<p>When Chicago first debuted (is that redundant?), some rock purists were hesitant to call it a "rock band" because it had a built-in horn section (Jimmy Pankow on trombone, Lee Loughnane on trumpet, and Walter Parazaider on saxophone and flute).  Here, Dan Markus (a trombonist himself-back in the day) brings the subject up with Chicago founding member Jimmy Pankow.</p>

When Chicago first debuted (is that redundant?), some rock purists were hesitant to call it a "rock band" because it had a built-in horn section (Jimmy Pankow on trombone, Lee Loughnane on trumpet, and Walter Parazaider on saxophone and flute). Here, Dan Markus (a trombonist himself-back in the day) brings the subject up with Chicago founding member Jimmy Pankow.

<p>When Chicago first debuted (is that redundant?), some rock purists were hesitant to call it a "rock band" because it had a built-in horn section (Jimmy Pankow on trombone, Lee Loughnane on trumpet, and Walter Parazaider on saxophone and flute).&nbsp; Here, Dan Markus (a trombonist himself-back in the day) brings the subject up with Chicago founding member Jimmy Pankow.</p>

Jimmy Pankow of the band Chicago about early critics

Dan Markus, 50+ year Broadcast Veteran, and his conversations over the last four decades with Rockers whose hits colored the '50s, '60s, and '70s.

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