Chuck Mangione has been played on NTS in shows including Assorted Sounds w/ Zac Jackson , featured first on 21 July 2016. Songs played include Land Of Make Believe, Cannonball Run Theme and As Long As We're Together.

Before we get to Chuck Mangione's biography, a short bit of musicology for you. "Rise" was a comeback, of sorts, for trumpet player Herb Alpert, co-founder of A&M Records (he's the A, Jerry Moss a young record executive was the M). after a string of MOR hits with the Tijuana Brass, Alpert hit it big with his version of Burt Bacharack's "This Guy's in Love…