ROMANTIC WARRIOR

Well review by Romantic Warrior sounds ridiculous... I guessed everyone already had this CD on their Collection... after buying the original remaster , i thought about getting into it for real since this was the first successfull Fusion album that made me realize what "virtuos" was about...this opened the doors to mahavishnu, to weather report, and every jazz band i have listened till now...from Brasil, Argentina, Hungary, Germany, etc... I've seen lot of reviews giving this album a "robotic" , "non emotional" jazz... Its funny how they ignore what this jazz is about... one of the most fantastic things about jazz is certainly that it can be emotional, but other interesting thing is how sensual this genre can be... This album has that , tons of Sensuality...

Romantic Warrior Acoustic piano by Chick is the number 1 acoustic solo on my list(along with Clouds, Vital information) and many others but this is just unbelievable...sorceress one is also mind blowing...

The interesting thing about Return To Forever is that it doesnt have the "MUSIC FOR MUSICIANS" wich is maybe one of the lamest phrases i have ever heard that some jazz musicians say sometimes... mainly the Bluesy kind of jazz, John Scofield, Mike Sternt and etc ...

Somehow i always recall this band when i heard "and the musicianship was incredible" , "oh? like Romantic Warrior one?"....

The Art cover was what first caught my attention , nothing really medieval was on the record though...

A interesting thing about this album that makes it also different from the rest, is that DRUMS are not annoying!...i heard reviews saying Lenny was boring, and blah blah, and this is one of the few albums of jazz that you dont have dennis chambers doing the wank fest birthday party cymbals constantly sounding thing...Though Medieval Overture has enough Lenny for the entire album on that one track.

This album dont need any ratings, its a "FUSION CLASSIC" by definition and it should be in the collection of every fusion appreciation list...

4.5/5

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