Gap Mangione
American musician

Gap Mangione

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American musician
Gender:
Male
Places:
United States of America
Is:
BandmasterMusicianConductorJazz musicianPianist
Work field:
Music
Birth:
31 July 1938(Rochester, USA)
Star sign:
Leo
Instruments:
Piano
Education:
Syracuse University
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Introduction

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. 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.

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 Josh Music in 1987
  • Sing Along Junk (Mercury, 1972) reissued on Josh Music in 1987 as Retrospective 1
  • ...And the Kids Call It Boogie (Sagoma, 1974)
  • She and I (A&M, 1974) reissue of Sagoma album; reissued on Josh Music in 1987 as Retrospective 2
  • Gap Mangione! (A&M, 1976) reissued on Josh Music in 1987 as Retrospective 3
  • Suite Lady with Larry Carlton (A&M, 1978)
  • Dancin' Is Making Love (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 (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)

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