Acquisitive music firm Major Wave has acquired the publishing rights to the whole catalog of Chuck Mangione, the legendary jazz artist, flugelhorn participant and composer behind the hit monitor Feels So Good.
The deal additionally contains Mangione’s author’s share, artist royalties and neighboring rights, Major Wave mentioned in an announcement on Thursday (August 22).
The deal’s price ticket was not disclosed, nevertheless it contains Mangione being given entry to Major Wave’s advertising and marketing workforce and publishing infrastructure, and it’s anticipated he’ll work with the corporate on new advertising and marketing, branding and sync alternatives, in addition to movie and TV rights.
Major Wave’s Vice President of Enterprise & Authorized Affairs, Lexi Todd, mentioned the corporate “couldn’t be happier” to welcome Mangione into the fold.
“To at the present time, Chuck’s music appears like a breath of contemporary air, and we’re thrilled to have the chance to proceed to breathe new life into these timeless tunes,” she mentioned.
“Chuck’s awards and accolades converse for themselves – he’s a real grasp of his craft, and an unimaginable addition to our roster of legends.”
Since 1960, Mangione has launched greater than 30 albums, and is thought for such tracks as Feels So Good, Bellavia, Land of Make Imagine, Give It All You Bought, However Slowly, Kids of Sanchez, As soon as Upon A Love Time, and Chase The Clouds Away.
Mangione has been nominated for 14 Grammy Awards, successful twice: In 1976 for Finest Instrumental Composition for Bellavia, and in 1979 for Finest Pop Instrumental Efficiency for Kids of Sanchez. That very same 12 months, Feels So Good was nominated for File of the Yr. That monitor reached the highest 5 on the US charts and propelled the album of the identical identify to quantity 2 on the Billboard 200.
A five-decade veteran of the music scene, Mangione first attracted consideration as a trumpet-playing member of the band The Jazz Brothers, through which he performed together with his brother, Hole. The band launched three albums within the early Sixties. On the similar time, Mangione attended the Eastman College of Music in his hometown of Rochester, New York.
“To at the present time, Chuck’s music appears like a breath of contemporary air, and we’re thrilled to have the chance to proceed to breathe new life into these timeless tunes.”
Lexi Todd, Major Wave
He performed with a variety of different bands earlier than finally touchdown a contract with Mercury Information, which resulted in albums similar to Alive! (1972) and Land of Make Imagine (1973). He then signed with A&M Information, which led to the discharge of a few of his hottest work, together with Chase The Clouds Away and Bellavia.
Mangione continued working via the Eighties and Nineteen Nineties, and solely retired from music in 2015. However some comparatively youthful music followers might know him from King of the Hill, the place he performed himself in animated type, and composed the rating for considered one of his appearances on the favored animated present.
Proving he’s not above some phrase play, Mangione mentioned: “I’m actually thrilled to affix the roster of iconic artists who’re represented by Major Wave. It makes me really feel so good to affix the corporate of such nice artists and musicians.”
For Major Wave, that is the newest in a protracted sequence of music rights acquisitions over the previous 12 months, which included the catalog of Nuno Bettencourt of 90s rock band Excessive; a publishing partnership with alt-rock band The Spin Medical doctors; and a music rights deal with Neil Finn of Crowded Home.
The corporate additionally struck a deal for the recorded, publishing, model and identify and likeness rights of The Village Individuals of YMCA fame; a catalog deal with the property of songwriter and musician P.F. Sloan; and a stake within the catalog of singer/songwriter Neil Sedaka.Music Enterprise Worldwide
