Chuck Mangione
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Chuck Mangione Biography
Throughout the 1970s, Chuck Mangione 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, Mangione formed a quartet that
also featured Gerry Niewood on tenor and soprano. They cut a fine set
for Mercury in 1972 but otherwise Mangione's recordings in the 1970s
generally used large orchestras and vocalists (including Esther
Satterfield), putting the emphasis on lightweight melodies such as
Hill Where the Lord Hides, Land of Make Believe, Chase the Clouds
Away and the huge 1977 hit (featuring guitarist Grant Geissman) Feels
So Good. After a recorded 1978 Hollywood Bowl concert that summed up
his pop years and a 1980 two-LP set that alternated pop and bop (with
guest Dizzy Gillespie), Mangione gradually faded out of the music
scene. In the 1970s Chuck Mangione recorded for Mercury and A&M; in
the 1980s he had a couple of very forgettable Columbia albums and had
not been heard from in the '90s until a 1997 comeback tour found him in
good form, having a reunion with his Feels So Good band. The
Feeling's Back followed in 1999. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Written by Scott Yanow