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).
     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.
      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.
     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.
     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.
     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.
     Together Forever and DizzyMiles were recorded during the March sessions.