TDC - Chuck Mangione

[Steve Haynie]

Famous deaths come in threes...

Chuck Mangione dies at 84

[velorush]

Was explaining to my coworker (born the year I graduated high school) who he was. She was a high school band member, so I thought there might be a chance she'd heard "Feels So Good," but alas, too young to have heard it. She was impressed an instrumental jazz song could actually chart (I played a bit of it from Spotify).

Prior Chuck Mangione, I didn't even know there was such a thing as a flugelhorn. 

[kizanski]

[django49]

1 hour ago, velorush said:

Was explaining to my coworker (born the year I graduated high school) who he was. She was a high school band member, so I thought there might be a chance she'd heard "Feels So Good," but alas, too young to have heard it. She was impressed an instrumental jazz song could actually chart (I played a bit of it from Spotify).

Prior Chuck Mangione, I didn't even know there was such a thing as a flugelhorn. 

When I start my company making budget line brass instruments for students, first up will be the frugalhorn.......Made in Japan, of course.

Edited July 24, 2025 by django49

[Willie G. Moseley]

It's fair to say that in the mid-'70s, Mangione, George Benson and a few other folks pioneered the "smooth jazz" genre. They had "standard jazz" chops but the record-buying public wanted more melodic stuff 'coz it was more accessible. A lot of such music was later branded as "L.A. Happy Jazz"...sometimes for good reason.

[Kerry Marchman]

Yep, that album is part of my collection.. I still put it on sometimes, too.  Usually it's when I'm testing new speakers. We used that one as a demo record for speakers when I was in the audio industry.

RIP Chuck..

[specialk]

 

[Biz Prof]

This seems ironically appropriate.

 

 

Edited July 25, 2025 by Biz Prof

[hamerhead]

By '77 I was a total and complete hard rock snob, refusing to listen to anything else.

But 'Feels so Good' caught my ear and it WAS good. I didn't buy the album but it may have subconsciously opened up my brain to other influences. Of course I couldn't let anyone know that. 

R.I.P. Mr. Mangione. Thank you.

Writing Mangione made me see 'mangy one'. He was a little scruffy.

[velorush]

17 hours ago, Willie G. Moseley said:

It's fair to say that in the mid-'70s, Mangione, George Benson and a few other folks pioneered the "smooth jazz" genre. They had "standard jazz" chops but the record-buying public wanted more melodic stuff 'coz it was more accessible. A lot of such music was later branded as "L.A. Happy Jazz"...sometimes for good reason.

The George Benson video of "On Broadway" that Don Kirchner had on repeat blew my mind every time I watched it.

It still kills (IMO). Just a great update / revision - another example where the cover > the original. 

[hamerican gigolo]

I still remember hearing FSG when I was a kid via my brothers 8 track. Very catchy tune & the guitar & bass lines were fantastic! 

R.I.P.  😞

[ARM OF HAMER]

                                                                     

 

[ZR]

 

 

Edited July 26, 2025 by ZR

[Kerry Marchman]

On 7/25/2025 at 7:49 PM, ARM OF HAMER said:

                                                                     

 

Killer! And what a great Weddington!

[tommy p]

Feels So Good may be the only song I know by him, but it's a great one.  RIP.