Frank Capp


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.

Biography

Capp was born Francis Cappuccio 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, and also made records with Benny Goodman, Terry Gibbs, and Turk Murphy. Capp worked steadily on television shows and in the film studios in the 1960s, and recorded extensively in a variety of settings for Concord. Together with Nat Pierce he founded the Capp-Pierce Juggernaut big band in 1975.
In his later years, he resided in Studio City with his partner, Loralee Singman, and performed every Tuesday at Las Hadas Restaurant in Northridge, California accompanied by his fellow jazz colleagues. In 2016, Capp wrote and published his autobiography Drumming Up Business: My Life in Music.

Selected discography

With Stan Kenton
With Herbie Harper Quintet
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
With Michael Nesmith
With Chet Baker
With Jack Nitzsche
With Anita O'Day
As The Frank Capp Juggernaut