Light as a Feather | 
 enlarge | Artist: Chick Corea And Return To Forever
Label: Polygram Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 17801
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 827148
UPC: 042282714824
EAN: 0042282714824
ASIN: B0000046YK
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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| Tracks:
| • | You're Everything | | • | Light As A Feather | | • | Captain Marvel | | • | 500 Miles High | | • | Children's Song | | • | Spain |
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Amazon.com essential recording
Featuring the same band as the first Return to Forever album--vocalist Flora Purim, saxophonist-flutist Joe Farrell, bassist Stanley Clarke, and drummer Airto-- 1973's Light As a Feather was the result of a conscious effort on Chick Corea's part to communicate with a broader audience. Although Corea's electric piano and Purim's spacey-samba vocals might sound dated, the album includes a couple of Corea's most beloved compositions, "500 Miles High" and "Spain." Subsequent Return to Forever albums turned to conceptual bombast and silly fantasies. Here, Corea strikes an appealing balance between art and accessibility. --Rick Mitchell
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| Customer Reviews: Read 19 more reviews...
 An All-Time Favorite March 14, 2008
David Conklin (Albuquerque, NM USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
For shear jazz pleasure, this 1973 album is hard to beat. Compared to the post-bop/hard bop of the 1960s and the fusion of the early 1970s, it may seem a bit light-weight. However, the compositions are enormously appealing and the playing first-rate. Although perhaps not a jazz masterpiece, I think it's pretty darn close, and it still sounds remarkably fresh today. This was one of the first jazz albums I enjoyed (back in the 70s), and although my music collection has grown exponentially in recent years, I still find myself returning to it frequently. The infectious melodies and rhythms never fail to brighten the mood (and can be almost addictive!) I noticed that one reviewer suggested that this was a precursor to smooth jazz--I find that a stretch, but even if true, I find this album so, so, SO much better than most of today's smooth jazz. Several reviewers don't like Flora Purim's singing on this album--I absolutely love her voice and the way she blends with the instruments on these tracks. If for any reason you've avoided this album in the past (or if you're new to jazz) I'd highly recommend you give it a try. This group made one other album, simply called RETURN TO FOREVER, which is also very good. However, I've always found LIGHT AS A FEATHER a little more enjoyable; it's also more accessible for someone new to jazz.
 The playing is good, but the vocals . . . April 15, 2007
Wade G. Tam (San Francisco, CA USA)
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
Chick delivers a fine album musically, with some terrific solos on the electric piano, but I must agree with some of the reviewers on here that Flora Purim's vocals can be downright awful on all the pieces she sings. Her voice sounds flat and off key, and you can really hear her struggle with her accent and her English throughout the album. It sounds as if she is struggling to hit the note and sustain it in all the songs. This is truly disappointing and I cringe because the music is so good and tightly composed. I think the later Return To Forever is better and I'm going to have to sell this one back.
 Classic March 24, 2006
GW (Richmond, VA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
As fresh today as when released. Creative, tasteful improv that avoids some of the excess of later work.
one of the BEST albums ever made October 15, 2005
michael harmon (Silicon Valley, CA)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
This album is in a class by itself. I don't hand out the "Best" judgement lightly. The musicians have to be spectacular, the music has to be exciting, and there are NO weak parts to the album. NONE. Every song is a gem, every musician is clear and articulate. I have to tell you that "Musicmagic" also fits into the "BEST" catagory too.
Stan Getz was so impressed by this and the "Return to Forever" album that his Captain Marvel album contains 3 cuts from the 2 albums, and features Chick Corea on electric piano, Stanley Clarke on electric bass, Airto Moreira on percussion. Quite honestly, I've listened to this album so much that I am sick of it. (I have it in vinyl from the 70's.)
Nowdays I am returning to my roots and have found other musicians good enough to play this stuff, and I am in hog heaven!
I think I can safely say that non-musicians will really enjoy this album, musicians will be blown away!
Among the best of Chick August 17, 2004
Scott Muscolo (Simi Valley, CA USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The first time I ever heard this album was in 1976 or so, when I listened to it in a college library listening room in Cortland, NY. The first cut on the album (yes, it was vinyl) was, of course, "You're Everything", and I was beside myself. I think I must have listened to that song about 10 times in a row. I was instantly a major Chick Corea fan, and saw him with Return to Forever in a small on-campus concert. A lot of his other stuff was very appealing to me at the time (late teens early twenties), along with Stanley Clark and Al and Lenny. I will say that I have since fallen a little out of love with much of his music, with the exception of "Inner Space" which has some true straight-ahead jazz in the best tradition of the late sixties, long before we ever dreamed of an abomination like Kenny G. These two albums are as different as night and day, with "Inner Space" being an edgier, exploratory cascade of brass, (some gorgeous flute with Hubert Laws in "Windows"), drums and piano, and "Light as a Feather" being a much more accessible and lighter jazz celebration with the smooth airy tones of Flora Purim, and some fun songs like "Spain" and "Children's Song". If you like Charles Mingus and Bilham Cobly (Billy Cobham) you'll like "Inner Space", but I recommend both albums.
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