Chuck Mangione The Feeling's Back Hybrid Multi-Channel & Stereo SACD

Chuck Mangione, son of an Italian-American greengrocer, first played hard bop – in a group with his brother, a pianist, before starting a solo career in the mid-1960s. In 1978, he joined a small group of successful elite jazz instrumentalists when his song "Feels So Good" reached No. 1 on the US Adult Contemporary charts. Mangione, who is considered the founder of smooth jazz, founded his own record label at the end of the 80s. Then it became a bit quiet around the Grammy winner and honorary doctor of the University of Rochster, New York. But like the proverbial phoenix from the ashes, Mangione returned in 1999 to record "The Feeling's Back" on Chesky Records. And once again, Mangione manages the difficult balancing act between jazz, folk and concertante playing form in his usual nonchalance. On "The Feeling's Back", the trumpeter and flugelhorn player interprets his own compositions and songs popular in Brazil such as "Manha De Carneval" with an idiosyncratic melancholic touch. But he also seamlessly follows on from his great successes "Feels So Good", "Tarantella" or "Children Of Sanchez", which sounded from many high-end speakers in the late seventies and early eighties.
Hilarie Grey (JazzTimes) wrote: "Don't let the title fool you – on the likeable new album "The Feeling's Back", Chuck Mangione, the first flugelhorn player in pop music, not only ties in with his hit "Feels So Good" from 1978. While the romantic, sleek lines and pretty melodic hooks that serve as a template for so many other pop instrumentalists are still there, there are also rich world-beat elements and reverent layers of classical jazz that the casual Mangione fan might not expect." We are pleased to be able to present this smooth jazz jewel as a hybrid SACD that is outstanding in terms of sound. "The Feeling's Back" is a prime example of Chesky Records' groundbreaking binaural 3D recording technology and the first of two albums the award-winning musician has recorded for the renowned audiophile label.

Features:

• Super Audio CD
• SACD Multi-Channel SACD Layer
• SACD Stereo SACD Layer
• This Hybrid SACD contains a 'Red Book' Stereo CD Layer which is playable on most conventional CD Players!
• Remastered Using High-Resolution Digital Transfers from the Original Analog Master Tapes

Selections:

1. Mountain Flight
2. Consuelo's Love Theme
3. Leonardo's Lady
4. Fotografia
5. Quase
6. Aldovio
7. Once Upon A Love Time
8. Manhã de Carnaval
9. Maracangalha
10. La Vie En Rose