After more than 25 years apart, the seminal jazz fusion band Return To Forever has finally returned to the road.

Why the long wait?

"The desire has been there for a long time," the band's leader Chick Corea told The ShowBuzz. "Finally I said, 'What about the summer of '08?' We all took a look and said that we could clear off our schedules. It was inevitable that one of these years it was gonna happen."

Corea formed Return to Forever in 1971, with bassist Stanley Clarke in the original lineup. Guitarist Al DiMeola and drummer Lenny White joined a few years later. They were known for their innovative use of electric guitar and bass to blur the line between jazz and rock. Corea's intricate compositions and the virtuosity of all four musicians earned them critical acclaim and a Grammy award in 1975 for best jazz performance by a group.

They released three albums ...

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