Comments on: Popdose.com: Chuck Mangione http://thejazzsession.com/2009/11/23/popdose-com-chuck-mangione/ The weekly jazz interview show hosted by Jason Crane. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:18:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jon Foley http://thejazzsession.com/2009/11/23/popdose-com-chuck-mangione/comment-page-1/#comment-14336 Jon Foley Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:22:17 +0000 http://thejazzsession.com/?p=1465#comment-14336 In case some of your younger readers think that Chuck has always looked like he does above, or with even longer hair and "hippie-er" clothes in the 70's, I saw him in 1966 at the Jazz Workshop in Boston when he was in Art Blakey's group. Picture a good-looking young guy in a beautiful, slim-cut, 3-button Italian suit, sharp pointy-toe shoes, narrow tie, and carefully combed and slicked-back hair (no beard or mustache, either). And he played trumpet then, not flugelhorn; excellent hard-bop trumpet. And by the way, Blakey's pianist on that gig was a young, up and coming pianist named Chick Corea. I wonder what ever became of him? In case some of your younger readers think that Chuck has always looked like he does above, or with even longer hair and “hippie-er” clothes in the 70’s, I saw him in 1966 at the Jazz Workshop in Boston when he was in Art Blakey’s group. Picture a good-looking young guy in a beautiful, slim-cut, 3-button Italian suit, sharp pointy-toe shoes, narrow tie, and carefully combed and slicked-back hair (no beard or mustache, either). And he played trumpet then, not flugelhorn; excellent hard-bop trumpet.

And by the way, Blakey’s pianist on that gig was a young, up and coming pianist named Chick Corea. I wonder what ever became of him?

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