Gap Mangione
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Gaspare Charles Mangione |
| Born | July 31, 1938 Rochester, New York, United States |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation | Pianist |
| Years active | 1958–present |
| Website | www |
Gaspare Charles "Gap" Mangione (born July 31, 1938) is a jazz pianist from Rochester, New York. He is the brother of Chuck Mangione.
Early life
Mangione was born and raised in Rochester; according to the Sicilian naming convention, he was named after his paternal grandfather Gaspare Mangione, who was born in Porto Empedocle, Sicily, in 1883 and emigrated to the United States in 1906. His brother is flugelhornist 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] who conducted as well.
The 1970s brought more solo albums along with tours with his own group and many as featured soloist in his brother's orchestral performances. In the 1980s, Mangione began to spend more time playing in and around Rochester and less time on the road. In 1990, he formed The New Big Band.
He performs at Rochester locations, among them the Woodcliff Hotel and Spa (since May 1987) and the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival. He plays with the fourteen-piece Big Band, the New Blues Band (a quartet), or his sextet. He and Chuck have played together mainly for appearances with symphony orchestras or when Chuck is a guest with Gap's big band.
In 2004, Mangione received the Artist of the Year Award from the Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester.[4]
In 2015, he 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 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)[5][6]
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)
Sampled by major rappers
- Chance the Rapper
- Ghostface Killah
- Guerilla Black
- Jadakiss
- Jaylib
- Kendrick Lamar
- Slum Village
- Styles P
- Swizz Beatz
- Talib Kweli
References
- ^ 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. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ "Gap Mangione Recordings". www.gapmangione.com. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ "Gap Mangione | Album Discography | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
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- 1938 births
- 20th-century American pianists
- American jazz pianists
- American male pianists
- American jazz bandleaders
- American people of Italian descent
- American 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
- Male jazz musicians
- Mangione family