Chuck Mangione
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Mangione in 2006
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Charles Frank Mangione |
| Born |
November 29, 1940 Rochester, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Smooth jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, musician |
| Instruments | Flugelhorn, trumpet, piano, electric piano, french horn |
| Years active | 1960–Present |
| Labels | Mercury, A&M, Columbia, Chesky |
| Website | chuckmangione |
Charles Frank "Chuck" Mangione (/mændʒiˈoʊni/; born November 29, 1940) is an American flugelhorn player, trumpeter and composer.
After a stint with drummer Art Blakey's band and co-leading the Jazz Brothers with his sibling Gap, Chuck achieved international success in 1977 with his jazz-pop single, "Feels So Good." Mangione has released more than thirty albums since 1960.
Mangione, whose uncle Jerre Mangione (March 20, 1909 – August 16, 1998) was an American writer and scholar of the Italian-American experience, was born and raised in Rochester, New York, Mangione with his pianist brother Gap. Together, the brothers led the Jazz Brothers group which recorded three albums for Riverside Records before Mangione branched out into other work. He attended the Eastman School of Music from 1958 to 1963, and afterwards joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, for which he filled the trumpet chair previously held by greats such as Clifford Brown, Freddie Hubbard, Kenny Dorham, Bill Hardman, and Lee Morgan.
In the late 1960s, Mangione was a member of the band The National Gallery, which in 1968 released the album Performing Musical Interpretations of the Paintings of Paul Klee. Mangione served as director of the Eastman jazz ensemble from 1968 to 1972, and in 1970, he returned to recording with the album Friends and Love, recorded in concert with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and numerous guest performers.
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