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Chuck Mangione

Chuck Mangione

American Musician

Born: Nov 29, 1940

Been Many Music People Recording You

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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 interesting harmonies. Chuck Mangione

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

People Joy Brought Something Glad Wrote Am Millions Millions Of People

I have been recording for five decades now. Chuck Mangione

Recording Been Five Decades Now

I write music people enjoy playing and listening to, and I have a group that loves playing the music. Chuck Mangione

Music People Listening Group Enjoy Write Loves Playing

Most recently we've been working in concert situations rather than clubs. because there aren't too many rooms there like Ronnie Scott's, that are pure music rooms, where people come specifically to listen to music. Chuck Mangione

Then I loved the fact that we were actually recording live. Chuck Mangione

Recording Live Fact Were Loved Then Actually

To do it always right, that is what music is to me. Chuck Mangione

Music Me Always Right

I do not mind having written the song at all. I just wish that I had written it in a different key, as the high d is hard to play. I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people. Chuck Mangione

I find it very difficult to compose when I'm not playing. Chuck Mangione

Difficult Find Compose Very Playing

My brother had a big band in high school; after that we continued to play together, eventually forming a group called the Jazz Brothers, that recorded for Riverside Records. Chuck Mangione

Not with the Rochester Philharmonic, but I formed my own orchestra, made up of musicians from the Eastman School, where I'm on the faculty now, direct the Jazz Ensemble and teach improvisation classes. Chuck Mangione

Musicians School Made Own Jazz Philharmonic Ensemble Classes Direct My Own Faculty Rochester Up Improvisation Orchestra Where Formed Teach Now

To pay 60 musicians for rehearsal and performance is quite something, and I decided I wouldn't be able to handle that kind of situation financially again, unless somebody else was taking care of that end of it. Chuck Mangione

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Whether it's string writing or whatever, I try to write for what each instrumentalist can do best. Chuck Mangione

Best Writing Try Whatever String Write Whether Each

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