Return to Forever Romantic Warrior: Irresistible 70's Jazz Rock Fusion Vinyl

Romantic Warrior is the album I believe that turned many a progressive rock artist into jazz fusioners.

Of course I like the style and don't have a problem with that, but fans of prog groups like PFM and Iceberg probably would disagree with me.

Even  Phil Collins had a side project away from Genesis called Brand X that reminds one of this album in spots.

Chick Corea is quite simply one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time and he owns the genre of jazz fusion in the 70's in my opinion.

All due respect to Weather Report, but anything they did after Jaco Joined the band is too light weight for my tastes,  not that it is bad music or anything. I just happen to think RTF was the pinnacle of 70's fusion.

A few bands like Caldera went unsung that rivaled RTF, then RTF guitarist Al Di Meola produced his own classic albums, drummer Lenny White and bassist Stanley Clarke also added to the style with their own classics from the genre.

Romantic Warrior is the pinnacle of the genre in my opinion, with crystal clear production. This pictured vinyl sounds incredible, the CD doesn't even come close to the warmth and
heavy natural bass sound.

It really is amazing looking at the back of this cover, talk about a super group! This group was actually just a working band at the time, but in hindsight it is obvious how great this music and band was.

Romantic Warrior is so complex in spots, you wonder how this band could ever pull it off live, but they did and still do with various reunions.

I know some will undoubtedly point to Mahavishnu Orchestra and some of their complex fusion albums, but even they I don't believe topped this Romantic Warrior.

It's hard to argue how guitarist Di Meola is the star of the show here, this guy was a schred guitarist before the term was even coined, as much as I marvel at Eddie Van Halen, I always thought Di Meola was more interesting to listen to.