Return To Forever @ Ottawa Jazz Festival 27June08

Man, what a reunion: Chick Corea, Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White... WHOO!!!!

Last night, June 27th, Return To Forever played an outdoor show in a park in Ottawa, for the Jazz fest. It was only 30$ to get in, and it was the best 30$ i have ever spent... There were no chairs, just find a spot closest to the stage. I was lucky enough to get about 100 feet back, although I was standing on the side (regardless it was awesome!).

All the musicians were playing to their maximum capabilities, with a true jazz/rock fusion passion. They began the concert by playing some RTF favourites, then after a two or three songs, they all switched to their signature brand "acoustic"  instruments.  After the switch, each member performed a mind boggling solo; Al Di Meola did what he usually does best, a blazing fast acoustic bombardment. After that Stanley Clarke performed my favourite part of the show, an amazing classic upright Bass solo, that lasted in between 15-25 minutes long (i lost track of time during this one). And of course Chick did little jazzy solos every now and then, to get the crowd roaring. Lenny White also performed immaculately...

This concert was the best one I've been to for a while, the musicians were having a blast, and so was the crowd. 30$ for RTF...

I'm going to try and catch them in Montreal again tonight, but I think its sold out (and 100$)

I attended their gig in Warsaw on 4 July (with my friend lucas):



and it was indeed a great performance (albeit quite expensive...)!

OzzProg wrote: All the musicians were playing to their maximum capabilities, with a true jazz/rock fusion passion. They began the concert by playing some RTF favourites, then after a two or three songs, they all switched to their signature brand "acoustic"  instruments.  After the switch, each member performed a mind boggling solo; Al Di Meola did what he usually does best, a blazing fast acoustic bombardment. After that Stanley Clarke performed my favourite part of the show, an amazing classic upright Bass solo, that lasted in between 15-25 minutes long (i lost track of time during this one). And of course Chick did little jazzy solos every now and then, to get the crowd roaring. Lenny White also performed immaculately...

Well, that description applies to the Warsaw gig too. I remember especially Stanley Clarke's double-bass solo - man, that was amazing!


I also saw John McLaughlin in May (which was even more expensive...) with his 4th Dimension Band. That was a good show too!


Edited by Tuzvihar - July 18 2008 at 12:14

they gonna be in NYC on friday and their ticket are from $60 to  $150.00

haha i forgot about that, man band...