Friends and Love

Friends & Love
Live album by
Chuck Mangione
Released1970
RecordedMay 9, 1970
VenuesEastman 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
AllMusicStarStarStarStar

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.

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

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)

Personnel

References

  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