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Gildo Mahones

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Gildo Mahones
Birth nameHermenengildo Mahones
Born(1929-06-02)June 2, 1929
New York City, New York, United States
DiedApril 27, 2018(2018-04-27) (aged 88)
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentPiano

Hermenengildo "Gildo" Mahones (June 2, 1929, New York City – April 27, 2018) was an American jazz pianist.[1]

Biography

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Mahones was born to Puerto Rican parents in East Harlem in New York City.[2] Early in his career, he played with Joe Morris (1948) and Milt Jackson.[3] Mahones served in the Army, and then played with Lester Young from 1953 to 1956.[3] Later in the 1950s Mahones toured with the Jazz Modes (which included Charlie Rouse and Julius Watkins), Sonny Stitt, and Benny Green.[3] From 1959 to 1964 Mahones played behind Lambert, Hendricks & Ross.[3]

When Lambert, Hendricks & Ross broke up, Mahones moved to Los Angeles, where he worked both as a studio musician and as a jazz sideman.[3] He led his own trio and appeared on recordings by O. C. Smith, Lou Rawls, James Moody, Harold Land and Blue Mitchell, Leon Thomas, Jim Hall, Big Joe Turner, Lorez Alexandria, Benny Carter, Pony Poindexter, Booker Ervin, and Jimmy Witherspoon.[3]

Mahones died on April 27, 2018, aged 88.[1]

Discography

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As leader

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As sideman

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With Kenny Burrell

With Bill Cosby

With Ted Curson

With Booker Ervin

With Bennie Green

With Jon Hendricks

With Willis Jackson

With Lambert, Hendricks & Ross

With Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan

With Pony Poindexter

With Charlie Rouse

  • We Paid Our Dues (CBS, 1961; Rouse tracks only, album shared with Seldon Powell)

With Sonny Stitt

With Julius Watkins and Charlie Rouse

With Frank Wess

With Jimmy Witherspoon

References

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  1. ^ a b Fancher, Lou (May 15, 2018). "Remembering Gildo Mahones (1929-2018)". San Francisco Classical Voice. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  2. ^ Dunham, D. (May 4, 2018). "In Memory of Gildo Mahones (1929-2018)". Berkeley Library Update, University of California. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Yanow, Scott. "Gildo Mahones". AllMusic. Retrieved June 27, 2020.