Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy
Context
Title track of the first Return to Forever album without Flora Purim, Airto, or Joe Farrell, recorded in August 1973 at the Record Plant in New York: Chick Corea's group moves to an electric fusion fed by rock and funk. Bill Connors (guitar) and Lenny White (drums) make their debut on it; the album reached number 7 on Billboard's jazz chart.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk. Among the origins and influences of Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk: Modal, Soul jazz, boogaloo, Hard bop, Free jazz, Brazilian instrumental music, Indo-jazz, Modern big bands, Clube da Esquina (Minas Gerais).