Musicmagic

Musicmagic is the final studio album by the American jazz fusion band Return to Forever, released in 1977.

Released1977

RecordedJanuary–February 1977

StudioCaribou Ranch (Nederland, Colorado)

GenreJazz-rock, jazz fusion, latin jazz, progressive rock

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Musicmagic
Studio album by Return to Forever
Released	1977
Recorded	January–February 1977
Studio	Caribou Ranch (Nederland, Colorado)
Genre	Jazz-rock, jazz fusion, latin jazz, progressive rock
Length	41:51
Label	Columbia
Producer	Return to Forever
Return to Forever chronology
Romantic Warrior (1976) Musicmagic (1977) Live (1977)
Chick Corea chronology
My Spanish Heart (1976) Musicmagic (1977) Live (1977)

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This album contains the final line-up of the band from the 1970s, with only founders Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke returning from the previous album.^[3] This is the first album since Light as a Feather (1973) to contain vocals, featuring Stanley Clarke and Corea's wife Gayle Moran. This album also marks the return of original member Joe Farrell on saxophone and flute, along with several new members making up a five-piece horn section.

In addition to the conventional two channel stereo version the album was also released by Columbia in a four channel quadraphonic version in 1977 as one of the last quadraphonic albums released by the label. In 2016 the album was re-issued in stereo on hybrid Super Audio CD by Audio Fidelity. It was re-issued again on SACD by Dutton Vocalion in 2017 containing both the quadraphonic and stereo mixes.

With the addition of trombonist Ron Moss, this lineup toured and recorded the live album Live (1977) which was re-issued in 1978 as a 4-LP set called Return to Forever Live: The Complete Concert.