Band / Return To Forever

Return To Forever

8 releases · 14 members · 4 line-ups

Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy

1973 · A

Where Have I Known You Before

1974 · B

1975 · B

Romantic Warrior

1976 · B

1977 · C

2009 · B

The Mothership Returns

2012 · D

Electric Lady Studio, NYC, June 1975

2015 · B

Line-ups	73	74	77	08	12
Armando Corea	A	B	C	B	D
Stanley Clarke	A	B	C	B	D
Lenny White	A	B		B	D
Bill Connors	A
Al Di Meola		B		B
Gayle Moran			C
Gerry Brown			C
Harold Garrett			C
James Tinsley			C
Jim Pugh			C
Joe Farrell			C
John Thomas			C
Frank Gambale					D
Jean-Luc Ponty					D

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2 degrees of separation for Return To Forever comprise 891 bands:

Return To Forever

Return To Forever

Copeland-Ridgway

Ken Bishop's Nice Twelve

Don Braden Quintet

Don Braden Sextet

Hod O'Brien Quintet

Joris Teepe · Don Braden Quintet

Lee Konitz Nonet

Mike LeDonne Quintet

Phil Woods Quintet

Philip Catherine Trio

Ralph Lalama & His Manhattan All Stars

Ron McClure Quintet

The Eddie Fisher Quintet

Tom Harrell Quintet

Willie Bobo And The Bo-Gents

Wolfgang Muthspiel Group

Guru Guru Sun Band

Bob Magnusson Quintet

Art Resnick Trio

Bill Watrous Quintet

Bobby Shew Quintet

Buddy Rich Big Band

Dave Scott · Tony Malaby Quartet

Joni Mitchell And The L.A. Express

Rob Blakeslee Quartet

Roberta Piket Trio

The Bob Magnusson Quartet

The Laurindo Almeida Trio

The Louie Bellson Quintet

The Vinny Golia Quintet

Tom Scott And The L.A. Express

Tony Malaby/Joey Sellers Quartet

Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band

Walking Wounded

Brian Auger's Oblivion Express

Average White Band

Brian Auger & The Trinity

Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll And The Trinity

David Coverdale's Whitesnake

David Sancious And Tone

Dick Morrissey · Jim Mullen

Eric Burdon Brian Auger Band

Jeff Beck Group

Morrissey Mullen

Pete Brown & Piblokto

The Amazing Band

The Brian Auger Trinity

The Steampacket

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

Burton · Corea · Metheny · Haynes · Holland

Bud Powell Trio

Bud Powell's Modernists

Dave Holland Big Band

Dave Holland Octet

Dave Holland Quartet

Dave Holland Quintet

Dave Holland Sextet

Dave Holland Trio

David Holland Quartet

Duke Jordan Trio

Eddie Shu Quartet

Eric Dolphy Quintet

Gary Burton Quartet

Gary Burton Quintet

Kai Winding Sextette

Ken Wheeler And The John Dankworth Orchestra

Kenny Burrell Trio

Kenny Wheeler Quintet

McCoy Tyner Trio

Metheny Mehldau Quartet

Metheny · Mehldau

Mino Cinelu · Kevin Eubanks · Dave Holland

Pat Metheny Group

Pat Metheny Trio

Richie Beirach Trio

Roy Haynes Quartet

Sonny Rollins Quartet

Spontaneous Music Ensemble

Stan Getz Quartet

The Gary Burton Quintet With Eberhard Weber

The New Gary Burton Quartet

The Roy Haynes Trio

Thelonious Monk Quartet

The Eleventh House

The Free Spirits

The Jazz Composer's Orchestra

Wolfgang Dauners Et Cetera

Hiromi's Sonicbloom

Chick Corea Akoustic Band

Dave Weckl Band

David Matthews Trio

Wayne Shorter Quartet

Chick Corea And Origin

Alexander Schimmeroth Trio

Art Blakey And His Jazz Messengers

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers

Avishai Cohen + The International Vamp Band

Avishai Cohen Trio

Ben Allison & Medicine Wheel

Billy Drummond Quintet

Brad Mehldau Trio

Bruce Barth Quintet

Don Braden Septet

Eli Degibri Quintet

Francesco Cafiso Quartet

Frank Kimbrough Trio

Greg Gisbert Sextet

Jackie McLean & The Mac Band

John Swana Sextet

Kurt Rosenwinkel Trio

Maria Schneider Orchestra

Nando Michelin Group

Phil Stöckli Quintet

Ralph Peterson Quintet

Scott Henderson And Tribal Tech

Seamus Blake · Marc Miralta Trio

Steve Wilson Quartet

Steve Wilson Quintet

The Earl MacDonald 6

The Herbie Nichols Project

The Jazz Brothers

The New Jazz Composers Octet

Chick Corea And Return To Forever

Sambalanço Trio

Chick Corea Elektric Band

James Last Band

Chick Corea Elektric Band II

Fowler Brothers Air Pocket

Chick Corea Quartet

Bob Berg/Mike Stern Group

John McNeil Quintet

Jukkis Uotila Band

Randy Brecker Quintet

Chick Corea Trio

Anthony Wonsey Trio

Chris Potter Quintet

Christian McBride Band

Darrell Grant Quartet

Darrell Grant Quintet

Harold Mabern Trio

James Williams Sextet

Javon Jackson Quartet

Joshua Redman Quartet

McCoy Tyner Quartet

Peter Bernstein Quartet

SF Jazz Collective

The Philadelphia Experiment

Adam Lane Quartet

Anthony Braxton

Anthony Braxton Quartet

Anthony Braxton · Mario Pavone Quintet

Gebhard Ullmann - Steve Swell Quartet

John Lindberg Trio

Ken Simon Quartet

The Barry Altschul Quartet

Corea, Clarke & White

Echoes Of An Era

Alice Coltrane Quintet

Art Blakey & The All Star Jazz Messengers

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers

Artists United For Nature

Badfoot Brown And The Bunions Bradford Funeral Marching Band

Freddie Hubbard

Horace Silver Quintet

Joe Henderson Sextet

Neil Swainson Quintet

Paris Reunion Band

Rufus & Chaka Khan

The J.J. Johnson Sextet

The Ornette Coleman Double Quartet

The Walter Norris Quartet

Walter Benton Quintet

Eef Albers Kwartet

Focus Con Proby

Red Rodney/Herman Schoonderwalt Quintet

Rob van den Broeck

GRP All-Star Big Band

Blood Sweat And Tears

Bob Mintzer Big Band

Bob Mintzer Quartet

Bootsy's Rubber Band

Branford Marsalis Quartet

Brecker Brothers

Caribbean Jazz Project

Chico Hamilton Quintet

Dave Grusin And The NY/LA Dream Band

David Liebman Quintet

Duke Pearson's Big Band

Frank Zappa And The Mothers

Joe Byrd And The Field Hippies

Johnny Rivers And His L.A. Boogie Band

Jun Fukamachi & The New York All Stars

Mel Lewis And The Jazz Orchestra

Michael Philip Mossman Sextet

Mike Gibbs Orchestra

Miroslav Vitous Group

Oliver Nelson's Big Band

Ramsey Lewis Trio

The Benoit/Freeman Project

The Brecker Brothers Band

The Love Symphony Orchestra

The New Amazing Chico Hamilton Quintet

Jaki Byard Quartet

Bill Berry Quartet

Charles Mingus Sextet

Dave Brubeck Trio

Gigi Gryce And His Little Band

Horace Parlan Quintet

Howard Alden Trio

Joe Zawinul Trio

Lars Gullin Quintet

Roland Kirk Quartet

The Earl Hines Trio

The Jaki Byard Experience

The Ken Peplowski Quintet

Jan Garbarek Group

Alan Skidmore Quintet

Bill Frisell · Vernon Reid

Bobo Stenson Trio

Bruford Levin Upper Extremities

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels

Eberhard Weber Colours

Forever Sharp And Vivid

George Russell Sextet

Ginger Baker Trio

Graham Collier Music

Harry Beckett's S & R Powerhouse Sections

Iris, Inri, Pencil And Psalm

Jan Garbarek Bobo Stenson Quartet

Jan Garbarek Quartet

John Surman Quartet

Joki Freund Sextet

Jon Ebersons Jazz Punk Ensemble

Kirk MacDonald Quartet

Marc Johnson's Bass Desires

Marilyn Mazur & Pulse Unit

Marilyn Mazur's Future Song

Michael Naura Quartet

Mike Westbrook Orchestra

Paul Bley Quartet

Paul Motian Quintet

Paul Motian Trio

Ronnie Scott's Quintet

Steve Houben · Mauve Traffic

Steve Kuhn Trio

The Bill Frisell Band

The German Jazz Masters

The United Jazz + Rock Ensemble

Tomasz Stanko Septet

Volker Kriegel & Spectrum

Wolfgang Dauner Quartet

Wolfgang Dauner Quintet

Wolfgang Dauner Trio

John McLaughlin · Chick Corea · Five Peace Band

Danny Thompson Trio

General Music Project

John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin And The 4th Dimension

John McLaughlin Trio

Kenny Garrett Quintet

Manhattan Projects

The Gordon Beck Quartet

The Tony Williams Lifetime

Steve Miller Band

Mahavishnu Orchestra

Bobby And The Midnites

Jan Hammer Group

Marc Klock Group

Narada Michael Walden

Neal Schon & Jan Hammer

Roy Ayers Ubiquity

The Jan Hammer Trio

The Joe Harriott Double Quintet

The Tommy Bolin Band

Toto Blanke's Electric Circus

Miles Davis Quintet

Anthony Williams

Art Blakey Quartet

Art Blakey Quintet

Barney Wilen And His Amazing Free Rock Band

Barry Harris Trio

Benny Golson Sextet

Benny Green Quintet

Cannonball Adderley Quintet

Cecil Taylor Quintet

Charles Lloyd Quartet

Charley Parker's Ree Boppers

Charlie Parker And His Orchestra

Charlie Parker And The Be Bop Boys

Charlie Parker Quartet

Charlie Parker Quintet

Charlie Parker Septet

Charlie Parker Sextet

Charlie Parker's All Stars

Charlie Parker's Ri Bop Boys

Chet Baker Quintet

Chuck Mangione Quintet

Clarke Boland Big Band

Claude Bolling And All Stars

Clifford Brown Quartet

Clifford Brown Sextet

Dado Moroni Trio

Dan Nimmer Trio

Don Byrd · Gigi Gryce And The Jazz Lab Quintet

Don Sleet Quintet

Duke Jordan Quartet

Elmo Hope Quintet

Elmo Hope Sextet

Ernie Henry Quartet

Frank Morgan Quartet

Freddie Redd Quintet

Gary Bartz NTU Troop

Gene Ammons All Stars

George Wallington And His Band

George Wallington Quintet

Gigi Gryce Clifford Brown Sextet

Gil Evans & Ten

Hal McKusick Quintet

Hank Mobley And His All Stars

Hank Mobley Quartet

Hank Mobley Quintet

Hank Mobley Sextet

Herbie Hancock Quartet

Herbie Hancock Trio

Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers

Horace Silver Sextet

Horace Silver Trio

Idrees Sulieman Quintet

Jack DeJohnette

Jack DeJohnette New Directions

Jack DeJohnette's Directions

Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition

Jackie McLean Quintet

Jay Jay Johnson Boppers

Jim Hall - Ron Carter Duo

Jimmy Heath Quintet

John Coltrane Quartet

John Coltrane Quintet

Johnny Griffin Quartet

Johnny Griffin Sextet

Julius Watkins Sextet

Kenny Dorham Quintet

Kenny Drew Trio

Lars Møller / Thomas Clausen / Jimmy Cobb / NHØP

Lee Konitz Quintet

Lee Morgan Sextet

Lou Donaldson Quartet

Lou Donaldson Quintet

Lou Donaldson Sextet

Mal Waldron Trio

Max Roach Plus Four

Miles Davis & Band

Miles Davis All Star Sextet

Miles Davis All Stars

Miles Davis And His Orchestra

Miles Davis And The Modern Jazz Giants

Miles Davis Quartet

Miles Davis Sextet

Milestone Jazzstars

Milt Jackson Sextet

Modern Jazz Quartet

Nat Adderley Quartet

Nat Adderley Quintet

Nat Adderley Sextet

Paul Chambers Quartet

Paul Chambers Quintet

Paul Chambers Sextet

Per Goldschmidt Quartet

Philly Joe Jones Sextet

Philly Joe Jones · Dameronia

Rahn Burton Trio

Ralph Sharon's All-Star Sextet

Ray Bryant Trio

Red Garland Quartet

Red Garland Trio

Royce Campbell Trio

Sam Jones Plus 10

Sam Most Quartet Plus Two

Sonny Rollins And The Contemporary Leaders

Sonny Rollins And Thelonious Monk Quartet

Sonny Rollins Plus 4

Sonny Rollins Quintet

Sonny Rollins Trio

Ted Rosenthal Trio

The Art Farmer Septet

The Barry Harris Sextet

The Bobby Timmons Trio

The Curtis Fuller Jazztet

The Duke Pearson Nonet

The Frank Foster Quintet

The Gil Evans Orchestra

The Great Jazz Trio

The Heath Brothers

The Howard McGhee Sextet

The Indian Trio · The Irene Schweizer Trio · The Jazz Horns

The J.J. Johnson Quintet

The Jazz Messengers

The Louisiana Gator Boys

The Modern Jazz Sextet

The New Miles Davis Quintet

The New Tony Williams Lifetime

The New York Jazz Quartet

The Quartet Of Charlie Parker

The Ray Draper Quintet

The Red Garland Quintet

The Richard Davis Trio

The Tadd Dameron Sextet

The Wynton Kelly Quartet

Thelonious Monk Quintet

Thelonious Monk Septet

Thelonious Monk Trio

Three's Company

Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet

Walter Bishop Jr. Trio

Wynton Kelly Trio

Beaver Harris 360 Degree Music Experience

Billy Hart Quartet

Christophe Schweizer · Full Circle Rainbow ‎

David Murray & Low Class Conspiracy

David Murray Quartet

Don Friedman Trio

Don Pullen & The African-Brazilian Connection

Doug Raney Quintet

Eddie Harris Quartet

Ethan Iverson Trio

Fabio Morgera Quintet

Gary Smulyan Quintet

George Adams Don Pullen Quartet

George Gruntz Trio

Hamiet Bluiett Quartet

Jeff Gardner Trio

Jimmy Knepper Quintet

John Handy Concert Ensemble

Keith Jarrett Trio

Klaus Ignatzek Trio

Lars Møller Quartet

Marc Levin Ensemble

New York Jazz Quartet

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Quartet

Old And New Dreams

Ornette Coleman Quartet

Ralph Moore Quartet

Roswell Rudd Sextet

Sunny Murray's Untouchable Factor

Teddy Edwards Quartet

The Don Pullen Quintet

The Giuseppi Logan Quartet

The New Jazztet

The New John Handy Quintet

The Tango Kings

The Teddy Edwards Sextet

Tom Varner Quartet

Art Wood's Quiet Melon

Billy Bragg And The Blokes

Faces / Rod Stewart

John & Yoko · Plastic Ono Band

Keith Richards And The X-Pensive Winos

Rod Stewart / Faces

Santa Barbara Machine Head

The Muleskinners

The Small Faces All Star Charity Band

Bonzo Goes To Washington

Bootsy Collins & The Superbad Band

Colonel Claypool's Bucket Of Bernie Brains

Da Univerzal Playaz

Fred Wesley & The JB's

Fred Wesley And The Horny Horns

Funk Mob Cacophonique

Jack Bruce And The Cuicoland Express

Maceo And All The King's Men

Mike Clark's Prescription Renewal

Niels & The New York Street Percussionists

P-Funk All Stars

Saxophone Summit

The Golden Palominos

The J.B.'s Reunion

The Michael Brecker Band

The Parliaments

Players Association

Bobby Shad And The Bad Men

Brooks Arthur Ensemble

Butterfield Blues Band

Chet Baker Quartet

G E Smith And The Saturday Night Live Band

Gianni Lenoci Quintet

Muhal Richard Abrams Octet

Nat Adderley Septet

Paul Winter Consort

Slide Hampton & The Jazz Masters

The Blues Brothers Band

The Herbie Mann Afro-Jazz Sextet + Four Trumpets

The Saturday Night Live Band

The Tom 'Bones' Malone Jazz Septet

Robert Cray Band

Back Street Crawler

Bonnie Hayes With The Wild Combo

Phantom Blues Band

Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band

Rolf Kühn Jazzgroup

Albert Mangelsdorff

Albert Mangelsdorff And His Friends

Albert Mangelsdorff Quintet

Alexis Korner Blues Inc.

Association P.C.

Brötzmann Clarinet Project

CT: The Workshop Ensemble

Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath

Colin Towns Mask Orchestra

Didier Levallet Octet

Elton Dean · Alan Skidmore · Chris Laurence · John Marshall

Elton Dean's Ninesense

Emile Parisien Quintet

Globe Unity '74

Globe Unity Orchestra

Gordon Beck Trio

Gunter Hampel All Stars

John Stevens Seven

John Surman Trio

Joseph Holbrooke Trio

Konstantin Wecker & Die Band

Let's Be Generous

London Jazz Composers Orchestra

Mike Osborne - John Surman Quartet

Mike Westbrook Concert Band

Peter Lemer Quintet

Rava String Band

Rolf & Joachim Kuhn And The Mad Rockers

Rolf Kühn Group

Ronnie Scott & The Band

The Charlie Watts Orchestra

The Chris McGregor Septet

The Dedication Orchestra

The Dowland Project · John Potter

The Down Beat Poll Winners In Europe

The Ian Hamer Sextet

The Kühn Brothers & The Mad Rockers

The Tony Oxley Quartet

Tomasz Stanko Quartet

Tony Oxley Quintet

Tony Oxley's Celebration Orchestra

Toshiko And Her International Jazz Sextet

Tubby Hayes Quartet

Lydia Pense & Cold Blood

Revolution Saints

Sly & The Family Stone

Tak Matsumoto Group

Willie Lomax Blues Revue

Bela Fleck And The Flecktones

Stanley Cowell Trio

Charles Tolliver Big Band

Charles Tolliver · Music Inc

Father Herrera & The Trio ESP

Stomu Yamashta's Go

Eric Clapton And The Powerhouse

Ginger Baker's Air Force

Michael Shrieve

Richard Wahnfried

Spencer Davis Group

Stomu Yamash'ta's East Wind

Stomu Yamash'ta's Red Buddha Theatre

Stomu Yamashta · Steve Winwood · Michael Shrieve

Tangerine Dream

The Dark Side Of The Moog

Trance Vision Steppers

Stomu Yamashta's Go Too

Jess Roden Band

The Blue Mitchell Quintet

Chris Potter Quartet

Clifford Jordan Quintet

Dexter Gordon Quartet

Jens Winther Quintet

Louis Hayes-Junior Cook Quintet

Sadik Hakim Trio

Tete Montoliu Trio

The Phil Markowitz Trio

The Chick Corea New Trio

The John Dentz Reunion Band

Gene Harris And His Three Sounds

Monty Alexander Trio

The Mike Varney Project

Allan Holdsworth

Hellborg/Lane/Selvaganesh

Hellborg/Lane/Sipe

Mendoza - Heredia - Neto

Uncle Moe's Space Ranch

Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band

Don Preston Trio

Eric Burdon's i Band

Frank & Moon Zappa

Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention

It's A Beautiful Day

Jefferson Starship

John Fahey And His Orchestra

John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers

Mothers Of Invention

Oliver Nelson Orchestra

Ruben And The Jets

Schenker-Pattison Summit

Stu James And The Mojos

The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation

The Band From Utopia

The Bluesbreakers

The Hamilton Face Band

The Jim Chapin Sextet

The Phil Collins Big Band

Zappa/Beefheart · Mothers

The New Elvin Jones Trio

Elvin Jones "Special Quartet"

Elvin Jones And Richard Davis

Elvin Jones Jazz Machine

Elvin Jones Quartet

Elvin Jones · McCoy Tyner Quintet

Elvin Jones/Jimmy Garrison Sextet

Pepper Adams Quintet

The Clifford Thornton New Art Ensemble

The Stanley Clarke Trio

Twennynine Featuring Lenny White

Twennynine With Lenny White

The Winery Dogs

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