Friends and Love explained

Friends & Love
Type:live
Artist:Chuck Mangione
Cover:ChuckMangioneFriends&Lovealbumcover.jpg
Released:1970
Recorded:May 9, 1970
Venue:Eastman Theatre, Rochester, New York
Genre:jazz
Label:Mercury
Prev Title:Spring Fever
Prev Year:1961
Next Year:1971

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.[1]

The album "blended jazz, rock, folk and classical elements."[2] The first track, "Hill Where the Lord Hides", was subsequently released as a single and appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1971.[3]

Track listing

  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)

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Notes and References

  1. Book: The 101 best jazz albums : a history of jazz on records . Lyons, Leonard. . 331 . W. Morrow . 1980 . 0688037208 .
  2. Book: Jazz : the rough guide . Carr, Ian. . 403 . Rough Guides . 1995 . 1858281377 .
  3. Billboard July 31, 1971