CHUCK MANGIONE

CHUCK MANGIONE

Genres: jazz, Smooth Jazz, trumpet, instrumental, Fusion

About CHUCK MANGIONE

Chuck Mangione (born Charles Frank Mangione on 29 November 1940; died 22 July 2025) was an American flugelhorn player, trumpeter and composer remembered for his long career that began when he came to prominence as a member of Art Blakey's band in the 1960s, and later co-leading the Jazz Brothers with his brother, Gap. He achieved international success in 1978 with his jazz-pop single, "Feels So Good". Mangione released more than thirty albums since 1960, and also recorded as Chuck Mangione Quartet and Chuck Mangione Quintet. Throughout the 1970s, he was a celebrity. His purposely lightweight music was melodic pop that was upbeat, optimistic and sometimes uplifting. Mangione's records were big sellers yet few of his fans from the era knew that his original goal was to be a bebopper. His father had often taken Chuck and his older brother Gap (a keyboardist) out to see jazz concerts and Dizzy Gillespie was a family friend. While Chuck studied at the Eastman School, the two Mangiones co-led a bop quintet called the Jazz Brothers that recorded several albums for Jazzland, often with Sal Nistico on tenor. Chuck Mangione played with the big bands of Woody Herman and Maynard Ferguson (both in 1965) and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers (1965-67). In 1968, now sticking mostly to his soft-toned flugelhorn. Two members of Mangione's band sadly perished in the Colgan Air Flight 3407 accident outside Buffalo, NY. Coleman Mellett, 34, and Gerard "Gerry" Niewood, 64, were arriving for a Mangione date at Kleinhans Music Hall. Niewood was a Rochester native who, at 14, played baritone saxophone on Mangione's first record, "Have I Told You So," reissued as "B'bye" on Mangione's "Children of Sanchez" album.

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CHUCK MANGIONE — Top 30 songs of 82

Artist Song title Like / Dislike
Chuck Mangione Land of Make Believe
Chuck Mangione Bellavia
Chuck Mangione Feels So Good (Long Version)
Chuck Mangione Children Of Sanchez
Chuck Mangione Feels So Good
Chuck Mangione You're The Best There Is
Chuck Mangione Feels So Good
Chuck Mangione Feels So Good
Chuck Mangione Children Of Sanchez
Chuck Mangione El Gato Triste
Chuck Mangione Give it all you got
Chuck Mangione Feels So Good ORIGINAL COMPLETA
Chuck Mangione Land Of Make Believe
Chuck Mangione Feels So Good
Chuck Mangione Give It All You Got
Chuck Mangione Cannonball Run Theme
Chuck Mangione Children of Sanchez (Overture)
Chuck Mangione Chase The Clouds Away
Chuck Mangione Fun And Games
Chuck Mangione Children Of Sanchez
Chuck Mangione Children Of Sanchez w Smooth Jazz
Chuck Mangione Feels So Good w Smooth Jazz
Chuck Mangione Do I Dare To Fall In Love
Chuck Mangione Freedom Song
Chuck Mangione Love Note
Chuck Mangione Main Squeeze
Chuck Mangione I Never Missed Someone Before
Chuck Mangione Doin' Everything With You
Chuck Mangione Feels so good (single edit)
Chuck Mangione Fun and Games
Land of Make Believe
Feels So Good (Long Version)
Children Of Sanchez
Feels So Good
You're The Best There Is
Feels So Good
Feels So Good
Children Of Sanchez
El Gato Triste
Give it all you got
Feels So Good ORIGINAL COMPLETA
Land Of Make Believe
Feels So Good
Give It All You Got
Cannonball Run Theme
Children of Sanchez (Overture)
Chase The Clouds Away
Fun And Games
Children Of Sanchez
Children Of Sanchez w Smooth Jazz
Feels So Good w Smooth Jazz
Do I Dare To Fall In Love
Freedom Song
Main Squeeze
I Never Missed Someone Before
Doin' Everything With You
Feels so good (single edit)
Fun and Games