Gap Mangione


Gaspare Charles "Gap" Mangione is a jazz pianist from Rochester, New York. He is the brother of Chuck Mangione.
WWW gapmangione.com

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 Hey Baby! as the Jazz Brothers with Chuck Mangione Spring Fever as the Jazz Brothers with Chuck Mangione, Sal Nistico Diana in the Autumn Wind reissued on CD 2003Sing Along Junk ...And the Kids Call It Boogie She and I Gap Mangione! Suite Lady with Larry Carlton Dancin' Is Making Love with Larry Carlton The Boys from Rochester with Chuck Mangione, Steve Gadd, Joe Romano, Frank Pullara Planet Gap with the Big Band Stolen Moments with the Big Band Family Holidays
  • ''Live in Toronto''

As sideman or guest

With Chuck MangioneFriends and Love Together: A New Chuck Mangione Concert Land of Make Believe Chase the Clouds Away Bellavia Tarantella
With othersDixieland at the Roundtable, Salt City Six Wilmer and the Dukes, Wilmer & the Dukes Once I Loved, Esther Satterfield
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