''Feels So Good'' is a 1977 jazz album released by
Chuck Mangione
Charles Frank Mangione ( ; born November 29, 1940) is an American flugelhorn player, voice actor, trumpeter and composer.
He came to prominence as a member of Art Blakey's band in the 1960s, and later co-led the Jazz Brothers with his brother, ...
. It contains his hit single, the title song "
Feels So Good", which in an edited form reached No. 4 on the
U.S. charts.
[ Whitburn, Joel (2004). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)] The song also reached the top of the ''Billboard''
adult contemporary chart
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.
[Hyatt, Wesley (1999). ''The Billboard Book of No. 1 Adult Contemporary Hits'' (Billboard Publications)] It was also frequently referenced on the
animated
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television comedy ''
King of the Hill
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'', on which Mangione had a recurring voice role as himself.
The album ''Feels So Good'' peaked at No. 2 on the
''Billboard'' albums chart in 1978, behind the ''
Saturday Night Fever
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'' soundtrack.
Track listing
All selections written by Chuck Mangione.
#"
Feels So Good" – 9:42
#"Maui-Waui" – 10:13
#"Theme from ''
''" – 2:05
#"Hide and Seek (Ready or Not Here I Come)" – 6:25
#"Last Dance" – 10:54
#"The XIth Commandment" – 6:36
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Musicians
*Chuck Mangione: trumpet flugelhorn, electric piano
*Chris Vadala: soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, and baritone saxophone; piccolo, western concert flute, and alto flute
*
Grant Geissman
Grant Geissman (born April 13, 1953) is an American jazz guitarist and Emmy Award, Emmy-nominated composer. He has recorded extensively for several Record label, labels since 1976 and played guitar on the theme for ''Monk (TV series), Monk'' and ...
: electric, acoustic, 12-string and classical guitars
*Charles Meeks: bass
*James Bradley, Jr.: drums, congas, timbales
References
1977 albums
A&M Records albums
Chuck Mangione albums
Smooth jazz albums
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