Gaspare Charles "Gap" Mangione ( ; born July 31, 1938) is a jazz pianist from Rochester, New York. He is the brother of

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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

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and bassist

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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

( 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

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(A&M, 1978) * ''Dancin' Is Making Love'' with

(A&M, 1979) * ''The Boys from Rochester'' with Chuck Mangione,

, 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

* '' 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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mangione, Gap 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