The Hat's Back

The Hat's Back

Last November Steve Gadd and Chuck Mangione reserved the month of March, 1994 to co-produce "The Hat's Back" album - (Chuck's first in several years). <P>They began to weave this project into their already hectic schedules. The holidays, family responsibilities and two diverse performing itineraries somehow allowed sufficient time to select material and develop a feel for the music. <P>At Steve's suggestion, they went into the studio one February night to layout a musical roadmap of the new material. The plan was to record Chuck's acoustic piano and Steve's drums first and then lay Chuck's flugelhorn/trumpet part on top of this. <P>After waiting a couple hours for some technical difficulties to be ironed out, Larry Swist turned "The Machine" on and miraculously Together Forever was born. <P>Between midnight and 5:00 A.M.; DizzyMiles (Hat's Back version), Tears In Heaven, Aldovio, I''ve Got a Crush, Santa Nimpha, Dove Talk, and Slo Ro were recorded in their entirety and appear on this album exactly as they were performed that night. <P>In fact, these tracks became the foundation of The Hat's Back album with horns, strings, guitars, bass, keyboards, vocals, etc. added to the original tracks. <P>Together Forever and DizzyMiles were recorded during the March sessions.