Friends & Love...A Chuck Mangione Concert is a double album recorded live at the Eastman Theatre in Rochester, New York on May 9, 1970, and released by Mercury Records. It features Chuck Mangione on flugelhorn; the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Mangione; Don Potter; Bat McGrath; Gap Mangione; Stanley Watson; Marvin Stamm; Steve Gadd; and Gerry Niewood. Lyrics were written by Bat McGrath; orchestrations and arrangements were by Mangione.
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| Released | 1970 | |||
| Recorded | May 9, 1970 | |||
| Venue | Eastman Theatre, Rochester, New York | |||
| Genre | jazz | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
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Recorded by Grammy winning recording engineer Mick Guzauski.
Live Audio by renowned audio engineer Dick Zicari
The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1971.[2]
The album "blended jazz, rock, folk and classical elements."[3] The first track, "Hill Where the Lord Hides", was subsequently released as a single and appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1971.[4]
Track listing
edit- "Hill Where the Lord Hides" (7:12)
- "The Feel of a Vision" (8:26)
- "Songs from the Valley of the Nightingale" (6:51)
- "And In the Beginning" (9:41)
- "Friends & Love" (24:45)
- "Friends & Love Encore" (5:52)
Personnel
edit- Chuck Mangione - flugelhorn, conductor, arrangements, orchestration
- Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
- Don Potter - guitar, voice
- Bat McGrath - guitarrón, voice
- Gap Mangione - electric piano
- Stanley Watson - guitar
- Al Porcino, Marvin Stamm, Paul McRae, Richard F. Jones, Vincent DiMartino - trumpet
- Chris Vadala, Larry Covelli - tenor saxophone
- Gerry Niewood - soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, flute
- Ned Corman - baritone saxophone, flute, alto flute
- Steve Gadd - drums
- Tony Levin - electric bass
- Bill Cahn, Bob Becker - percussion
- Eileen Malone - harp
- Brad Warnaar, George Nemeth, Milan Yancich, Morris Secon - horns
- Bill Reichenbach, David Richey, George J. Osborn, Tony Dechario - trombone
- Edward De Matteo, Michael Leiter, Oscar Zimmermann, Robert Zimmermann - string bass
- Hrant Tatian, Peter Wukovitz, Robert E. Taylor, Sylvia Thelen - cello
- Michael Webster, Stanley Gaulke - clarinet
- Katherine T. Levy, Nancy Webster - flute
- Paul F. Philips, Stephen Paulson - bassoon
- Jonathan Parkes, Robert Sprenkle - oboe
- Cherry Beauregard - tuba
- John Beck - timpani
- Abram Boone, Harry Schatz, Herbert Brill, Judit M. Hradetzky, Lorene C. Field, Sharon Laird, Shirley Reynolds, Carol Tatian, Cynthia Hammer, Herman Surasky, Loraine Messick, Ralph Rozzi, Yong Ki Ahn - violin
- Alfred L. Drucker, Elizabeth Weiss, Herman Rudin, Minna Shklar, Thomas A. Dumm - viola
References
edit- ^ Ginnell, Richard S. "Friends and Love - Chuck Mangione". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
- ^ Lyons, Leonard. (1980). The 101 best jazz albums : a history of jazz on records. W. Morrow. p. 331. ISBN 0688037208.
- ^ Carr, Ian. (1995). Jazz : the rough guide. Rough Guides. p. 403. ISBN 1858281377.
- ^ Billboard July 31, 1971