Chuck Mangione performs the National Anthem before Game 6 of the 2009 ALCS in Yankee Stadium

[dustymax56]

Thumbs up if you came her to see if he would break out into "Feels so Good"

[lampboy2]

lol went to high at 1:08

[barrybfl]

Out of tune and too many clams but not as obnoxious as most trumpet/cornet/ flugel renditions when guys can't tongue at all and then try play high notes that wind up sounding like garbage. Mark Van Cleave used to play a pretty good version with high notes but all the other with ornamental high range that I have heard were trash.

[leolovestrumpet]

@barrybfl don't judge if you can't play like him

[ih8suvz]

Why do people always cheer at that point in the song? 1:32

[TheMexicanMario]

@ih8suvz b/c they know it almost over I guess

[trumpet278]

I wish i could play like him :/



[Nabokov50]

could he play it any slower?

[Atechet]

Anyone else seem to hear the octave overtone at 1 50 or was that just echo / ring?

[TrumpetRiggs]

This was good. but heres another good horn player watch?v=ISMyBvFOxJc

[chaffivi]

with all the foul notes sung by drunk stoned and otherwise untalented fools who have sung this anthem. I say this is by far the best heard it performed.

[Mitchellm92]

@chaffivi fun fact... our national anthem is based on the tune of a drinking song. So... I'm not surprised it suits drunk/stoned/otherwise untalented fools well to sing 'foul notes'. That's kind of how it's designed...

[garylstrickland]

Very nice.

[Flailwielder]

It would be funny if halfway in, he spontaneously broke into "Feels so Good".

[iheartyogabbagabba]

@Flailwielder They actually did that in KOTH.

[MrWingedhorse]

@Flailwielder I was expecting that after seeing too much koth, would've been epic

[TheloniousKeys781]

@Flailwielder It would have been perfect if he did it right when the standing ovation started.

[ISammael]

@Flailwielder Especially on "was still there," because it has the exact same intervals as the opening line!

[Baritone45]

Chuck was always known for his (presumably intentional) sour notes. But man, the early to middle part of this really makes me grimace.

[DancingSpiderman]

@Baritone45 No sour notes heard by this flugelhorn player.

Those were what we call Grace Notes.

Chuck does tend to add in a lot of grace notes. But those were intentional, not sour notes.

[Baritone45]

@DancingSpiderman Yeah, I played trumpet (not very well) and I am well acquainted with grace notes. I always considered Chuck sloppy, but a very good musician, creative and entertaining. Ever go to a Maynard concert shortly after a Mangione concert? Musically they were very different, but you'd have to say Maynard and his band were always MUCH tighter than Chuck. I'll count the off-color notes that I hear, and then you can critique me on which ones were not really bad notes.

[Baritone45]

@Baritone45 Once he got to the high part, he sounded great. It was chilly out. I'll give him a pass on the first phrase. Obviously he's great, but I find his sloppiness distracting at times.

Good...

Grace notes: By 0:25, we-e 0:33, (nice triple) a-a-a-at 0:35, the-e (1:14), wa-e-ave (1:34)

Glissando: What-so 0:31,

Flubs...

Flat pitch: -ly light 0:28, gleam 0:39, stripes (0:42), still (1:21),

Get me outta here Stinker: ing 0:40

Unintentional split tone: Star Span 1:28, and part of banner

[DancingSpiderman]

@Baritone45, bro, nooo... hahahaha, no, don't spend the time to do what you said you were going to do... I'm friendly, not rude, but I won't reply with a critique with the number of grace note/sour notes played by CM, I'm sporadically very busy...

CM and MF two different styles, different emphases on attacks on the beat, etc, we know...

[survivalsuit]

GO Mangione!!!!!

[bigeman25]

That was great and that was a great win....

GO YANKEES!!!