Chuck Mangione - Greatest Hits

Chuck Mangione - Greatest Hits Artist: Chuck Mangione
Label: A&M
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 731454051422
EAN: 0731454051422
ASIN: B000002G54


Release Date: 1996-05-07

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  1. Music That Radio (mostly) Missed
  2. 60's and 70's music still good today
  3. A&M Corner's "Instant A&M Library"
  4. I Saw them LIVE! 2
  5. Favorite Greatest Hits 7

Tracks:

  1. Feels So Good
  2. Hill Where The Lord Hides
  3. Bellavia
  4. Fun And Games
  5. Children Of Sanchez Theme
  6. Land Of Make Believe
  7. Give It All You Got
  8. Chase The Clouds Away
  9. Cannonball Run Theme
  10. Doin' Everything With You

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  1. Feels So Good
  2. Land of Make Believe
  3. Children of Sanchez
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  5. The Best of Chuck Mangione

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Nice Jazz and Good Instrumentation.......2003-09-27

This is a pretty good record overall. My favorite tracks are the Jazz classic "Feels So Good" which won a Grammy for Jazz Record of The Year in 1977. I love "Give It All You Got", I think this one is one of his best as "The Children Of Sanchez". Nice Jazz and good instrumentation. Good record I recommended.

3 out of 5 stars Oh Well - Liked Bellavia!.......2003-08-04

I bought this CD with the love of "Chase the Clouds Away" in mind and hoping that I would find other songs I liked as well. I do really like "Bellavia," but I was SO disappointed in the version of "Chase the Clouds Away." I listened over and over, trying to figure out what was wrong with this version. FINALLY, I put in my old tape of "Live at the Hollywood Bowl" and listened to "..Clouds.." on the tape. I THEN discovered what was missing on the CD's version - Grant Gysman (sp?) playing guitar. If you are like me, order "Live at the Hollywood Bowl" if you love "Chase the Clouds Away," or you'll also be disappointed in the Greatest Hit's version.

4 out of 5 stars Potentially Misleading.......2003-06-09

These are not the original "hit" recordings but concert versions from the mid-eighties. The good part is that things are a bit looser, the solos more extended, the proceedings just a trifle more jazz-oriented. The bad part is that the playing is not as tight and polished as on the original studio versions.

I prefer these versions, if only because of my familiarity with a couple of the musicians in Chuck's group at this time. What annoys me most is the attempt, even in the liner notes, to disguise the actual circumstances of recording, including names of musicians on the sessions (in the interest of full disclosure, the drummer is Joe Bonadio).

2 out of 5 stars A not-so-great Greatest Hits package.......2002-03-17

Chuck Mangione is a skilled flugelhorn player. But his real strengths are his songwriting and arrainging abilities. He has the talent to take basic themes and turn them into wonderful musical experiences. He also has attracted some of the best soloists out there to participate in his vision. That is what makes this CD such a disappointment. This package just highlights the main melodies and not any of the solos. "Feel so Good" was the break thru hit for him and of course the studio version is included here. We're then treated to a watered down version of "Hill Where the Lord Hides". Probably, though, what really sets me off here is how can any Chuck Mangione Greatest Hits CD not include the vocal arraingement of "Land of Make Believe"??? Instead we get a live version of it from the Live at the Hollywood Bowl CD, which was also a great rendition, EXCEPT they cut ALL the solos out. What was a approximately 10 minute song ended up just over 4 minutes. What were they thinking????

I would not recommend this to anyone interested in finding out what Mangione is all about. I would instead suggest buying the Live at the Hollywood Bowl CD. Many of these songs are included there, and are so much better represented.

2 out of 5 stars Feels So Bland.......2001-08-23

Chuck Mangione does play a pleasant trumpet.And the songs on this collectiona re reasonably soothing as background music. However, in Chuck's form of Jazz, there is very little pizazz. Like lets say Herb Alpert per se. Occasionally Chuck adds an inflection in his trumpet playing style but for the most part he toots along quite softly.

The songs are kind of bland with a few interesting melodies but nothing that grabs and shakes you. The band of musicians on this compilation rarely distinguish themselves. A good guitar solo on Feels So Good and a few slick arrangements on Fun And Games and Belavia. Otherwise, the band just does not break out into anything special.

All in all, I'll pass on this compilation.

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  5. Kiss My Axe ~ Al Di Meola
  6. Blues on Bach ~ The Modern Jazz Quartet
  7. El Hombre ~ Pat Martino
  8. Motion ~ Cinematic Orchestra
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  10. Brazilian Classics ~ Eliane Elias

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