Chuck Mangione - 5 Original Albums (1975-1982) [5CD Box Set] (2017)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 1,26 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 522 MB | Covers - 46 MB
Genre: Crossover Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: A&M/Universal Music (06007 5376562)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 1,26 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 522 MB | Covers - 46 MB
Genre: Crossover Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: A&M/Universal Music (06007 5376562)
A talented and respected jazz trumpeter who achieved popular success with his melodic, uncluttered music.
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…