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Friends & Love
Live album by
Released1970
RecordedMay 9, 1970
VenueEastman Theatre, Rochester, New York
Genrejazz
LabelMercury
Chuck Mangione chronology
Spring Fever
(1961)
Friends & Love
(1970)
Together: A New Chuck Mangione Concert
(1971)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

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.

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

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  1. "Hill Where the Lord Hides" (7:12)
  2. "The Feel of a Vision" (8:26)
  3. "Songs from the Valley of the Nightingale" (6:51)
  4. "And In the Beginning" (9:41)
  5. "Friends & Love" (24:45)
  6. "Friends & Love Encore" (5:52)

Personnel

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  • 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

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  1. ^ Ginnell, Richard S. "Friends and Love - Chuck Mangione". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
  2. ^ Lyons, Leonard. (1980). The 101 best jazz albums : a history of jazz on records. W. Morrow. p. 331. ISBN 0688037208.
  3. ^ Carr, Ian. (1995). Jazz : the rough guide. Rough Guides. p. 403. ISBN 1858281377.
  4. ^ Billboard July 31, 1971
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