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Musicmagic 
Studio album by Return to Forever Released January 1977 Genre Jazz-rock fusion Length 41:51 Label Columbia Producer Return to Forever Return to Forever chronology Romantic Warrior
(1976)Musicmagic
(1977)Live
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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 to contain vocals, featuring Corea's wife Gayle Moran. This album also marks the return of original member Joe Farrell on saxophone, 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.
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
- Chick Corea - keyboards
- Gayle Moran - vocals, piano, organ
- Joe Farrell - saxophone, flute
- John Thomas - trumpet, flugelhorn
- James Tinsley - trumpet, piccolo
- Harold Garret - trombone
- Jim Pugh - trombone
- Stanley Clarke - Electric bass, Acoustic bass
- Gerry Brown - drums
References
Chick Corea As Leader Tones for Joan's Bones • Now He Sings, Now He Sobs • Is • Sundance • The Song of Singing • The Leprechaun • My Spanish Heart • The Mad Hatter • Secret Agent • Friends • Tap Step • Three Quartets • 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 LiveSolo albums Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 • Piano Improvisations Vol. 2 • Delphi I • Delphi II & III • Expressions • Children's Songs • Solo Piano - Originals • Solo Piano - StandardsCollaborations An Evening With Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert • CoreaHancock • Chick Corea & Lionel Hampton in Concert • Voyage • Play • The Mozart Sessions • The Enchantment • Duetwith 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 Silencewith Circle Circling In • Circulus • Circle 1: Live in Germany Concert • Paris Concert • Circle 2: Gatheringwith Miles Davis Water Babies • Filles de Kilimanjaro • In a Silent Way • Bitches Brew • A Tribute to Jack Johnson • Black Beauty: Live at the Fillmore West • Miles Davis at Fillmore: Live at the Fillmore East • Circle in the Round • Live-Evil • On the Corner • Big Funwith Elektric Band The Chick Corea Elektric Band • Light Years • Eye of the Beholder • Inside Out • Beneath the Mask • Elektric Band II: Paint the World • Live From Elario's (First Gig) • To the Starswith Joe Farrell Joe Farrell Quartet • Outback • Skate Board Parkwith Stan Getz Sweet Rain • Captain Marvelwith 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 Gatewith Blue Mitchell The Thing to Do • Down with It! • Boss Hornwith Origin Live at the Blue Note • A Week at The Blue Note • Change • corea.concerto – Spain For Sextet & Orchestra – Piano Concerto No.1with 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 • Return to Forever – Returnswith Others 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 BandCompilations The Complete "Is" Sessions • Chick Corea/Herbie Hancock/Keith Jarret/McCoy Tyner • Best of Chick Corea • Very Best of Chick Corea • Herbie Mann-Chick Corea The complete Latin band SessionsSoundtracks Related Categories:- 1977 albums
- Columbia Records albums
- Return to Forever albums
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