Famed jazz musician Chuck Mangione is dead ... TMZ has confirmed.
The flugelhorn and trumpet player died this week at his home in Rochester, New York ... according to his manager. We're told Chuck died from natural causes.
Chuck won two Grammy Awards over his legendary career ... the first in 1977 for best instrumental composition and the second in 1979 for best pop instrumental performance.
His composition "Chase The Clouds Away" was featured at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec ... and his composition "Give It All You Got" was the theme music for the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, NY.