American two-time Grammy-winning jazz flugelhorn player Chuck Mangione, best known for his 1970s cross-over hit “Feels So Good,” died this week at age 84 at his home in Rochester, New York.

The prolific musician and composer — whose career spanned five decades and 30 albums — died in his sleep on Tuesday, a local funeral home said.

“Chuck’s love affair with music has been characterized by his boundless energy, unabashed enthusiasm, and pure joy that radiated from the stage,” his family said in a statement to the Rochester Democrat &Chronicle newspaper.

Mangione showed his appreciation for his audiences by sitting at the edge of the stage after his concerts, signing autographs for fans who stayed to meet him and the band, it said.

Born Charles Frank Mangione in 1940 in Rochester, he was

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