Chuck Mangione, greatest recognized for his hit music Feels So Good, has died aged 84.
The American musician, who was a composer and in addition performed the flugelhorn and trumpet, rose to fame as a part of Artwork Blakey’s band within the Sixties, earlier than main the Jazz Brothers along with his brother, Hole.
However it was in 1978 that he achieved worldwide fame with the discharge of his jazz-pop single, which reached quantity 4 on the Billboard Scorching 100 chart and was additionally nominated for a Grammy Award for Report of the 12 months.
It’s now been reported that Mangione died this week, with retailers in his native Rochester, New York referencing a funeral house discover that additionally revealed he died in his sleep at house on Tuesday.
Born in Rochester in 1940 to Italian mother and father, Mangione began music classes aged eight and shaped his first jazz band whereas nonetheless in highschool, which included his brother.
He attended the Eastman College of Music from 1958 to 1963 earlier than becoming a member of Artwork Blakey’s Jazz Messengers.
Within the late Sixties, Mangione went on to turn out to be a member of the band The Nationwide Gallery and in addition served as director of the Eastman jazz ensemble from 1968 to 1972.
He gained his first Grammy Award in 1977 in the very best instrumental composition class.
His work on the soundtrack for the 1978 movie The Kids of Sanchez then gained him his second Grammy – for the very best pop instrumental efficiency.
Two of his compositions had been additionally used as themes at Olympic Video games – Chase the Clouds Away on the 1976 Summer season Olympics in Montreal, Quebec and Give It All You Acquired on the 1980 Winter Olympic Video games in Lake Placid, New York.
Following the success of Feels So Good, which initially ran for a mammoth 9 minutes and 42 seconds, Mangione and his band featured with a 70-piece orchestra on the Hollywood Bowl in 1978.
Apart from music, Mangione additionally appeared in TV exhibits together with Magnum, P.I. and King of the Hill.
In 2009 the musician confronted tragedy when two members of his band – Gerry Niewood and Coleman Mellett – had been among the many 49 passengers killed when Continental Airways Flight 3407 crashed right into a home close to Buffalo, New York.
In an announcement Mangione stated: ‘I’m in shock over the horrible, heartbreaking tragedy.’
Throughout his profession Mangione launched 30 albums and was nominated for a complete of 14 Grammys.
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