The real treat for Return To Forever fans comes in the first half of the first CD with the rhythmic heart of the band running through extended acoustic versions of classic songs that marked their first coming together: Corea, as you’d expect, is assertive and questing on ‘On Green Dolphin Street’, but l li ht d d also light and dancing on ‘Waltz For Debby’ (ah, how may the world have been different if Clarke had taken up the offer to join Bill Evans). But this is no nostalgic re-run of old chestnuts. White is fresh and concise in jazz mode, notably on the inevitably revived ‘Senor Mouse’ while Clarke contributes the gorgeous new ballad ‘La Cancion De Sofia’. Did we need the second CD? Getting the elusive Connors on board is a coup, but he occasionally sounds uneasy with a Les Paul in his mits, though he and Ponty rip through the lumbering ‘Space Circus’ with some vim. Chaka Khan’s vocals know no bounds and this appearance revives her partnership with White from the 1980s, but, irrepressible as she is, you need to be a generous soul to live with the sprawl that is the ensemble take on ‘I Loves You Porgy’. But full marks for energy and a go-for-it attitude. Andy Robson