RIP Chuck Mangione

[Hardbopjazz]

RIP Chuck Mangione. He was 84. 

[Hardbopjazz]

One of my favorites of his.

 

[Gheorghe]

41 minutes ago, Hardbopjazz said:

One of my favorites of his.

 

This one was also my favourite in the 80´s .

[mjzee]

He was good at what he did.  R.I.P.

[gvopedz]

RIP, back when I was in 9th grade my English teacher (a beautiful lady) lent me Mangione’s Land of Make Believe album.

[HutchFan]

R.I.P.

 

[felser]

RIP, I love "Land of Make Believe" and am a big fan of his early 70's Mercury albums.

[JSngry]

In Arlen, the flags are at half-mast.

RIP

[felser]

1 hour ago, felser said:

RIP, I love "Land of Make Believe" and am a big fan of his early 70's Mercury albums.

Which would make a great Mosaic  set.

[Aggie87]

He's on this soul-jazz Blakey album, playing with Grant Green and Big John Patton.  

 

 

[felser]

Also on this small-group messengers album, with Keith Jarrett (!) on piano, the mysterious Frank Mitchell on tenor, and Reggie Johnson on bass.  Seems like there should be more tapes from this gig availalbe.

[Holy Ghost]

RIP. Grew up listening to Chuck Mangione in the late 70's early 80's and he had an impact on me was in concert band in middle and high school. One my favorites:

 

Edited yesterday at 10:52 PM by Holy Ghost

[sgcim]

RIP, Chuck. His "Feels So Good"gave us Band Directors something to play that the band and the audience actually liked.

[Aggie87]

4 hours ago, Holy Ghost said:

Grew up listening to Chuck Mangione in the late 70's early 80's and he had an impact on me was in concert band in middle and high school.

 

This somewhat was my experience as well.  I was 13 in 1978 when Feels So Good was released as a single, and a trumpet player in the middle school band.  This specific track caught my ear like nothing else that I'd heard previously, instrumentally.  And it inspired me to improve my chops through 10th grade, which advanced me to 1st chair trumpet in the school band.  Then (living in Germany) I discovered bier, and arrogantly decided I didn't like the band teacher, so gave up playing altogether.  

But Mangione initiated my interest in further exploring "real" jazz trumpeters that came before him, which then led to an overall exploration of jazz which has continued to this day.  

So thanks for being the gateway, Chuck.  Rest in Peace.

Edited 20 hours ago by Aggie87

[Holy Ghost]

7 hours ago, Aggie87 said:

 

This somewhat was my experience as well.  I was 13 in 1978 when Feels So Good was released as a single, and a trumpet player in the middle school band.  This specific track caught my ear like nothing else that I'd heard previously, instrumentally.  And it inspired me to improve my chops through 10th grade, which advanced me to 1st chair trumpet in the school band.  Then (living in Germany) I discovered bier, and decided I didn't like the band teacher, so gave up playing altogether.  

But Mangione initiated my interest in further exploring "real" jazz trumpeters that came before him, which then led to an overall exploration of jazz which has continued to this day.  

So thanks for being the gateway, Chuck.  Rest in Peace.

Yeah! Love these stories! I didn't play trumpet (though my wife bought me one a couple of years ago, so I tinker with it) but was 1st chair claranet in advanced middle school and high school concert band, and the only other one out of two in Florida to play contra bass claranet; but maybe this would've not happened at all, if it wasn't for my mom, buying Chuck Magione, Grover Washington Junior, Spyro Gyra, etc., albums in the late 70's for me, and consequently, that's what really got me into jazz. 

So, thank you, Mom and thank you, Chuck! In tribute:

 

Edited 12 hours ago by Holy Ghost

[Factotum]

Here's a cut from the album Felser mentioned.  Chuck sounds a bit Dizzy in places.

...and a 21 year old Jarrett sounds like Jarrett already.

 

 

Edited 3 hours ago by Factotum