Gap Mangione

Biography

Gaspare Charles "Gap" Mangione ( man-JOH-nee; 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.
In 2015, Mangione was inducted into the Rochester Music Hall of Fame.

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, rereleased 2026 on vinyl (Be With, London, UK)
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)

As sideman or guest

With Chuck Mangione

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

Concrete Boys, Lil Yachty
A Tribe Called Quest
Chance the Rapper
Ghostface Killah
Guerilla Black
Jadakiss
Jaylib
Kendrick Lamar
People Under the Stairs
J-Dilla/Slum Village
Styles P
Swizz Beatz
Talib Kweli