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 Free Floating Feather Nov 01, 2009
Got to agree with everyone here that this is a very very special album. It's hard to believe also this music was made by a quartet featuring such musical heavyweights as Stanley Clarke,Airto and Flora Purim. One of the things that makes this album so wonderful is,that while their are more than one tune here that could be singled out as especially excellent this is an album that is sort of a hidden suite;each song flows into the other with musical ideas extending strongly into the other. Joe Farrell is particularly energetic throughout,building carefully in romantic intensity along with the rest of the music. And romantically energetic is exactly the word I'd use to describe this album: between the lovely and picturesque Brazillian style poetry sung by Flora on "You're My Everything" and the majesty of "500 Miles High" this is an incredible album where the parts are important but again serve to add to the whole. Stanley Clarke is not as noticable on this edition of Return To Forever because he's primarily vamping on acoustic bass here and doesn't take all that many significant solo spots on this album. That is sort of the point;much as with Return to Forever this album is all about collective improvisation in the context of a breezy style of electric Brazillian fusion and here the band do that even more so than before. It's a little sad that this particular version of Return To Forever didn't produce anymore music in the studio. A year after this came out the band changed hands and released Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy,beginning a string of albums that had a completely different and often harsher sound than what was to be found here. Sure change can be a very good thing but sometimes what you started out with just doesn't go much further than the kickoff before it can really get going to it's peak. And that in a word is what kind of happened here. The bands rather abrupt change in direction,while I like both versions of RTF,took just a bit of focus of the dreamy and romantic flavors featured on albums like this and went more for the sound of different virtuoso's soloing in,over and around eachother. Great album and paints a very compelling musical picture.
Chick Corea and Return to Forever - Light as a Feather. Jan 29, 2009
This has always been a favorite of mine. The CD itself is in superior shape. I sometimes I am astounded at the indcredible number of volumes of books and records that you provide. I have to say that there are times that (just for grins) I try to find some obscure vinyl (just to check) that I have and then look to see if you have it on CD. Ninety - eight percent of the time I am amazed that you have it! As for the other two percent - hey you win some and you lose some ! Thanks again for honoring my membership !
Light as a Feather by Chick Corea Dec 29, 2008
This is Chick Corea's best. It's got it all. The flute and tenor work by Joe Farrell is exceptional - will live forever. That man died too young.
classical nowdays Dec 01, 2008
5 stars for this very important record. It is pity that it was not continued.
forever I shall return to this Nov 15, 2008
Light as a Feather is a very lightly colorful and adventurous soft jazz album from the early 70's. Some of the instrumental playing is truly out of this world. Music that's soft and quiet, but played with lots of creativity and speed. That sums up Light as a Feather pretty much. The lead singer has a beautifully high-pitched voice that you will either love or hate. Personally, I love her voice, since it's a unique sound that's hard to picture anyone with that exact sound.
The keyboard playing is probably the most noticeable thing about the album, since it's played in SUCH a creative, lightning fast way. I love it a lot. It's not typical jazz, that's for sure! But that's to be expected from the early 70's- everyone was in a creative groove back then. I love the saxophone solos that occasionally pop up as well. Overall, good stuff.
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