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