Inspired by Dizzy Gillespie, Chuck Mangione honed his smooth, assured chops playing trumpet in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. In 1968, he switched to flugelhorn, whose mellower sound led to a stylistic pivot toward light, melodic pop—a shift that would find him recording the theme music to the film Cannonball Run, winning two GRAMMY® Awards, and penning the instrumental classic "Feels So Good." The horn player's more powerful side shines through in his Spanish-influenced Children of Sanchez suite.