Chuck Mangione passes

[cytor]

Certainly up there. But competed with…

Miles Davis
Maynard Ferguson
Bill Chase
Don Ellis
Freddie Hubbard
Chet Baker

etc.

Most people don't know this, but Chuck was in Maynard Ferguson's band at one point.

Ferguson was awesome.

 

[kentkel]

He was an amazing musician! I love Jazz music & he was a favorite. While I absolutely love "Feels so Good," "Bellavia" is probably my all-time favorite song by him. Here is the shortened version in case you've never heard the song: