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.Billboard July 31, 1971
Track listing "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 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
External links The Official Chuck Mangione Website Friends and Love at Allmusic