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Chuck Mangione

"I made many studio albums and I think the danger of studio recording is that if you do not watch out, you come out with a perfectly sterile performance."

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"I made many studio albums and I think the danger of studio recording is that if you do not watch out, you come out with a perfectly sterile performance."

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"Music is meant to be a beautiful thing."
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"My music has always been strong in melodic content."
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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, direct the Jazz Ensemble and teach improvisation classes."
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"I have been recording for five decades now."
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"To pay 60 musicians for rehearsal and performance is quite something, and I decided I wouldn't be able to handle that kind of situation financially again, unless somebody else was taking care of that end of it."
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"Most recently we've been working in concert situations rather than clubs. because there aren't too many rooms there like Ronnie Scott's, that are pure music rooms, where people come specifically to listen to music."
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"Then I loved the fact that we were actually recording live."
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"We may play in a contemporary rock vein, use standard bebop themes, and many other things besides."
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"Whether it's string writing or whatever, I try to write for what each instrumentalist can do best."
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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 talking to them."
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