| Gap Mangione | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Gaspare Charles Mangione |
| Born | (1938-07-31) July 31, 1938 (age 86) Rochester, New York, United States |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation | Pianist |
| Years active | 1958–present |
| Website | www |
Gaspare Charles "Gap" Mangione (/mænˈdʒoʊni/ man-JOH-nee; born July 31, 1938) is a jazz pianist from Rochester, New York. He is the brother of Chuck Mangione.
Career
In 1958, Mangione and his brother started performing together as the Mangione Brothers Sextet/Quintet. From 1960–1961 they recorded three albums for Riverside as the Jazz Brothers.
In 1968, Mangione released his first solo album, Diana in the Autumn Wind, with drummer Steve Gadd and bassist Tony Levin in their first recordings, and compositions and arrangements by Chuck Mangione.
In 2004, Mangione received the Artist of the Year Award from the Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester.
In 2015, Mangione was inducted into the Rochester Music Hall of Fame.
Discography
As leader or co-leader
- The Jazz Brothers as the Mangione Brothers Sextet with Chuck Mangione (Riverside, 1960)
- Hey Baby! as the Jazz Brothers with Chuck Mangione (Riverside, 1961)
- Spring Fever as the Jazz Brothers with Chuck Mangione, Sal Nistico (Riverside, 1961)
- Diana in the Autumn Wind (GRC, 1968) reissued on CD 2003
- Sing Along Junk (Mercury, 1972)
- ...And the Kids Call It Boogie (Sagoma, 1974)
- She and I (A&M, 1974)
- Gap Mangione! (A&M, 1976)
- Suite Lady with Larry Carlton (A&M, 1978)
- Dancin' Is Making Love with Larry Carlton (A&M, 1979)
- The Boys from Rochester with Chuck Mangione, Steve Gadd, Joe Romano, Frank Pullara (Feels So Good, 1989)
- Planet Gap with the Big Band (Cafe/Josh Music, 1997)
- Stolen Moments with the Big Band (Josh Music, 2003)
- Family Holidays (Josh Music, 2004)
- Live in Toronto (Josh Music, 2015)
As sideman or guest
With Chuck Mangione
- Friends and Love (Mercury, 1970)
- Together: A New Chuck Mangione Concert (Mercury, 1971)
- Land of Make Believe (Mercury, 1973)
- Chase the Clouds Away (A&M, 1975)
- Bellavia (A&M, 1975)
- Tarantella (A&M, 1980)
With others
- Dixieland at the Roundtable, Salt City Six (Roulette, 1958)
- Wilmer and the Dukes, Wilmer & the Dukes (Aphrodisiac, 1969)
- Once I Loved, Esther Satterfield (Sagoma, 1974; reissued on A&M)
Sampled by major rappers
- A Tribe Called Quest
- Chance the Rapper
- Ghostface Killah
- Guerilla Black
- Jadakiss
- Jaylib
- Kendrick Lamar
- People Under the Stairs
- Slum Village
- Styles P
- Swizz Beatz
- Talib Kweli
References
- "M". Say How? A Pronunciation Guide to Names of Public Figures. National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled.
- Spevak, Jeff (1997-06-11). "Release Takes Gap Mangione to a New Planet". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved 2006-06-21.
- Yanow, Scott. "Gap Mangione". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- "Gap Mangione Biography". Retrieved 2006-06-21.
- "Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester". Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester. Archived from the original on 17 October 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- "Gap Mangione Recordings". www.gapmangione.com. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- "Gap Mangione | Album Discography | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
External links
Categories:- 1938 births
- 20th-century American pianists
- American jazz pianists
- American male jazz pianists
- American jazz bandleaders
- American people of Italian descent
- People of Sicilian descent
- Living people
- Musicians from Rochester, New York
- People from Greece, New York
- Jazz musicians from New York (state)
- Syracuse University alumni
- 21st-century American pianists
- 20th-century American male musicians
- 21st-century American male musicians