Chuck Mangione - July 24, 2025
It was with great sadness that I learned that a good friend, fellow musician and band mate passed away at 84 in Rochester, NY.
Charles Frank Mangione was an American flugelhorn player, trumpeter and composer. Mangione came to prominence as a member of Art Blakey's band in the 1960s, and later co-led the Jazz Brothers with his brother, Gap, achieving international success in 1978 with his jazz-pop.
I was a "session bassist" at the re-occuring Capital Jazz Fest music festivals here in N.Va(WolfTrap), Merriweather Post Pavilion and Ft Meade, MD for many years.
My next door neighbor was Scott Ambush of Spyro Gyra and I "sat in" for Scott when he played piano here in Frederick, Md@Wienberg Center for the Arts.
RIP and rock on my brother! This was in 1999.
Charles Frank Mangione was an American flugelhorn player, trumpeter and composer. Mangione came to prominence as a member of Art Blakey's band in the 1960s, and later co-led the Jazz Brothers with his brother, Gap, achieving international success in 1978 with his jazz-pop.
I was a "session bassist" at the re-occuring Capital Jazz Fest music festivals here in N.Va(WolfTrap), Merriweather Post Pavilion and Ft Meade, MD for many years.
My next door neighbor was Scott Ambush of Spyro Gyra and I "sat in" for Scott when he played piano here in Frederick, Md@Wienberg Center for the Arts.
RIP and rock on my brother! This was in 1999.