Light as a Feather
Chick Corea and Return to Forever's second album, with Flora Purim on vocals.
Flora Purim, 1973
Credited to Chick Corea and Return to Forever, it reached 6 on the Billboard jazz albums chart and won the 1972 Playboy Jazz Album of the Year. The release year is January 1973 per Wikipedia and 1972 per Encyclopedia.com. Corea plays Fender Rhodes, Stanley Clarke double bass, Purim vocals and percussion, Joe Farrell flute and soprano and tenor saxophone, and Airto Moreira drums and percussion. The tracks are "You're Everything" (lyrics by Neville Potter, 5:11), "Light as a Feather" (lyrics Flora Purim, music Stanley Clarke, 10:57), "Captain Marvel" (4:53), "500 Miles High" (lyrics Potter, 9:07), "Children's Song" (2:47) and "Spain" (9:51, with an introduction from Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez); a 1998 two-CD remaster adds alternate takes and "Matrix". AllMusic gave 5 stars, Sputnikmusic 5.0, and the Penguin Guide and the Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide 4 stars.
Track listing
- You're Everything5:11
- Light as a Feather10:57
- Captain Marvel4:53
- 500 Miles High9:07
- Children's Song2:47
- Spain9:51
Sources
- Light as a Feather, Wikipedia
- Light as a Feather, Chick Corea