Chuck Mangione Quotes
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With four people you can create one very strong kind of energy, but if you can get 65 people working together, and swinging together, that's…
Create
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A studio recording is perfection, but emotion and passion come only when you turn on the machine and go for the groove. If you do…
Beautiful
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My music has always been strong in melodic content.
Been
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My brother had a big band in high school; after that we continued to play together, eventually forming a group called the Jazz Brothers, that…
Band
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There's not much in the way of written-down arrangements - just things that Gerry and I have worked out, from playing spontaneously together and hanging…
Arrangements
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Not with the Rochester Philharmonic, but I formed my own orchestra, made up of musicians from the Eastman School, where I'm on the faculty now,…
Class
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Not compromising the music, but there is a way, by just showing the people that you're sincere and honest with what you're doing, and by…
Compromise
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To do it always right, that is what music is to me.
Always Right
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Whether it's string writing or whatever, I try to write for what each instrumentalist can do best.
Best
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I was blessed to work with The Jazz Messengers when the two piano players were Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea.
Blessed
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My goal was never to sell many records.
Goal
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I write music people enjoy playing and listening to, and I have a group that loves playing the music.
Enjoy
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I tend to not want to put labels or categories on the music, only because people come with preconceived ideas about what they're going to…
Categories
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Music is meant to be a beautiful thing.
Beautiful
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In 1994, I started touring again and I recorded two albums for Chesky Jazz.
Albums
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1972 was a year of many pleasant and rewarding experiences for me
Experiences
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I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people.
Brought
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I find it very difficult to compose when I'm not playing.
Compose
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I have been recording for five decades now.
Been
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As for the symphonic activities... when I was a student at the Eastman School of Music, I became exposed to a lot more musical forms,…
Activities
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