American jazz pianist
Musical artist
Gaspare Charles "Gap" Mangione (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.[1] From 1960–1961 they recorded three albums for Riverside as the Jazz Brothers.[2]
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.[3]
In 2004, Mangione received the Artist of the Year Award from the Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester.[4]
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)[5][6]
As sideman or guest
With Chuck Mangione
With others
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
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