About Chuck Mangione: Charles Frank "Chuck" Mangione is an American flugelhorn player, trumpeter and composer.
With four people you can create one very strong kind of energy, but if you can get 65 people working together, and swinging together, that's a whole other kind of energy.
Brazilian music has many of the ingredients that I strive for in my own music: Strong melodies and a disciplined but intense rhythmic concept, and interesting harmonies.
I write music people enjoy playing and listening to, and I have a group that loves playing the music.
Most recently we've been working in concert situations rather than clubs. because there aren't too many rooms there like Ronnie Scott's, that are pure music rooms, where people come specifically to listen to music.
I tend to not want to put labels or categories on the music, only because people come with preconceived ideas about what they're going to hear, or won't come for this reason.
Music is meant to be a beautiful thing.
My music has always been strong in melodic content.
To do it always right, that is what music is to me.
Because I don't believe music can be free unless it has something to be free from.
Not compromising the music, but there is a way, by just showing the people that you're sincere and honest with what you're doing, and by talking to them.
I was blessed to work with The Jazz Messengers when the two piano players were Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea.
