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a r t i s t : Chuck Mangione
t i t l e : The Best Of - 20th Century Masters - The Millenium Collection
d a t e : 2002
l a b e l : A&M Records
g e n r e : Jazz
r l s. d a t e : Jan/2003
t r a c k s : 10
b i t r a t e : 192kbps
s i z e : 106,10 MB
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Throughout the 1970s, Chuck Mangione was a celebrity. His purposely
lightweight music was melodic pop that was upbeat, optimistic and
sometimes uplifting. Mangione's records were big sellers yet few of
his fans from the era knew that his original goal was to be a
bebopper. His father had often taken Chuck and his older brother
Gap (a keyboardist) out to see jazz concerts and Dizzy Gillespie
was a family friend. While Chuck studied at the Eastman School, the
two Mangiones co-led a bop quintet called the Jazz Brothers that
recorded several albums for Jazzland, often with Sal Nistico on
tenor. Chuck Mangione played with the big bands of Woody Herman and
Maynard Ferguson (both in 1965) and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers
(1965-67). In 1968, now sticking mostly to his soft-toned flugelhorn,
Mangione formed a quartet that also featured Gerry Niewood on tenor
and soprano. They cut a fine set for Mercury in 1972 but otherwise
Mangione's recordings in the 1970s generally used large orchestras
and vocalists (including Esther Satterfield), putting the emphasis
on lightweight melodies such as "Hill Where the Lord Hides," "Land
of Make Believe," "Chase the Clouds Away" and the huge 1977 hit
(featuring guitarist Grant Geissman) "Feels So Good." After a
recorded 1978 Hollywood Bowl concert that summed up his pop years
and a 1980 two-LP set that alternated pop and bop (with guest Dizzy
Gillespie), Mangione gradually faded out of the music scene. In the
1970s Chuck Mangione recorded for Mercury and A&M; in the 1980s he
had a couple of very forgettable Columbia albums and had not been
heard from in the '90s until a 1997 comeback tour found him in good
form, having a reunion with his "Feels So Good" band. The Feeling's
Back followed in 1999. - Scott Yanow
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01-Land Of Make Believe [12:06]
02-Bellavia [06:28]
03-Main Squeeze [05:30]
04-Chase The Clouds Away [04:52]
05-Feels So Good [09:37]
06-Hide Or Seek (Ready Or Not Here I Come) [06:25]
07-Children Of Sanchez (Overture) [14:06]
08-Hill Where The Lord Hides [05:21]
09-Fun And Games [07:12]
10-Give It All You Got [06:12]
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77:49 min
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