The Mothership Returns

The Mothership Returns
Live album by
ReleasedJune 18, 2012
RecordedJuly 12, 2011,
September 13, 2011
VenueAustin, Texas (September)
Montreux, Switzerland (July)
GenreJazz fusion
Length112:30
LabelEagle
ProducerTim Cavanaugh, Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, Geoff Kempin, Adam Mason, Bill Rooney, Terry Shand, Lenny White
Return to Forever chronology
Forever
(2009)
The Mothership Returns
(2012)
Live in Japan 1983
(2021)
Chick Corea chronology
Hot House
(2012)
The Mothership Returns
(2012)
The Vigil
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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All About Jazz
AllMusic

The Mothership Returns is a live two CD/single DVD set by the fusion band Return to Forever. Released 18 June 2012 by Eagle Rock Entertainment, it documents music performed during the 2011 tour, for which Return to Forever was expanded to a quintet with Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White and new members Jean-Luc Ponty on violin and Frank Gambale on guitar. The album peaked #6 in the 2012 and 2013 Jazz Album charts.