Chuck Mangione – Everything For Love (2000/2025) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Chuck Mangione – Everything For Love (2000/2025)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:04:33 minutes | 1,24 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Chesky Records

Chuck Mangione presents his wildly romantic tribute to the essence of love on his second Chesky Records release Everything for Love. This collection of silky cuts featuring breathtaking improvisation and a straight-ahead approach employs the same kind of captivating and loveable composition that has characterized Chuck’s work throughout his career. This is a jazz record that will make you want to grab your loved one and dance to memorable melodies that will inspire you to do Everything for Love.”Chuck Mangione, the famed flugelhornist and trumpeter fills his first recording of the 21st century with some wonderfully subdued love songs whose subtle, intimate qualities may surprise those of his fans who best know his boisterous pop hits. More than simply expressing a romantic boy-girl kind of love, Mangione is playing gentle, atmospheric jazz for a wide variety of special people, real and animated. And there is no doubt that the truest love here is that between the artist and some of his old bandmates; saxman Gerry Niewood played with Mangione from 1968 through the mid-’70s, while guitarist Grant Geissman (showing a rich, traditional jazz depth only hinted at on most of his smooth jazz efforts) and bassist Charles Meeks were there during Mangione’s late ’70s pop heyday. “Slo Ro,” dedicated to Mangione’s wife, is a moody reflection piece led by a drifting muted trumpet and the bluesy duality of Niewood’s smoky tenor and Allen’s keys. A seven-minute meditative version of “Amazing Grace” begins as a quiet, prayer-like duet between Mangione and Geissman, who switches partway through from the Wes sound to an electric rock axe for an edgy solo; then, Allen’s organ solo takes this very spiritual rendition to church before Niewood chimes in with a sweet flute solo. Within each song, there are moments when Pellegrini’s drums kick the softness up a few notches, and the peppery horn playing on “Fox Hunt” and the clapping percussion on the Latin-spiced “I Do Everything for Love” show a more playful side than Mangione displays elsewhere. Fans who know Mangione’s whole career will see this as a fine addition to his jazz catalog; those who want more pop hits will be surprised at the low-key nature of the project.” (Jonathan Widran, AMG)

Tracklist:

1-1. Chuck Mangione – Peggy Hill (06:10)
1-2. Chuck Mangione – Slo Ro (07:08)
1-3. Chuck Mangione – Amazing Grace (07:02)
1-4. Chuck Mangione – Seoul Sister (06:17)
1-5. Chuck Mangione – Viola (07:48)
1-6. Chuck Mangione – Fox Hunt (04:14)
1-7. Chuck Mangione – Annalise (06:33)
1-8. Chuck Mangione – I Do Everything For love (05:59)
1-9. Chuck Mangione – Papa Mangione (06:29)
1-10. Chuck Mangione – Freddie’s Walkin’ (06:50)

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