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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Chuck Mangione, the legendary Rochester jazz musician who created hits including “Feels So Good”, has died, his attorney confirmed.
Mangione, 84, died in his sleep on Tuesday in his Rochester home. The flugelhorn and trumpet player was inducted into the Rochester Music Hall of Fame in 2012.
Mangione earned 14 Grammy nominations, winning two, over his career. His album “Feels So Good” became one of the most successful jazz records ever produced, according to the Rochester Music Hall of Fame. In 1980, Mangione got international attention when he performed the song “Give It All You Got” at the closing ceremonies of the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid.
Mangione graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School, going onto get his bachelor’s degree from the Eastman School of Music. Later, he taught jazz at Eastman and got his honorary doctorate degree.
Chuck Mangione’s career began playing alongside his brother, pianist Gap Mangione, in their group the Jazz Brothers. Gap Mangione was inducted into the Rochester Music Hall of Fame in 2015.
In a statement from Mayor Malik Evans, he says Mangione and his family “epitomized the strength, resilience, and compassion that the people of Rochester are so well known for.”
Evans also said Rochester is fortunate to hear the “underlying beauty of our city,” in the notes that will forever be Mangione’s legacy.
“Please join me today in offering a thought or prayer for the Mangione family in memory of Rochester’s own Chuck Mangione, who passed away Tuesday.
Chuck Mangione was a gifted jazz musician and composer who earned international distinction, and Rochester’s pride, as a two-time grammy winner. He was also an inductee of the Rochester Music Hall of Fame and a graduate and educator at the Eastman School of Music. He and his brother, Gap Mangione, honed their art forms in Rochester’s legendary Pythodd Club on Clarissa Street, where their family became close friends with Dizzy Gillespie.
Beyond his well-deserved accolades as a musician, Chuck and his family epitomized the strength, resilience, and compassion that the people of Rochester are so well known for. Born and raised in Northeast Rochester, Chuck attended Franklin High School and lived in the house behind his family’s grocery store on Martin Street. As the demographic and economic conditions of the neighborhood evolved, the Mangione family remained committed to their customers and the invaluable service their store provided to the community.
Famously, Mangione’s Grocery opened for business every day during the Riots of July 1964 because they knew the people of the neighborhood needed food and drink regardless of the turbulent conditions on the streets outside. Mangione’s Grocery was among the businesses in the area that were not looted or burned during the riots, which is a testament to the mutual admiration and respect shared between the Mangione family and their community.
The many virtues of this upbringing deeply resonate in the music that Chuck Mangione composed and performed on the world stage. We in Rochester are truly fortunate to hear the underlying beauty of our city in those notes that will forever be Chuck Mangione’s legacy.”
You can see Chuck Mangione’s 1980 performance on the Eddie Meath Show here:
stickyWithWhiskey on July 24th, 2025 at 16:45 UTC »
Just fell to my knees in a Mega Lo Mart.
alopgeek on July 24th, 2025 at 16:39 UTC »
Ozzy needed him for backup flugelhorn
thatoneguy889 on July 24th, 2025 at 16:33 UTC »
Off to the big Mega Lo Mart in the sky.
RIP