Chuck Mangione, the Grammy-winning jazz bandleader and musician who scored an unlikely top-five hit in 1978 with the jazz instrumental "Feels So Good," has died at age 84, according to a note on his official website.

Chuck Mangione left behind not just a catalog of hits, but a generation of players who believed their instrument could mean something.

The jazz musician toured with Art Blakely, contributed songs to two Olympic Games, and held a recurring role as himself on King of the Hill