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Forever is a double CD album of live acoustic recordings recorded in California, Tokyo and Seattle in 2009 by the Return to Forever pianist Chick Corea, bass player Stanley Clarke and drummer Lenny White and studio rehearsals with guests Jean-Luc Ponty, Bill Connors and Chaka Khan. It was released on the Concord label in 2011.

Track listing:
All compositions by Chick Corea except where noted.

Disc one

“On Green Dolphin Street” (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) – 8:41
“Waltz for Debby” (Bill Evans) – 9:55
“Bud Powell” (with Tony Cohan) – 7:10
“La Canción de Sofia” (Stanley Clarke) – 7:38
“Windows” – 8:54
“Hackensack” (Thelonious Monk) – 7:30
“No Mystery” – 10:55
“Señor Mouse” – 12:06
Recorded at Yoshi’s Jazz Club, Oakland, CA, on September 16 & 17, 2009 (tracks 1–4, 7 & 8)
Recorded at Blue Note Jazz Club, Tokyo, Japan on November 28, 2009 (track 5)
Recorded at Jazz Alley Club, Seattle, WA, on December 12, 2009 (track 6)

Disc two

“Captain Marvel” – 4:13
“Señor Mouse” – 10:06
“Crescent” (John Coltrane) – 1:45
“Armando’s Rhumba” – 5:12
“Renaissance” (Jean-Luc Ponty) – 6:29
“High Wire: The Aerialist” (with Tony Cohan) – 3:41
“I Loves You, Porgy” (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:13
“After the Cosmic Rain” (Clarke) – 10:38
“Space Circus” – 6:06
“500 Miles High” – 12:45

Recorded at Mad Hatter Studios, Los Angeles, CA, on September 1, 2009 (tracks 1–9)
Recorded at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA, on September 30, 2009 (track 10)

Personnel:
Chick Corea – acoustic piano (1.1–1.8, 2.3–2.7, 2.10); keyboards (2.1, 2.2, 2.8, 2.9)
Stanley Clarke – double bass (1.1–1.8, 2.1, 2.4–2.7, 2.10); electric bass (2.2, 2.8 & 2.9)
Lenny White – drums (1.1–1.8, 2.1–2.3, 2.5–2.10)
Guest musicians
Jean-Luc Ponty – violin (2.4, 2.5, 2.7–2.9)
Bill Connors – guitar (2.2, 2.7–2.9)
Chaka Khan – vocals (2.6, 2.7)

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Released: June 6, 2011
Recorded: September 1, 16, 17 & 30, November 28 and December 12, 2009
Venue: Yoshi’s Jazz Club (Oakland, CA)
Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey, CA)
Blue Note Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)
Jazz Alley Club (Seattle, WA)
Studio Mad Hatter Studios (Los Angeles, CA
Length: 138:57
Label: Concord
CRE-32627-2
Producer: Lenny White