Frank Capp

Francis Cappuccio (August 20, 1931 – September 12, 2017), known professionally as Frank Capp, was an American jazz drummer. Capp also played on numerous rock and roll sessions and is considered to be a member of The Wrecking Crew.[1]

Frank Capp
Birth nameFrancis Cappuccio
Born(1931-08-20)August 20, 1931
Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedSeptember 12, 2017(2017-09-12) (aged 86)
Studio City, California
GenresJazz, rock
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsDrums, percussion, vibraphone
Associated acts

Biography

Capp was born Francis Cappuccio[2] August 20, 1931, in Worcester, Massachusetts. He began playing with Stan Kenton in 1951 and remained with Kenton for some time. Later he joined Neal Hefti's group. He often accompanied Peggy Lee on her road dates and subsequently went to Los Angeles where he joined Billy May and recorded with The Wrecking Crew. He played with Ella Fitzgerald, Harry James, Charlie Barnet, Stan Getz, Art Pepper, and Dave Pell. He recorded often with André Previn's trio (1957-1964), and also made records with Benny Goodman (1958), Terry Gibbs, and Turk Murphy. Capp worked steadily on television shows and in the film studios in the 1960s, and (starting in the 1970s) recorded extensively in a variety of settings for Concord. Together with Nat Pierce he founded the Capp-Pierce Juggernaut big band in 1975.[3]

In his later years, he performed every Tuesday at Las Hadas Restaurant in Northridge, California accompanied by his fellow jazz colleagues.[4] In 2016, Capp wrote and published his autobiography Drumming Up Business: My Life in Music.[5]

Selected discography

With Stan Kenton

With Herbie Harper Quintet

  • Five Brothers (Tampa Records, 1955)

With The Mitchells: Red Mitchell, Whitey Mitchell, Blue Mitchell and André Previn

With André Previn

With Shorty Rogers

With Dion DiMucci

With Ben Webster

With Cher

With Glen Campbell

With Joe Pass

With Bud Shank

With Sonny & Cher

With Michael Bublé

With John Denver

With Renee Olstead

  • Skylark (Reprise Records, 2009)

With Michael Nesmith

With Chet Baker

With Jack Nitzsche

With Anita O'Day

As The Frank Capp Juggernaut

  • In A Hefti Bag (Concord, 1995)

Notes
  1. "Frank W. Capp's Obituary on Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  2. "Frank Capp". discogs.com.
  3. Thompson, Woody (1994). "Frank Capp: A Biography" (November). Modern Drummer Magazine.
  4. Yanow, Scott. "Frank Capp Biography". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  5. Frankie, Capp (2016). Drumming Up Business: My Life in Music. Outskirts Press. ISBN 978-1478780083.

References
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