Most recognized for his hit “Feels So Good," Chuck Mangione's lightweight and uplifting jazz has brought standing ovations around the globe. With his boundless energy, unabashed enthusiasm and pure joy radiating from the stage, Chuck Mangione will blow that horn at The Ridgefield Playhouse for Movies and the Performing Arts on Friday, October 24 at 8 p.m. as part of the Danbury Audi Jazz Series. An AllShows.com VIP Party Pass ($50 upgrade), which includes a cocktail and hors d' oeuvres reception from 6:30 -7:30 plus VIP parking (and when available, a meet and greet with the performer), is available for this show.
Mangione first attracted attention with his brother, Gap, in a mainstream jazz band, The Jazz Brothers, in which he played trumpet much like that of the man who he refers to as his musical father-Dizzy Gillespie. In fact, Dizzy gave Chuck an 'updo' horn just like his own. His years with the band overlapped with his schooling at the Eastman School of Music and eventually resulted in his solo album debut. His “Friends & Love" concert with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, recorded live, featured “Hill Where the Lord Hides," which led to his first Grammy nomination. His first Grammy Award came for “Bellavia," named for his mother. “Chase the Clouds Away," out the same year, was used as background music for the 1976 Olympic Games.
Mangione first attracted attention with his brother, Gap, in a mainstream jazz band, The Jazz Brothers, in which he played trumpet much like that of the man who he refers to as his musical father-Dizzy Gillespie. In fact, Dizzy gave Chuck an 'updo' horn just like his own. His years with the band overlapped with his schooling at the Eastman School of Music and eventually resulted in his solo album debut. His “Friends & Love" concert with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, recorded live, featured “Hill Where the Lord Hides," which led to his first Grammy nomination. His first Grammy Award came for “Bellavia," named for his mother. “Chase the Clouds Away," out the same year, was used as background music for the 1976 Olympic Games.
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