Children of Sanchez (album)
album by Chuck Mangione
Children of Sanchez is the sixteenth overall album by jazz artist Chuck Mangione. It is also the soundtrack to the 1978 film The Children of Sanchez. Chuck Mangione won a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for the title song, "Children of Sanchez". The title track is sung by Don Potter.
Track listing
All songs written by Chuck Mangione:
Certifications
Personnel
Musicians
James Bradley Jr. - Drums
Dick Decker - French horn
Grant Geissman - Guitars
Chuck Mangione - Flugelhorn, electric and acoustic pianos
Charles Meeks - Bass guitar
Jerry Peel - French horn
Don Potter - Vocal
Phyllis Hyman - Vocal
George Stimpson - French horn
Jeff Tyzik - Trumpet, flugelhorn
Ron Leonard - cello
Chris Vadala - Clarinet, flutes, soprano sax, tenor sax
Brad Warnaar - French horn
Bill Reichenbach, Jr.
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