Editing Chuck Mangione

{{Short description|American jazz musician (born 1940)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| image        = Chuck_Mangione_1998.jpg
| caption      = Mangione in 1998
| birth_name   = Charles Frank Mangione
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1940|11|29}}
| birth_place  = [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| genre        = {{hlist|[[Jazz]]|[[jazz fusion]]|[[smooth jazz]]|[[jazz funk]]}}
| occupation   = {{hlist|Musician|composer}}
| instrument   = {{hlist|Flugelhorn|trumpet|piano}}
| years_active = 1960–2010
| label        = {{hlist|[[Mercury Records|Mercury]]|[[A&M Records|A&M]]|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]|[[Chesky Records|Chesky]]}}
| website      = {{url|chuckmangione.com}}
}}

'''Charles Frank Mangione''' ({{IPAc-en|m|ae|n|'|dʒ|ou|n|i}} {{respell|man|JOH|nee}};<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/nls/who-we-are/guidelines-and-specifications/say-how/#m|title=M|work=Say How? A Pronunciation Guide to Names of Public Figures|publisher=[[National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled]]}}</ref> born November 29, 1940)<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/11/29/UPI-Almanac-for-Friday-Nov-29-2019/6411574957229/|title= UPI Almanac for Friday, Nov. 29, 2019|work= [[United Press International]] | date= November 29, 2019|access-date=January 11, 2020 |archive-date= December 24, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191224110508/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/11/29/UPI-Almanac-for-Friday-Nov-29-2019/6411574957229//|url-status=live|quote=…musician/composerMusician/composer Chuck Mangione in 1940 (age 79)}}</ref> is an American [[flugelhorn]] player, trumpeter and composer.

He came to prominence as a member of [[Art Blakey]]'s band in the 1960s, and later co-led the Jazz Brothers with his brother, [[Gap Mangione|Gap]]. He achieved international success in 1978 with his jazz-pop single "[[Feels So Good (composition)|Feels So Good]]". Mangione has released more than 30 albums since 1960.<ref name="AM discog">{{cite web|title=Chuck Mangione {{!}} Album Discography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/chuck-mangione-mn0000021747/discography|website=AllMusic|access-date=July 30, 2019}}</ref>

==Early life and career==
Mangione was born and raised in [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States, to [[Italian American|Italian]] parents.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Grant |date=6 September 2013 |title=Chuck Mangione On Piano Jazz |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/08/28/216480982/chuck-mangione-on-piano-jazz |access-date=14 August 2024 |website=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=1603}}</ref> His paternal uncle was writer [[Jerre Mangione]]. With his pianist brother [[Gap Mangione|Gap]],<ref name="LarkinGE" /> they led the Mangione Brothers Sextet/Quintet, which recorded three albums for [[Riverside Records]], before Mangione branched out into other work.<ref name="LarkinGE" /> One of Chuck's compositions for the Mangione Brothers Sextet, "Something Different," was recorded by [[Cannonball Adderley]] on his 1961 album ''[[African Waltz]]''.<ref>{{cite web|website=SecondHandSongs|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/work/235230/all?sort=date&reverse=1|title=Something Different|accessdate=March 20, 2023}}</ref> He attended the [[Eastman School of Music]] from 1958 to 1963, then joined [[Art Blakey]]'s Jazz Messengers,<ref name="LarkinGE"/> for which he filled the trumpet chair previously held by [[Clifford Brown]], [[Freddie Hubbard]], [[Kenny Dorham]], [[Bill Hardman]], and [[Lee Morgan]].<ref name="Hard">{{cite book|author=Goldsher, Alan|title=Hard Bop Academy: The Sidemen of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers|date=2008|publisher=Hal Leonard|location=Milwaukee, Wisconsin|isbn=978-0-634-03793-1|edition=1st}}</ref>

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]]''.<ref>Vinyl LP, Philips catalog number: PHS 600–266.</ref> Mangione served as director of the Eastman jazz ensemble from 1968 to 1972. In 1970, he returned to recording with the album ''[[Friends and Love]]'', recorded in concert with the [[Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra]] and guest performers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rpo.org/with-the-right-friends-and-love-you-can-go-home-again/|title=With the Right Friends and Love, You Can Go Home Again|publisher=Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra|date=May 7, 2007}}</ref>

Mangione's quartet with saxophonist [[Gerry Niewood]] was a popular concert and recording act throughout the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jazztimes.com/archives/gerry-niewood-facets/|author=David Franklin|title=Gerry Niewood: Facets|website=Jazztimes.com|date=December 1, 2004|access-date=July 30, 2019}}</ref> "Bellavia", recorded during this collaboration, won Mangione his first [[Grammy Award]] in [[Grammy Awards of 1977|1977]] in the category [[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition|Best Instrumental Composition]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/20th-annual-grammy-awards|title=20th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1977)|date=November 28, 2017|publisher=Grammy Awards|access-date=July 30, 2019}}</ref> "Bellavia" was used by [[WHAS-TV]] in [[Louisville, Kentucky]] as background music for school closings starting with the [[Great Blizzard of 1978|Blizzard of 1978]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.whas11.com/video/news/local/louisvilles-snow-song/417-175901|title=Louisville's snow song|publisher=Tegna (WHAS-TV)|location=Louisville, Ky.|date=February 16, 2015|accessdate=August 26, 2023}}</ref>

Mangione's composition "Chase the Clouds Away" was used at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] in [[Montreal]], Quebec. His composition "[[Give It All You Got]]" was the theme to the [[1980 Winter Olympic Games]] in [[Lake Placid, New York|Lake Placid]], New York. He performed it live on a global television broadcast at the closing ceremonies. In 1978, Mangione composed the soundtrack for the film ''[[The Children of Sanchez (film)|The Children of Sanchez]]'' starring [[Anthony Quinn]].<ref name="LarkinGE"/> This album won him his second Grammy, in the category [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance|Best Pop Instrumental performance]] in [[Grammy Awards of 1979|1979]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/22nd-annual-grammy-awards|title=22nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1979)|date=November 28, 2017|publisher=Grammy Awards|access-date=July 30, 2019}}</ref> The title song's full version was almost 15 minutes long and featured a [[Wind instruments|wind]] section theme. In 1981, Mangione composed and performed the theme for the film ''[[The Cannonball Run]]''.

In addition to his quartet with Niewood, Mangione had much success with his later-1970s ensemble, with Chris Vadala on saxophones and flutes, [[Grant Geissman]] on guitars, Charles Meeks on bass guitar, and James Bradley Jr. on drums. This version of Mangione's band recorded and toured behind the hit studio albums ''[[Feels So Good (Chuck Mangione album)|Feels So Good]]'' and ''[[Fun and Games (Chuck Mangione album)|Fun and Games]]'' and the ''Children of Sanchez'' soundtrack. Some band members participated in the "Tarantella" benefit concert in 1980. The song "[[Feels So Good (composition)|Feels So Good]]" became a rare instrumental Top Ten hit, reaching #4 on the [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] in 1978.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hyatt |first=Wesley|title=The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits|publisher=Billboard Publications|year=1999|ISBN=978-0823076932}}</ref>

The band was also featured with a 70-piece orchestra on the live album ''An Evening of Magic'', which was recorded at the Hollywood Bowl on July 16, 1978, at the height of Mangione's success from "Feels So Good". Performances of material new and old included versions of "Main Squeeze", "Hill Where the Lord Hides", and "Chase the Clouds Away". Mangione opened and closed the show with "Feels So Good" and its "Reprise" version. "B' Bye" featured a string arrangement from Bill Reichenbach. The horns were arranged by frequent collaborator [[Jeff Tyzik]], who also played trumpet in the horn section that night. Mangione played material from the just-released "Children of Sanchez" soundtrack album, which made its West Coast concert debut.

The liner notes from the album describe the frenzy in which the performance was put together. Unable to set up on stage the day before (The Los Angeles Philharmonic played the "1812 Overture" on July 15), Mangione and his crew had only the day of show to set up lights, sound and recording gear. He had only nine hours the day before to rehearse at A&M studios with the orchestra's musicians and was never able to run through the entire set list once in its entirety. He and the band stayed at a hotel up the street from the Bowl to make sure they would not miss the performance due to snarled traffic pouring in as showtime neared. Nevertheless, the show went off without a hitch.

In December 1980, Mangione held a benefit concert in the Americana Hotel Ballroom in Rochester, to benefit the victims of an earthquake in Italy. The nine-hour concert included jazz performers Chick Corea, Steve Gadd and Dizzy Gillespie, among a host of other session and concert musicians. Soon thereafter, A&M released ''Tarantella,'' named for the Italian traditional dance, a vinyl album of some of the concert's exceptional moments, which has not yet been released as a CD.

A 1980 issue of ''[[Current Biography]]'' called "Feels So Good" the most recognized tune since "[[Michelle (song)|Michelle]]" by [[The Beatles]]. He raised over $50,000 for St. John's Nursing Home at his 60th Birthday Bash Concert at the [[Eastman Theatre]] and played a few bars of "Feels So Good".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bookingentertainment.com/artists/jazz/booking-chuck-mangione.php|title=Chuck Mangione: Book Chuck Mangione For Concerts and Events Worldwide|work=Biography on BookingEntertainment.com|date=June 13, 2013}}</ref> In 1997, Mangione did a session with [[Les Paul]]. Mangione was told of how he beat out Paul for the 'Album of the Year' award.

==Acting career and television appearances==
In addition to music, Mangione has made a few appearances in television shows. In the ''[[Magnum, P.I.]]'' episode "Paradise Blues", Chuck Mangione portrays a fellow night club act along with TC's ([[Roger E. Mosley]]'s) former girlfriend. He performed two singles and has lines near the end of the show. In 1988, Mangione appeared on the hit family TV show ''[[The Elephant Show|Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show]]'' as "Little Boy Blue" playing his famous song.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1989-09-01-2701408-story.html|title=This Kid Stuff is Big Time|work=[[The Morning Call]]|date=September 1, 1989}}</ref>

Mangione had a recurring voice-acting role on the animated television series ''[[King of the Hill]]''. In it he portrays himself as a celebrity spokesman for Mega Lo Mart, almost always wearing the white and red jacket from the cover of his ''Feels So Good'' album.<ref name=starsandcelebs>{{cite web|url=https://starsandcelebs.com/2000/09/mangione-chuck/|title=Chuck Mangione Interview|website=Starsandcelebs.com|date=September 30, 2000|access-date=July 30, 2019|archive-date=July 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730171502/https://starsandcelebs.com/2000/09/mangione-chuck/|url-status=usurped}}</ref> The first episode of ''King of the Hill'' with Mangione originally aired on February 16, 1997. The episode featured an original score specifically recorded for the occasion. He continued to appear in episodes, a total of 10 more up until 2003. In the context of the series, Mangione chafes under an oppressive spokesperson contract with Mega Lo Mart (his contract had him appearing at every Mega Lo store opening, some 400 per year, leaving him no time to tour, record or be with his family). He eventually goes into hiding inside their store in Arlen, [[Texas]], the fictional town in which ''King of the Hill'' is set. Mangione is discovered by [[Dale Gribble]], who keeps his secret, in the episode "Mega-Lo Dale." After a long hiatus, the character of Chuck Mangione returned in May 2007 in an episode titled "[[Lucky's Wedding Suit]]". A [[running gag|recurring joke]] is that whatever tune he plays on his flugelhorn inevitably shifts into "Feels So Good" after a few bars. After the Mega Lo Mart blows up, Mangione states during a group therapy session that "every song I play now sounds like 'Feels So Good'." The series finale in 2009 included Mangione one last time, playing [[The Star-Spangled Banner|the National Anthem]] which segued into "Feels So Good". In an homage to the series, Mangione's album ''Everything For Love'' contains a track titled "[[Peggy Hill]]".<ref name=starsandcelebs/>

==Mangione's band deaths==
Two members of the band, [[Gerry Niewood]] and [[Coleman Mellett]], were among those killed when [[Continental Airlines Flight 3407]] crashed into a house in the vicinity of [[Buffalo, New York]], on February 12, 2009. In a statement Mangione said: "I'm in shock over the horrible, heartbreaking tragedy."<ref>"[https://www.tmz.com/2009/02/13/chuck-mangiones-bandmates-die-in-fatal-crash/ Chuck Mangione's Bandmates Die in Fatal Crash]." ''TMZ''. February 13, 2009. Retrieved July 30, 2019.</ref>

==Discography==
* ''The Jazz Brothers'' as the Mangione Brothers Sextet with Chuck Mangione ([[Riverside Records|Riverside]], 1960)
* ''Hey Baby!'' as the Jazz Brothers with Chuck Mangione (Riverside, 1961)
* ''Spring Fever'' as the Jazz Brothers with Chuck Mangione, [[Sal Nistico]] (Riverside, 1961)
* ''Recuerdo'' (Jazzland, 1962)
* ''[[Friends and Love|Friends & Love...A Chuck Mangione Concert]]'' (Mercury, 1970)
* ''[[Together: A New Chuck Mangione Concert]]'' (Mercury, 1971)
* ''Alive!'' (Mercury, 1972)
* ''The Chuck Mangione Quartet'' (Mercury, 1972)
* ''[[Land of Make Believe (Chuck Mangione album)|Land of Make Believe]]'' (Mercury, 1973)
* ''[[Chase the Clouds Away (Chuck Mangione album)|Chase the Clouds Away]]'' (A&M, 1975)
* ''Bellavia'' (A&M, 1975)
* ''[[Main Squeeze]]'' (A&M, 1976)
* ''[[Feels So Good (Chuck Mangione album)|Feels So Good]]'' (A&M, 1977)
* ''[[Children of Sanchez (album)|Children of Sanchez]]'' (A&M, 1978)
* ''[[Fun and Games (Chuck Mangione album)|Fun and Games]]'' (A&M, 1979)
* ''[[An Evening of Magic, Live at the Hollywood Bowl]]'' (A&M, 1979)
* ''Tarantella''  (A&M, 1981)
* ''Love Notes'' (Columbia, 1982)
* ''70 Miles Young'' (A&M, 1982)
* ''Journey to a Rainbow'' (Columbia, 1983)
* ''Disguise'' (Columbia, 1984)
* ''Save Tonight for Me'' (Columbia, 1986)
* ''Eyes of the Veiled Temptress'' (Columbia, 1988)
* ''Live at the Village Gate'' (Feels So Good, 1989)
* ''The Boys from Rochester''  (Feels So Good, 1989)
* ''The Hat's Back'' (Chuck Mangione, 1994)
* ''Together Forever'' with Steve Gadd (Chuck Mangione, 1994)
* ''The Feeling's Back'' ([[Chesky Records|Chesky]], 1999)
* ''Everything for Love'' (Chesky, 2000)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.chuckmangione.com}}

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