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Below, you'll find a compilation of all album reviews done by local KIOS jazz and blues staff.

Last Call CD Review: Return To Forever / The Mothership Returns / Eagle Records

KIOS | By Chris Cooke
Published October 2, 2012 at 5:43 PM CDT

Return To Forever's new multidisc recording is an essential addition to any progressive jazz fans library.  Founding Return To Forever group members Chick Corea(piano, keyboards); Stanley Clarke(bass) and Lenny White(drums) are joined by Frank Gambale(guitars) and Jean-Luc Ponty(violin). Recorded on tour in 2011, this version of the band creates one magical moment after another onstage with excellent readings of RTF gems "Medieval Overture", "After the Cosmic Rain", "The Romantic Warrior", and others. A DVD is included. If you haven't seen the band live, this is the next best thing.  Return to Forever fans who have seen the band in person will relish this live recording, especially with the addition of Ponty's violin artistry which makes a huge contribution to an already legendary group sound.

Return To Forever's legendary lineup last visited Omaha in 2008. Last Call host Chris Cooke interviewed Chick Corea shortly before the show. To listen to that interview, click here.

For more information you may visit http://return2forever.com/mothership-returns/
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Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke has been a voice on radio in Omaha since 1988. While at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, he studied radio broadcasting, history and religion. Working at KVNO-FM, Cooke hosted a weekend adventuresome jazz show on the station in addition to duties as an on-air announcer on overnights, weekends and holidays. He also worked at KBLZ (the then student-run radio station) as well as KYNE-TV, and The Gateway as a reporter.
In November 1992, Cooke signed on at KIOS-FM and has been there ever since. He has hosted the Tuesday and Thursday editions of Jazz in the Afternoon since 1996 and has also hosted Last Call since that year. A long time fan of jazz music, Cooke enjoys talking with the musicians who make jazz music. He has interviewed Horace Silver, Roy Haynes, Wayne Shorter, David Liebman, Airto Moreira, Jessica Williams and Karrin Allyson, to name a few. While not at the station Cooke maintains a web design consultancy business that has served a number of non-profit and music clients for over 20 years.
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