Frank Capp

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Frank Capp (born August 20, 1931 in Worcester , Massachusetts , as Francis Cappuccio ; † September 12, 2017 ) was an American drummer and band leader of West Coast jazz and mainstream jazz .

Live and act

Frank Capp played after his training at the Boston University College of Music at the very beginning of his career in 1951 in the big band of Stan Kenton and later with Neal Hefti and Billy May . From 1953 he worked in Los Angeles studios, had smaller formations and accompanied singers such as Ella Fitzgerald , Tony Bennett and Peggy Lee , with whom he also went on tour. In 1963 he joined a group of studio musicians who were known in professional circles as The Wrecking Crew and who contributed instrumentation for numerous hits by other artists until 1975. In 1975 he founded the Capp-Pierce-Juggernaut Big Band with pianist Nat Pierce , which worked in the swing and mainstream spectrum. From 1979 a number of albums with guest musicians such as Blue Mitchell , Britt Woodman , Richie Kamuca , Garnett Brown , Buster Cooper , Bob Cooper , Conte Candoli , Jack Nimitz , John Pisano and the singer Joe Williams were created on the Concord Records jazz label . The band played mostly arrangements from Count Basie and Woody Herman's bands .

Selection discography

  • 1979: Juggernaut (Concord) with Blue Mitchell, Britt Woodman, Richie Kamuca, Nat Pierce
  • 1978: Live at Century Plaza (Concord)
  • 1981: Juggernaut Strikes Again! (Concord)
  • 1987: Live at the Alley Cat (Concord)
  • 1995: In a Hefti Bag
  • 1991: Frank Capp Presents Rickey Woodard (Concord)
  • 1993: Quality Time
  • 1996: Play It Again Sam (Concord) with Conte Candoli

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary in Modern Drummer
personal data
SURNAME Capp, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cappuccio, Francis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz drummer and band leader
DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Worcester , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH 12th September 2017