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Chuck Mangione - The Best Of Chuck Mangione (2004)

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Chuck Mangione - The Best Of Chuck Mangione (2004)

Chuck Mangione - The Best Of Chuck Mangione (2004)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 466 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 176 Mb | Scans included
Smooth Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Jazz-Pop | Label: Columbia/Legacy | # CK 86345 | 01:14:56

The Best of Chuck Mangione collects various tracks from the smooth jazz pioneer's '80s Columbia recordings. While not as influential as Mangione's '70s output, his '80s albums retain much of what made him so popular an artist – catchy hooks, lush production and his clear, crisp trumpet sound. Included are such standout tracks as "Journey to a Rainbow," "Love Bug Boogie" and "Memories of Scirocco." Oddly, a live version of "Land of Make Believe" and the single version of "Feels So Good" make it on to this collection. These '70s hits don't really belong here, but should satisfy casual fans looking for his most popular recordings alongside his mid-career stuff.

The Jazz Brothers (Chuck and Gap Mangione) - Hey Baby! (1961) [Reissue 1991] (Re-up)

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The Jazz Brothers (Chuck and Gap Mangione) - Hey Baby! (1961) [Reissue 1991] (Re-up)

The Jazz Brothers (Chuck and Gap Mangione) - Hey Baby! (1961) [Reissue 1991]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 290 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 104 MB | Covers - 7 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: OJC/Riverside Records (OJCCD-668-2 (RLP-9371))

The early-1960s group the Jazz Brothers featured trumpeter Chuck Mangione and pianist Gap Mangione in a quintet also including up-and-coming tenor Sal Nistico (shortly before he joined Woody Herman's Orchestra), bassist Steve Davis and drummer Roy McCurdy; lots of young talent in that band. Their second of three recordings (the first has yet to be reissued) has reappeared as this CD. Those only familiar with Chuck Mangione's later work will be surprised to hear him playing bop-oriented music and showing the strong influence of Dizzy Gillespie. Four standards (including "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" and "Just You, Just Me") alternate with an obscurity and three group originals. The music has spirit, even if it is a bit derivative and predictable.

Chuck Mangione - Land Of Make Believe (1973) (Repost)

Posted By: gribovar
Chuck Mangione - Land Of Make Believe (1973) (Repost)

Chuck Mangione - Land Of Make Believe (1973)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 230 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 92 MB | Covers - 13 MB
Genre: Jazz, Big Band, Jazz-Funk, Fusion | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Mercury (822 539-2)

Though much less expansive than Mangione's other Mercury concerts (only 37 minutes on a single CD or LP), Land of Make Believe is the most successful of the lot, a winning combination of attractive tunes, big-thinking orchestrations, just enough jazz content, and a genuinely felt sense of idealism. Here there is no dead weight; all of the material is very engaging and the combined forces of Mangione's quartet and the Hamilton (Ontario) Philharmonic are on fire. The performance of Mangione's "Legend of the One-Eyed Sailor" still exerts a ferocious jolt of life-affirming energy, "El Gato Triste" is an attractive Latin number, and the buoyant "Gloria" from The Mass of St. Bernard with the Horsehead Chamber Singers makes one want to hear more…

Chuck Mangione - 5 Original Albums (1975-1982) [5CD Box Set] (2017)

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Chuck Mangione - 5 Original Albums (1975-1982) [5CD Box Set] (2017)

Chuck Mangione - 5 Original Albums (1975-1982) [5CD Box Set] (2017)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 1,26 GB | 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…

Chuck Mangione - Eyes of the Veiled Temptress (1988)

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Chuck Mangione - Eyes of the Veiled Temptress (1988)

Chuck Mangione - Eyes of the Veiled Temptress (1988)
XLD | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
CBS, CK 40984 | ~ 249 or 104 Mb | Scans(png) -> 74 Mb
Smooth Jazz / Soul-Jazz / Jazz-Funk

Throughout the 1970s, Chuck Mangione was a celebrity. His purposely lightweight music was melodic pop that was upbeat, optimistic, and sometimes uplifting…

Chuck Mangione - Children of Sanchez (1978)

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Chuck Mangione - Children of Sanchez (1978)

Chuck Mangione - Children of Sanchez (1978)
XLD | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2CD | A&M, 396 700-2 | ~ 438 or 200 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 27 Mb
Latin, Crossover, Smooth Jazz

Thanks to the Latin-inflected title track, Children of Sanchez became another huge hit for Chuck Mangione. The title song even earned him a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, and serious jazz listeners will spot a problem with that award – it was for pop, not jazz. That, of course, is an accurate assessment of Mangione's music, since there isn't much improvisation on the album at all…