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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
djsundog@fedi.reclaim.technology ("DJ Sundog from the *new* toot-lab") wrote:
feels so bad :(
Chuck Mangione was one of the nicest musicians I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting and briefly playing with, and I was a dang kid at the time, which made it all the more outstanding in my mind, because if a cat as famous as Chuck could take the time to be kind and attentive to a bunch of high school students leading up to a halftime show at a college football game in honor of National Trumpet Day or some such, then by golly, I would take the time to be kind and attentive to younger musicians, too.
he was an absolute giant and the reason I own a flugelhorn today.
rest easy, Chuck, and thank you so very much.