THE RETURN OF RETURN TO FOREVER

Beginning this June, a reunited Return To Forever will be hitting the road for the first time in 25 years. The classic lineup of keyboardist Chick Corea, bassist Stanley Clarke, guitarist Al Di Meola, and drummer Lenny White are so far scheduled to play between 30 to 40 concerts across the U.S.

After a series of major concerts in theaters and small amphitheaters in major U.S. markets as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, and New York, Return to Forever will head for Europe in July. The band will then come back to the States in August.

"It's been a long time coming," says founder Chick Corea, "and I think it's going to be a blast! We plan to take the songs from the albums we made in the '70s and just play them like they've never been played before."

"In retrospect, the '70s were a very powerful time in instrumental music," Stanley Clarke adds. "We're going to go out and play our music as honestly as we did then, and it will be a great thing for all of us."

Al Di Meola says, "This is something we've talked about for close to 30 years... how's that? 30 years! We've come close a few times, but finally the timing was right.""We all felt the time was right to come back on a grand scale, raise the bar again and show people what serious music is really about," Lenny White concludes.

Return To Forever are releasing an anthology album of remixed and remastered songs from such classic albums as “Where Have I Known You Before,” “Romantic Warrior,” No Mystery,” and “Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy.” Return to Forever helped create and define fusion, a new genre that brought multitudes of rock 'n' roll fans into the jazz world for the first time.

Chick Corea, Al Di Meola, and Stanley Clarke are also scheduled with their own tours this year. Stanley Clake is supporting his new CD, “The Toys Of Men,” which recently debuted at No. 2 on Billboard’s Top Contemporary Jazz chart last month. Al Di Meola is supporting two recent releases” “Consequence Of Chaos” and “Diabolic Inventions And Seduction For Solo Guitar, Vol. 1: Music Of Astor Piazzolla.