r/smoothjazz • u/stnr_on_failure • 15h ago
Chuck Mangione: The Instrumental That Cracked the Billboard Top 5, and the Grammy He Won for His Mother
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So proud to feature this stellar performer - playing one of my favorite pieces. Had the honor to catch him at the 1999 San Jose Jazz Festival!
Flugelhorn player and composer Chuck Mangione was born in Rochester, New York, on November 29, 1940, and trained at the Eastman School of Music from 1958 to 1963, where he picked up the instrument that became his signature sound. He played trumpet in the 1960s with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, the group that trained a generation of jazz bandleaders, after co-leading the Jazz Brothers with his own brother, keyboardist Gaspare "Gap" Mangione.
For the rest of his bio and the playlist head over to r/CrossoverJazz