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31 quotes by Chuck Mangione

Charles Frank "Chuck" Mangione (/mændʒiˈoʊni/; born November 29, 1940) is an American flugelhorn player, trumpeter and composer. After a stint with drummer Art Blakey's band and co-leading the Jazz Brothers with his sibling Gap Mangione, Chuck Mangione achieved international success in 1977 with his jazz-pop single, "Feels So Good." Mangione has released more than thirty albums since 1960.
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With four people you can create one very strong kind of energy, but if you can get 65 people working together, and swinging together, that's a... →

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Because I don't believe music can be free unless it has something to be free from.

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I have been recording for five decades now.

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The hiatus you spoke about happened in 1998. I was somewhat numb from being out on the road every night. I had to stop because I was emotionally and... →

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A studio recording is perfection, but emotion and passion come only when you turn on the machine and go for the groove. If you do that with no... →

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Brazilian music has many of the ingredients that I strive for in my own music: Strong melodies and a disciplined but intense rhythmic concept, and... →

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I made many studio albums and I think the danger of studio recording is that if you do not watch out, you come out with a perfectly sterile... →

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Not compromising the music, but there is a way, by just showing the people that you're sincere and honest with what you're doing, and by... →

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Most recently we've been working in concert situations rather than clubs. because there aren't too many rooms there like Ronnie Scott's... →

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I tend to not want to put labels or categories on the music, only because people come with preconceived ideas about what they're going to hear... →

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1972 was a year of many pleasant and rewarding experiences for me:

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I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people.

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I can count on one hand the number of instrumental hits there have been over the last ten years.

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