Frank Capp
Frank Capp ( born August 20, 1931 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Than Francis Cappuccio ) is an American drummer and bandleader of the West Coast jazz and mainstream jazz.
Frank Capp played after completing his education at 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 at the studios, had smaller formations and accompanied with which he went singers like Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett or Peggy Lee on tour. In 1963 he joined a group of studio musicians, which was called in professional circles Wrecking Crew and the instrumentation for numerous hits by other artists contributed to 1975. In 1975 he founded with pianist Nat Pierce the Capp -Pierce Juggernaut Big Band, who worked in the spectrum of swing and mainstream. Beginning in 1979, was built on the jazz label Concord Records a series 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 vocalist Joe Williams. The band played mostly arrangements of the bands of Count Basie and Woody Herman.