Chuck Mangione - Greatest Hits (1996) [FLAC] 88

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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 who 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 (1965-1967). In 1968, now sticking mostly to his soft-toned flügelhorn, 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 '70s generally used large orchestras and vocalists (including Esther Satterfield), putting the emphasis on 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 recorded a couple of Columbia albums. He also played a fictionalized version of himself on the animated King of the Hill series and returned to the spotlight with a 1997 comeback tour that found him in good form, having a reunion with his "Feels So Good" band. The Feeling's Back appeared in 1999, followed by Everything for Love in 2000. Mangione toured in his later years, but largely stepped away from the spotlight in the 2010's. He died on July 22, 2025, at the age of 85, at his home in Rochester, New York.

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Chuck Mangione - Greatest Hits
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Artist...............: Chuck Mangione
Album................: Greatest Hits
Genre................: Jazz
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 1996
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy V1.3
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.3.2 20170101
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 58 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags.................: VorbisComment
Information..........: A&M Records 31454 0514 2

Ripped by............: NMR
Posted by............: 88 on 7/27/2025
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Included.............: NFO, MD5, M3U, LOG, CUE, ACCURIP
Covers...............: Front

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Tracklisting
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1. Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good [09:35]
2. Chuck Mangione - Hill Where The Lord Hides [06:26]
3. Chuck Mangione - Bellavia [06:29]
4. Chuck Mangione - Fun And Games [07:13]
5. Chuck Mangione - Children Of Sanchez Theme [03:18]
6. Chuck Mangione - Land Of Make Believe [08:57]
7. Chuck Mangione - Give It All You Got [06:09]
8. Chuck Mangione - Chase The Clouds Away [04:53]
9. Chuck Mangione - Cannonball Run Theme [03:56]
10. Chuck Mangione - Doin' Everything With You [06:47]

Playing Time.........: 01:03:48
Total Size...........: 371.84 MB
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