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; and Gerry Niewood. Lyrics were written by Bat McGrath; orchestrations and arrangements were by Mangione. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1971.[2]

Friends & Love
Live album by Chuck Mangione
Released	1970
Genre	jazz
Label	Mercury
Chuck Mangione chronology
Spring Fever (1961) Friends & Love (1970) Together: A New Chuck Mangione Concert (1971)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

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

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

• Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
• Chuck Mangione - flugelhorn
• Don Potter - guitar, voice
• Bat McGrath - guitarrón, voice
• Gap Mangione - electric piano
• Stanley Watson - guitar
• Marvin Stamm - trumpet
• Gerry Niewood - soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, flute
• Steve Gadd - drums
• Tony Levin - electric bass

References

External links

• The Official Chuck Mangione Website
• Friends and Love at Allmusic