Chuck Mangione-Feels So Good (1977)

It took Chuck Mangione 17 years to finally achieve major success and international recognition, thanks to his 1977 album "Feels So Good". Mangione had begun his artistic career in 1960, releasing album after album a total of eight all of which, despite their undeniable quality, seemed stuck at the bottom of the charts with little commercial impact. His career up to that point had been quite prolific, with various collaborations such as the Jazz Brothers, alongside his brother Gaspare, in different jazz orchestras like Art Blakey's Jazz Messenger, and he even recorded an ambitious project with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, where he wanted to express his ideas of fusing jazz and rock. This project included the track "The Hill Where The Lord Hides", which would capture the attention of jazz-rock fans. When "Feels So Good" was released, it sparked a collective frenzy for Mangione's music, even topping the pop and R&B charts a rare feat for a jazz album. But what was most unusual was that it won Grammy Awards in three different categories: pop, jazz, and rhythm and blues. Following "Feels So Good", Mangione released other highly successful albums such as "Fun and Games" and the soundtrack for "The Children of Sanchez", both in the late seventies.

Chuck Mangione-Feels So Good (1977)

It took 17 years for Chuck Mangione to finally have great success and international recognition, so it was with his 1977 album "Feels So Good".
Mangione had begun his artistic career in 1960 releasing album after album with a total of eight, all of which seemed to be, despite their undoubted quality, stuck at the bottom of the charts with little commercial impact.
His career up to that point had been quite prolific with various collaborations such as the Jazz Brothers, together with his brother Gaspare, in different jazz orchestras such as Art Blakey's Jazz Messenger and he even recorded an ambitious project with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra where he wanted to express his ideas of merging jazz and rock and which included the cut "The Hill Where The Lord Hides" with which he would draw attention.
When "Feels So Good" came out, it produced a collective madness towards Mangione's music, even leading the pop and black music charts, something unusual coming from the world of jazz.
But more unusual was that it would win the Grammy Award in three different categories; pop, jazz and rhythm and blues.
After this "Feels So Good", Mangione published other albums of great repercussion such as "Fun And Games" and the soundtrack "Los Hijos de Sanchez", both at the end of the seventies.