American jazz musician Chuck Mangione passed away at the age of 84 at his home in Rochester, New York, on the 22nd (local time), as reported by The New York Times (NYT) on the 24th. He gained fame during his lifetime for the song 'Feels So Good.'
Mangione was a former trumpet player of the legendary jazz group 'Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers.' He was known as a top flugelhorn player and enjoyed mainstream popularity in the 1970s and 1980s. The flugelhorn, which resembles a trumpet, is a brass instrument with a lyrical tone.
Mangione's album 'Feels So Good,' released in 1977, and the soundtrack album 'Children of Sanchez,' released in 1978, were both commercially successful. He was nominated for the Grammy Award a total of 14 times and won the award twice in 1976 and 1978.
Starting in 2000, Mangione held a total of five concerts in Korea, occurring in 2001, 2004, 2007, and 2010.