As part of my periodic quest to listen to all my old classic albums, tapes and CDs, ROMANTIC WARRIOR always rises to the top five of any recordings I own.

What a fine piece of work this is. I am fortunate to own a Japanese remaster of this album that truly sounds amazing..........especially the Stanley Clarke acoustic and electric bass work, even in the upper registers..........just awesome. I remember being in the middle of music school when this was released (1976) and all my fellow players were completely blown away by it.

I can't believe it has been 32 years since I first bought the LP and I still love every note.

We were already familiar with the incredible writing talent and instrumental mastery achieved by these four guys due to often listening to NO MYSTERY (1975 Grammy for Jazz Album of the Year) and WHERE HAVE I KNOWN YOU BEFORE (1974), both of which were hints of something special to come.

Here is the track listing :

"Medieval Overture" (Corea) – 5:14
"Sorceress" (White) – 7:34
"The Romantic Warrior" (Corea) – 10:52
"Majestic Dance" (Di Meola) – 5:01
"The Magician" (Clarke) – 5:29
"Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant" (Part I & Part II) (Corea) – 11:26

As you can see reflected above, all four band members contributed to the composition of this work............if you do not own this CD or have never heard it, do yourself a great favor and get it...........there is no way you will ever regret spending money for this one.......it is one of the true classic jazz-rock fusion albums.