The Mangione Brothers Sextet - The Jazz Brothers (1960)

Tracklist

1. Something Different
2. Secret Love
3. Alice
4. Struttin' With Sandra
5. Nemesis ]
6. The Gap
7. Girl of My Dreams

personnel :

Gap Mangione - Piano
Chuck Mangione - Trumpet
Sal Nistico - Tenor Saxophone
Larry Combs - Alto Saxophone
Bill Saunders - Bass
Roy McCurdy - Drums

This 1960 recording, reissued on a 1998 CD, was not only the debut recording of trumpeter Chuck Mangione but has the first appearances on record by tenor saxophonist Sal Nistico, pianist Gap Mangione, and drummer Roy McCurdy; altoist Larry Combs and bassist Bill Saunders complete the group. "The Jazz Brothers" were based in Rochester, NY and recorded two further albums. Chuck Mangione's own fame was a decade away and, at this early point in time, he was a Dizzy Gillespie-inspired bebop trumpeter. The sextet performs "Secret Love," "Girl of My Dreams," and five straight-ahead group originals with spirit and swing. Pity that the group never really did catch on.~ Scott Yanow