Chase the Clouds Away

Artist: Chuck Mangione
Label: A&M
Category: Music

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Media: Audio Cassette

UPC: 075021311541
EAN: 0075021311541
ASIN: B00000EAH2

Release Date: 1990-10-17

Chase the Clouds Away

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Tracks:

Song of the New Moon
Can't We Do This All Night
He Was a Friend of Mine
Echano
Chase the Clouds Away
Soft

Customer Reviews:

The Chuck Mangione Quartet.......2005-06-24

Boy, what a group. Too bad they were only a group for two albums, or we would of gotten many more gems. This album is fabulous. Most people think Mangione sold out, and when Mangione was confronted with this he replied, "Yes I did. I sold out the Hollywood Bowl, and The Garden!"

But anyone who thinks Mangione's latest efforts are worthless can't un credit Mangione for a great album! This is real jazz! All the musicians are top notch too!

The opener is a great tune. Saw them play it live once. Mangione's electric piano playing is spectacular also. And Gerry Niewood's tenor and soprano solos are just amazing.

He Was A Friend of Mine has always been one of my favorites. Echano is just brilliant. Just when you think it's a slow ballad, they turn it into some marvelous and complex.

No one can dis-claim Mangione of his talents, as a player, writer, etc. They might be jealous of the stardom he recieved, but they can't dis credit him of his achievements.

I like the music Mangione produced all throughout his four decade career, and he's great to see live, especially when he's got great musicians with him. Usually you can catch him with his old time buddy, Gerry Niewood.

An Early Favorite!!!!!!!!.......2004-07-01

The recordings Chuck Mangione made with his quartets in the early 1970's were epivitol! They weren't really deeply enriched in strings, but rather, the quartet was the main attraction. Alive, Bellevia, and this one here are just a few of the gems the MAngione quartets released in the mid and early 70's. The opener, Song Of The New Moon, is a fast lively tune. There is orchestra, but just as background, for the quartet. Usually when a string orchestra plays with a small jazz combo, they drown the jazz band out; not here. Gerry Niewood's sax solo is great here! He really had a unique sound. The next Cant We Do This All NIght, is smoothe, calm, but yet, on fire! Joe Labarbrea's funk drumming style on this one fits the mood perfectly for Niewood and Mangione to solo. Chuck's famous tune, Chase The Clouds Away, is shown here. MAn, for a jaazz group, the musicians here on this album got lucky. They were only on two albums with Chuck, and both times, there was a big hit! The money must of been purin' in! Echano, which also appeared on Children Of Sanches here, is a beautiful piece. Chuck's electric piano is showcased here, as well as Gerry Niewood's alto flute. PErhaps the only drag on the whole album is, Soft. Its got no drums, or nothing. Just some women's voice. Anyway, this is a great album! I am surprised to see this reissue on cd. I just saw a copy in Maces's Close Out Store. Wow! That was a wierd place to find this cd!

Early Mangione Greatness Showing The Best Was Yet to Come.......2003-05-23

This album was the first in a succession of top quality albums released by Mangione between 1975 and 1980. The others were "Bellavia", "Main Squeeze", "Feels So Good", and "Fun and Games". The 1978 "Children of Sanchez" didn't measure up to the quality of his other albums. "Chase the Clouds Away" doesn't have a subpar track and shows the creative genious in Mangione that would further develop in subsequent albums. The title track was nominated in 1975 for a Grammy for Best Instrumental, but lost to the disco tune "The Hustle". To this day, Mangione wears that as a badge of honor.

One of Mangione's Finest.......2000-11-01

I became a fan of Chuck Mangione back in the 1970s when he was doing his best work. He issued an incredible string of great albums up to and including "Children of Sanchez", after which he seemed to lose the magic touch that gave jazz fans heart in that disco-ridden decade. In my opinion, two albums stand out as his best: Main Squeeze and Chase the Clouds Away. I was delighted to find this on CD. Every cut is a gem, from the stirring Song of the New Moon to the Esther Satterfield vocal on Soft. My own favorite is the title cut, a relaxing work of rare beauty that will surely chase your clouds away and give the day a new meaning. The only negative is that the album is way too short.

chase the clouds away.......1999-12-18

This is the cd to buy to get introduced to Mangione style of jazz!. Totally instrumental, with big band sound and full orchestration. I wore out the tape cassete in the 80"s. A very busy sounding jazz cd. You can't go wrong with this great sounding jazz cd.

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