Biography

Formally trained on trumpet at the Eastman School of Music, Chuck Mangione earned his stripes playing for Maynard Ferguson, Art Blakey, and Woody Herman in the 1960s. By the early '70s, he had begun recording his own albums, using the flugelhorn as his main instrument. The instrument's fatter, less brassy sound lent itself well to the Latin-inflected, easy-going jazz numbers that Mangione was writing. He had a bona fide pop hit in 1978 with the bubbly instrumental "Feels So Good," and also penned the themes for the '76 and '80 Olympics. He has released more than 30 albums in his long-running career, and has even appeared as a recurring character on the animated TV show KING OF THE HILL.

Top Tracks

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• Bags' Groove

• Chase The Clouds Away

• Children Of Sanchez

• Children Of Sanchez (finale)

• Children Of Sanchez (overture)

• Children Of Sanchez Theme

• Feel Of A Vision

• Feels So Good

• Freddie's Walkin'

• Girl Of My Dreams

• Give It All You Got

• Hide & Seek (ready Or Not Here I Come)

• I Never Missed Someone Before

• Journey To A Rainbow

• Just You, Just Me

• Land Of Make Believe

• Love Bug Boogie

• Main Squeeze

• Mountain Flight

• Once Upon A Love Theme

• Peggy Hill

• Secret Love

• Song Of The New Moon

• Songs From The Valley Of The Nightingale

• The Gloria From The Mass Of St. Bernard

• The Night Has A Thousand Eyes

Discography

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• Everything for Love

  Chesky

  2000

• The Feeling's Back

  Chesky

  1999

• Tarantella

  A&M

  1980

• An Evening of Magic, Live at the Hollywood Bowl

  Interscope

  1978

• Encore

  Mercury

  1975

• Chuck Mangione Quartet

  Mercury

  1972

• Together

  1972

• Friends and Love...A Chuck Mangione Concert

  Mercury

  1970

• The Jazz Brothers

  Original Jazz Classics / Milestone/OJC

  1960